June Winners ~ A Lovely Year of Finishes

Did you see the fantastic finishes from June?  Seriously some fantastic items.
Go check out our flickr group with so many grand progress photos.

A Lovely Year of Finishes that is co-hosted by Melissa and Me.  Click on our pages to get more information.

There is still time to set-up a plan for July.
This month's goal setting link-in is open until the 7th found here.

All 75 finishes are winners and then just a few were chosen by Mr. Random to win some fantastic prizes from our amazing sponsors.

June winners are as follows:

 1. Choice of $15 or 2 charm packs from Stitch n’ Giggles

The winner is Mara from Greco Mara

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2. Loving Pieces donated from Paper Pieces



The winner is Katy from The Littlest Thistle

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3. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

The winner is Susan from DesertSky Quilting

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4. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

The winner is Mary from Lilian Stitches

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5. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

The winner is Alli from from B.Yazoo

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6. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads

The winner is Ellie Q from Color my World


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Congratulations to the winners.
Of course we all winners if we've finished our goals.

And remember there is a wee giveaway sponsored by Melissa and me.
We're trying to celebrate and jump start #ALYoF and it happens it closes the same time as this month's goal setting party. . it was set up this way!  Sneaky aren't we.

6 months of A Lovely Year of Finishes

Hello! We're 6 months in. 

A Lovely Year of Finishes is fantastic!
There is some lovely #ALYoF on twitter and instagram

To-date collectively we've finished 665 goals!
Melissa and I have sent out 37 prizes!

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So we want to clarify a few items:

To be eligible for the end of the year round-up - you'll have to have finished 6 months of link-in's (6-goal settings and in the same month finished it up).
That's right you must have 6 completed projects that were linked-in with Melissa and I.

That means that if you haven't joined us yet - you still have time!

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We love all of our generous sponsors

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Melissa and I would love for YOU to spread the word about 'A Lovely Year of Finishes'

Let's have a giveaway!
This is a quick giveaway to encourage everyone to enter into our July goal setting party.

If you spread the word you can be entered into this giveaway.
If you are new, WELCOME, you can be entered into the giveaway too.

Grab a button and spread the love!

<a href="http://fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com/p/lovely-year-of-finishes.html" title="A Lovely Year of Finishes"> <img src="http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image004.gif" width="180" height="180" alt="A Lovely Year of Finishes" style="border:none;" /></a>

You could win 2 charm packs of Riley Blake - Kensington
Thanks to our very own Melissa.

This giveaway is the same as our link-in's.  We're sharing the same one so you only need to enter from one of our blogs.


a Rafflecopter giveaway


Let Melissa or me know if you have any questions.


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How to sharing from the "new" flickr - mini-tutorial

So many changes!

So the google reader is gone.

People are being polite and calling it retirement.

GRRR - Google overlords

And Flickr just had to change things up.

People again are being polite - sigh.

GRRR - Flickr overlords

But what to do is to find the "new" ways to do what I was so used to do.

How do you grab or share the photos you've loaded? 

It's moved from a the top of the photo that was labeled to an icon below the photo.

Find that icon that is a little box is with an arrow coming out of it pointing to the right.

You have a few options here.

So for example, to join the the #ALYoF linky party, you can go to "grab a link" by coping & pasting the web address in the box..

This is what you can use to join the linky party with Melissa's tutorial.

You still have the option to grab the HTML to enter into posts.

{Make sure to grab all of that garblely goop in that box}

And be sure to be in HTML mode in your post creation. 

I'm going to point you to the two posts that Melissa and I created:  

Add a button to your blog post - Blogger & Wordpress

This will be added to the tutorials for A Lovely Year of Finishes with me here or with Melissa here

All these changes keep me on my toes for sure!

Let me know if this helps.

July: A Lovely Year of Finishes ~ Goal Setting Party

Half way through!  Yippee.

Melissa from Sew BitterSweet Designs and I have been loving seeing all your projects and actually finishing some of our own.

My July #ALYoF project is for me. 
I'm going to finish these steam punk blocks into a wall hanging to hand on my wall. 
I'm so excited.

To-date I have only finished one block. 
I used the lovely badskirt's tutorial for the centers and they are perfect!


So I want this to be hanging in our room by the end of this month.  Eeep!

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What one item will you choose to do for July?

You have two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.  

1. Link-up {on this post} the first 7-days of the month

and 

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below. 

Please grab a button or link back to Melissa and I so other people can join in the fun!

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Melissa, so there is no need to enter twice **

For those unsure of how to link up go check out our Q&A Page for A Lovely Year of Finishes - there are instructions on how to link up from a blog and from Flickr.

Grab a button!  Spread the LOVE

<a href="http://fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com/p/lovely-year-of-finishes.html" title="A Lovely Year of Finishes"> <img src="http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image004.gif" width="180" height="180" alt="A Lovely Year of Finishes" style="border:none;" /></a>

And what's for grabs this month?  Here is what our fantastic sponsors are offering:

July Prizes Include:

 1. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

I've picked this bundle of batiks

2. Choice of $15 or 2 charm packs from Stitch n’ Giggles

3. Paper Pieces prize donated from Paper Pieces

4,5,6,7. A thread pack from Aurifil

# 4 - Thread collection with 40wt Pat Sloan's pick

#5,6,&7 - Random thread pack

8. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

Thanks for joining in! You have til the 7th to link-up.
There's an optional mid-month check-in
And you'll have to link up anytime on the last 7 days of the month.

I need goals - my June ALYoF project complete

I over think a lot of my projects. But I do love them when they are done!

I may start too many other projects before I'm "done" with others. :)  Yeah for many works in progress.

Today I finished my A Lovely Year of Finishes #ALYoF May & June project.

Yes the same project two months in a row. :)

I really do love how these clothes have turned into something more than just squares.  

The next step is to set-up a time to long-arm this beauty!

This above is the back and I finished the front back in ohhhh March.

Yeah for a finishes!
I have to admit procrastinating on this goal has allowed me to finish other fantastic projects.
Avoiding is a lot more work than just putting myself to the task at hand!

You still have time to complete your June #ALYoF link-up, link up with me HERE.  

This one is open till Sunday, June 30 at midnight PST.

{And we start all over again on Monday - so think on what you want to finish in July}

June: A Lovely Year of Finishes ~ Finishes Party

Wow June is nearing an end.  And it's summer!  :)
Melissa from Sew BitterSweet Designs and I have been loving all of your encouragement to get things done.  And we're getting things done but we also are seeing all your projects coming together.

My May  June #ALYoF project is closer to be done but it's not yet {it's not the end of the month YET}.

I've been distracted by a few other things that are awesome.


Roly Poly Pinafore made from the pattern from Imagine Gnats.
Soooo fantastic


Steam Punk blocks that are so outside my comfort zone that I love SO much.


Oh and this awesome mini {that's now done}
It's the March pattern the Fresh Mini Quilt Club from Canoe Ridge

Yeah I am cutting out a pj pant bottom for my fantastic fella- I'll get to my June goal :|
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How did you do on your June project?

You have two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.  

1. Link-up {on this post} the first 7-days of the month

and 

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below.  Make sure you also link back here so other people can join in the fun!

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Melissa, so there is no need to enter twice **

For those unsure of how to link up go check out our Q&A Page for A Lovely Year of Finishes - there are instructions on how to link up from a blog and from Flickr.

Grab a button!  Spread the LOVE

<a href="http://fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com/p/lovely-year-of-finishes.html" title="A Lovely Year of Finishes"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvBE7uofUE15qEda8ii_lCUv9l9ajbjKBxw5xuQHlMIkMtwM_aDuyXvP350NArINiIsI944NN1d1nnvh4WUKQcPN01tr519Pg9cNPbImu-G1P-vihiQu88UZr7jpHTG7HCO5NHNnKSAj4/s400/2013btn600.gif" width="180" height="180" alt="A Lovely Year of Finishes" style="border:none;" /></a>

Thanks to our fantastic sponsors are offering:

June Prizes Include:

 1. Choice of $15 or 2 charm packs from Stitch n’ Giggles

2. Loving Pieces donated from Paper Pieces

3. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

4. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

5. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

6. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads

Thanks for joining in!

June ALYoF ~ mid-month check-in linky party

Wow...June!

So wasn't it just the beginning of the year?!

How's the #ALYoF projects going? Jump over to the #ALYoF flickr group and check out the projects people have been showing off.

Here's mine...

Seriously this is progress as I may have had to take 3 WIPS + fabric off from covering all these lovely fabrics.

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This mid-month linky will be open for 7 days.

Melissa and I would love to see how you're all doing.

And this is not mandatory linky just a fun encouragement along the way!

Melissa & I share the same linky, as she's awesome & shares with me.

And remember to visit some of these lovely people and grab a button for your blog posts.

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Keep up the good work.
The finishes party will start June 23 and end on midnight June 30.

Thanks to this month's sponsors:

 Stitch n’ Giggles

Paper Pieces

Quilting Lodge

Moda United Notions

Fat Quarter Shop

 Superior Threads

Modern Mini Quilt Challenge - Rainbows in Gray

Welcome if you're jumping over from Ellison Lane.
Isn't she the bestest ever!
I was part of her follower spotlight back in 2011

As an intro ...

I'm Shanna {like Banana}.

You can find me on the many Internet venues through my buttons just to the left.

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Please look around, I would love to have you visit me again.

I'm so excited to participate in the Modern Mini Quilt Challenge.

Here is what I made.

I made this for the Modern She Made 3 swap.

I knew that I could do this as a challenge as it included stars

{I love stars & triangles of all sorts!}

This is for a secret partner, Lee from May Chappell. 

Quilt Stats:

Name: Rainbows in Gray

Size: approx. 21" x 21"

Fabrics:  Stash fabrics + Kona grays

Binding: Amy Butler - Cameo - Forget Me Not in Midnight 
Pattern:  My own design scaled down version of fireflies tutorial from Sew Bittersweet Designs

Quilting: Machine quilted by me on my Pfaff Performance 2058

Started : April 2013

Completed: May 2013 

I used and tweaked the fireflies tutorial by Melissa over at Sew Bittersweet Designs.

It was fun to post some status on Instagram

Oh and I even did this fancy smancy labeling technique from the tutorial by Melissa over at Sew Bittersweet Designs.

I also added a star for the back.  I used a the wonky star tutorial I posted here.

The back was just as fun to improv together. . see I can do it :)
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This is the first time that I jumped into a swap in a bit.  And this felt like walking into the big leagues.  I am so pleased with how this turned out. 

{I'll share what I got in return
- sometime -
I promise as I LOVE IT}

It's so nice to show things that I've finished, instead of start about 5 new projects a month or joining in on-line bee's {where I met the lovely Jennifer}.

To remedy this Melissa from Sew BitterSweet Designs and I have been running a monthly goal {with sponsors} called 'A Lovely Year of Finishes'  we would love to have your join us.  It's been fantastic to see finishes - even some of my own.

In the meantime, please go check out the other amazing mini quilts with Jennifer's Modern Mini Quilt Challenge

Thanks for visiting