We have a finish!

Yeah!  This was one of the few BOM's  I managed to keep up with all year.  Shabby Fabrics Country Cottages BOM (patterns still available for free on the website!).  I started putting it all together late Saturday; messed around with it a little more on Sunday; and put the final border on this morning.
  
Ta Da!!

 

It is placed across the back of my sofa, since I didn't have anyone available at the time to hold it up for me.  

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Here it is!  The last block for Shabby Fabrics Country Cottage BOM!  I have started the assembly of the entire quilt, with only the outer border remaining to be attached.  Done just in time for the Christmas holidays!


(Not sure why my camera is making all those lines appear....)

Country Cottages.....

again!  Back when this BOM first started, I was feeling pretty ambitious.  I thought I would reduce the size of each block to 6", so that my finished quilt would not be so large.  Well....by March, reality set in, and I decided to go ahead with the designed dimensions.  I had done January's and February's block as six inches.  I kept up with all the other blocks at the regular size....which meant I had two blocks to redo.  Finally, here are the January and February blocks in the 12 1/2" by 12 1/2" size.
January:

A few details for this block:

I wasn't too happy with the snowman's hat and redid it a little, as well as the face and a portion of the scarf.  No giant snowflakes in the sky, either.  I did those in the six inch size and did not think they added that much to the block.

Here's February:

This one has become one of my favorites.  A few of the details for this one:

I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone for stopping by to visit.  I especially enjoy reading the various comments left by those taking a few minutes out of their day to do so. :))

 

Country Cottages

Here it is!  Block 8 of the free BOM Country Cottages offered by Shabby Fabrics.  Only a few more days until Block 9. :)

I did my sunflowers with three different golds of wool felt.  I attached the background to the fabric and kept the other petals loose, adding a running stitch through the top of each petal.

Country Cottages

All done for month four!  This is Shabby Fabrics free BOM called Country Cottages.  Can you believe it is month four already?  This month's block has some fresh tulips and a few Easter egss, too!
Here is a bit of detail of my embroidery for the face of the house:

As always, thank you for taking the time to stop by and visit!

CountryCottages - Block 3

Here it is!  It is hard to believe we are already on Block 3 for Shabby Fabrics free BOM called Country Cottages.  This one has a very cute shamrock topiary.

Off to work on another one of my Block of the Month's!

Pumpkin & Star

Have I mentioned I belong to a ....ahem.....few.....Blocks of the Month?  Here's a portion of Block 7 for Blessings of Summer...the star; ice cream cones to follow!

Fun, vibrant summery colors!

Another BOM I am doing is The Great Pumpkin Quilt.  Here's Block 3.  These blocks are B I G!

(sorry...it got a bit wrinkled waiting for me to finally take its picture!)

Country Cottages

My first Country Cottages BOM block!  This is a free pattern offered by Shabby Fabrics.  The free blocks will be available either through Shabby Fabrics website or on the blog link above. 

The original block size is larger than mine.  I made my pattern a bit smaller.  My blocks will be approximately 8".  I wanted to make them a bit smaller this time, since I have so many larger BOM's on the go right now. 

I did make a few changes...the snowman's eyes and mouth...the center of the snowflakes (I used snowflake buttons), wool felt for the curved border under the roof, and outlining my windows so they would stand out a bit more against my background fabric.