Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday!

Pull up a chair and join me for a cup of tea as we kick off this week's Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday (TGIFF)! If this is your first time visiting a TGIFF event, it's a linky party where someone can link a Finished project from the past week!

 

This week I am sharing my finished Mix & Mingle quilt which I made for my daughter's first Twin Bed. If you listen closely you can hear the howling wind while it blows around our freshly acquired 2 feet of snow. It only takes a peek out of the window and I am reminded that I am not in Texas anymore! Consequently when I made this quilt, I knew that I wanted to use wool batting for the first first.

 

My friend Richy from Spazzycat Designs made this pattern for the Moda Bake Shop and I was thrilled when he offered to use his short arm quilting machine to do the top stitching. 

I just got it back last week and spent the week adding a solid purple binding. My favorite part about working on this project was using K Buckley's perfect circle templates to make my appliqué circles, it was a dream for a new-to-appliqué person like me!

 

Thank you for stopping by and visiting my quilt! Won't you consider linking up a finish of your own and/or visit a link or two below? 

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Shanna

An InLinkz Link-up

How Splendid It Is!

Starting Sunday, I will be joining many around the globe taking place in the Splendid Sampler.  They will be releasing blocks on Sundays and Thursdays each week through 100 blocks.  I have tried Blocks of the Month, and Blocks of the week before, but I was trying to do them on my own.  This time I am excited because I have Internet space friends on facebook, on Instagram and other places through out the Blogosphere who are taking part in the unique mystery blocks that will be revealed!

I have finally chosen to cut into my precious Persimmon stash
that I got for my birthday last year and my Mon Ami FQ set I got for Christmas!  I am going to pair these two lines with Grunge basics, all three lines are by the designer Basic Grey and produce by Moda fabrics so I am hoping they will have a cohesive look to the whole quilt when it's completed!  Have you looked into taking part of this Quilt-along?  You can find the information here:  The Splendid Sampler.

 My hope is to start blogging again. I plan to share my blocks and their extra projects as I take part in this quilt-along! I hope that you all will join in the fun times ahead!

*\0/* cheers
Shanna