Good bye June

Wow, what a hectic month it was.  I barely finished my goals for the month, but I managed to get them all done.  I had my doubts last Thursday when my machine started acting up.  It started with a broken darning/free motion quilting foot that had cracked and my needle went through part of the foot.   That led to the cracked bobbin case, which led to the timing being messed up on my machine.  When it rains it pours.  I picked up my machine on Thursday from the repair shop.   I'm happy it is fixed and I was able to finish everything up.

 The lighting here today hasn't been the best for taking pictures.  The is the top all quilted, even though you can't see any of the quilting.

Here is the back to prove it is really quilted.  I did a variety of different free motion techniques and some 1/4" edging with my walking foot.

I am very pleased with how it turned out.  It is not perfect by any means, but it is my quilt and I have to live with it.

My other 2 goals for the month were to finish up my mystery quilt clues for May and June and I did.

For May, we ended up with these pretty little chevron strips.

And for June We have 20 of these blocks.

Now I want to know what happened to June.  It was gone in a flash!  Tomorrow is July 1st which means my kids have 35 days before they go back to school, and of course then I have to go back to work as well.

Come celebrate 11 years with the Fat Quarter Shop

The Fat Quarter Shop is 11 years old and to celebrate they are having a shipping sale.

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June Goals

Yes, I said goals as in more than one.  I actually have 3 goals for this month.  They are all pretty big goals, but if I can get the kids to cooperate I think it is totally possible.

Goal #1 is to get the quilting finished on my Circles of Hope quilt.  Yes, I had this same goal back in September 2013, but wasn't decided on how I was going to do the quilting.  I think I have a plan now.

Goal #2

I started a Mystery quilt last month and didn't get my May clue completed due to working and being thoroughly exhausted.  I have 304 HST's to get squared up and sewn together.

Goal #3

This goal sort of goes along with #2, but it is the June Mystery Quilt clue/step that I want to have finished up by the end of the month or at least very close to being done.

Here are the fabrics I have chosen for the mystery quilt.  I know the brown kind of sticks out like a sore thumb, but if you look close in the print it is there and I wanted to pull that out a bit.    I will  post pictures as I make progress on the the quilt.

I'm linking up to the ALYoF monthly party over at Sew Bittersweet Designs.