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A Lovely Year of Finishes: 2014 and 2015

Half way through the year I started joining in with A Lovely Year of Finishes hosted by Shanna at Fiber of All Sorts and Melissa of Sew Bittersweet. Alongside the Finish Along it's been a great way of focussing my sewing (and sometimes stopping me from getting distracted  with new things when I have deadlines!). I have completed 6 months of goals so I get to join in the final linky party for 2014. Here are my finishes:



In July I finished a basket for the Big Stitches Swap; in August I finished the Siblings Together Bee Quilt; in September I finished my Swooning in a Crowd quilt; in October I finished the Mix Tape quilt; in November the theme continued and I finished the Mini Mix Tape quilt for the #IGMiniSwap; and in December I finished the Baby Boats quilt.
So that's a wrap for 2014, onto 2015 and my January goal.
A Lovely Year of Finishes

I could pick one of the two swap projects that I need to finish, but I need to finish those regardless, so I want to use this to push me to finish something that otherwise may not get done: my Nikki Tinkler Sampler Quilt. Started in 2011, it's really about time this got finished. I made some really good progress back in September but in the pre-Christmas rush it got left at the side.


Will you be linking up?
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Linda M @ Pieceful Kingdom said…
You have wonderful finishes for 2014. Have fun finishing your sampler quilt this month.
1 January 2015 at 12:24
Darlington Delights said…
So productive! may 2015 be filled with even more finishes!
1 January 2015 at 23:39
dq said…
Your sampler is lovely. Those blocks are no beginner's work.
2 January 2015 at 00:32
Kate said…
Beautiful sampler. Congrats on your successful UFO finishes in 2014. Hoping your 2015 success is even better.
2 January 2015 at 13:11
Leah said…
Beautiful finishes for 2014! And here's to another great year of finishes for 2015!
3 January 2015 at 05:25
auntie sash said…
Good job on the finishes. Here's to more in 2015!
3 January 2015 at 08:41
lesleyworth said…
Lovely finishes! Good luck in 2015!
3 January 2015 at 12:56
Sherry said…
Good job with the 2014 finishes!

I am joining in for the first time this year and hope that I can get a lot of my UFO's cleared up.

Good luck in 2015!
4 January 2015 at 22:56
Anonymous said…
Some very nice finishes there for 2014! Best wishes for a January finish. I did link up. =)
6 January 2015 at 22:27
Quilting Chemist (Danette) said…
Beautiful finishes for 2014. Love your what you're working on now.
8 January 2015 at 02:29
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