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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?

Comments

You have wonderful finishes for 2014. Have fun finishing your sampler quilt this month.
So productive! may 2015 be filled with even more finishes!
dq said…
Your sampler is lovely. Those blocks are no beginner's work.
Kate said…
Beautiful sampler. Congrats on your successful UFO finishes in 2014. Hoping your 2015 success is even better.
Leah said…
Beautiful finishes for 2014! And here's to another great year of finishes for 2015!
auntie sash said…
Good job on the finishes. Here's to more in 2015!
lesleyworth said…
Lovely finishes! Good luck in 2015!
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!
Anonymous said…
Some very nice finishes there for 2014! Best wishes for a January finish. I did link up. =)
Beautiful finishes for 2014. Love your what you're working on now.

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