July OMG - done

I finished the top back on Saturday the 15th, but then I got distracted...  Where did the last 2 weeks go?  ((Only 149 days until Christmas!))

I also found some fabric for the backing.  Months, maybe even 2 years ago, my daughter won a $25 certificate at the local fabric shop and wanted to buy the rest of this bolt, about 5 1/2 yards.  :)  Now I have a use for it!

Pale blue with white triangles.

Extra bits sewn together, a bit wobbly...  I want to include it on the back.

Now I need to double check that I am happy with all my seams and move on to the final steps.  Most of the squares nestled nicely together, so I am pleased!  I also kept all the directional prints facing the correct way.  Yay!  Cutting out all the blocks wasn't nearly as hard as I though it would be, so I am very glad I joined this sew-a-long.

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ps:  Here are some slightly smaller (6") squares for my rainbow version.  I am maybe 1/3 or 1/2 done cutting?  Purple is my favorite color, so there will be a lot of purple squares!  Kekekeke.

July OMG - picnic blanket

I have a gazillion things that I "should" work on, but I really want to do something fun...  Sewing is so much more enjoyable when you get to play, right?  So I'm going to choose something I *want* to do this month for my OMG, hosted by Elm Street Quilts.

One of my favorite blogs is Stitched in Color.  Rachel is currently hosting a sew-along for a simple picnic blanket.  I just bought a cute Christmas-y FQ stack from Connecting Threads that I've wanted to buy since last year:

My goal is to participate in the sew-along and complete the top.  ((Need to find backing fabric...!))

June OMG - Done

I finished putting on the binding and my son says this pillow is just the right amount of "fluffy and non-fluffy".

Pics of my monster:

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June OMG - red pillow

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This is a pillow I made for my son, whose favorite color is RED!  Someday I will do a jelly roll race...  But this is only a 16" square to try out the technique.  It still needs binding, so that is my June goal: bind the red pillow

May OMG - done!

I am not the most organized, so I do not know which of these are the 15 blocks I made this month...

Here are the 22 squared up ones:

The final 6 that are still waiting to be trimmed:

My favorite of this batch:

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mid-month OMG progress

I am breaking this goal into smaller bits that I can manage in between the rest of life -- I think I have done well so far.  :)  5 blocks are all sewn up, awaiting a press before squaring.

Here are the rest:

May OMG = blue and grey QAYG blocks

I took a class at Back Porch Fabrics in January.  I did 8 blocks in class and made 5 more since then...  One is not shown here:

I have 15 more squares of batting already cut, so that is my goal for May: sew 15 more blocks.

I'm not sure if I was planning a 4x7 (28 blocks) layout, or if I just got tired of cutting the batting...?  Blocks finish at 8.5".  So... we shall see!  :P

This one is my favorite so far because that leopard print was a pillow I made about 20 years ago!

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