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This week I have been concentrating on making some bubbles for the Bubble Bee from a pattern by Aylin . This is one quarter of my first bubble: and I have also tried to make progress on my nearly-finished UFO and Lazy Bums challenge of my You've got Mail wallhanging, another lovely pattern by Ayum i in Patchwork Please. Linking to WIP Wednesday  and Let's Bee Social . Celine

There was lots on my list this month. First the children were breaking up for school on 17 July so I made some teachers' gifts. And even if every year I promise myself I will be organised and won't finish them just the night before....well it always end up being a mad rush the night before. So I made 3 open wide pouch from Noodle Head pattern and tutorial that the kiddies gifted to their teachers: This was my choice for A lovely Year of finishes I also made a pencil case to Big Boy who needed one for his roll-over day to Middle School. I used a pattern by Ayumills in her Patchwork Please book and lovely Diary of a Wimpy Kid fabric. He loved it! And then there were the swaps. Yes plural because I am a swap addict :-) and ended signing up for (too) many. The first to go out was the round 2 of It's so Kawaii swap. I don't know if my partner has received yet but I hope she liked it. I made a little embroidery from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery, which I loved an...

Yes I know I am part of many swaps and bees and occasionally I fall behind one month. So this month in between many other things, I have made a point to try and catch up, even more so as I have signed up for 2 more bees recently. I first finished an Hazel block for Jane after having trouble with her hair-do. I had nearly finished her when I realised her spikes were not all in the same directions :-( After much unpicking.... Hazel has gone The second block I have done for the stash bee was a pothole block for Nikki. I had trouble working out the instructions, getting confused between the lining and the linen but I finally made it! I also caught up with my hexie flowers, 2 yellow flowers for Simone for June  and also 2 ice cream flowers for Penny for July I finished my June Patchwork of the Cross block for the I love Lucy International bee I sent a little book to Liz  and a giant Charn Dash to Julie (I love her fabric choices) I als...

So I was nearly there last month to meet my deadline, and then I ran out of thread half way through the quilting. So I ordered another spool of thread and finished the quilting but it was too late for the gift giving. So I finished the quilting and added the binding by machine. There was a few hundred centimeters of binding to be hand sewn.... which I left for a few weeks. But then we were going home twice where there was a good occasion to finally gift my quilt to Mum so last week, over the course of 2 evenings, I sat down with my huge triangle quilt to finally bind it and give it away this week-end. So 322 triangles later, the quilt is finished, no longer a UFO and an OPAM for July. Linking to Whoop Whoop Friday  and that's my item 12 on Q3 Finish Along . Celine

It is time to make a new list for the next 3 months as half of the year has already disappeared. There is also the summer holidays coming up so I don't think this will help me finish much but a girl can dream :-) 1. M new quilt  2. It so Kawai swap - open wide pouch + cross stitch 3. Teachers' gifts - open wide pouch 4. One-hour basket for swap  5. Hand pieced mini swap  6. Quilt for my friend's 40th  7.  Make myself a skirt with the Skirt Sew Along  - cut and ready to be sewn  8. Work bag for myself - started years ago but stopped because of a zip fear! - this one is on my list since the beginning of last year so I am really hoping I'll eventually pick it up and finish it...    9. Zodiac swap 10. Star Plus quilt - needs quilting and binding 11. Cat bag as a Christmas present similar to the one I made 2 years ago   12. Triangle Quilt take #2  - all the triang...

Half way though the year, this is going fast! Did I manage to cross off more than 5 this time? Time to check and link back to  our cheerleader   Adrianne   1. M new quilt -  no progress 2.  UK mini swap -    done! 3. Basket for my friend's birthday - done! 4. One-hour basket for swap -  no progress 5. Lighthouse quilt for my cousin's 30th birthday - done 6. Quilt for my friend's 40th -  no progress 7.  Make myself a skirt with the Skirt Sew Along  - cut and ready to be sewn - no progress 8. Work bag for myself - started years ago but stopped because of a zip fear! - this one is on my list since the beginning of last year so I am really hoping I'll eventually pick it up and finish it...   -  no progress 9. Bag for Maud -started 5 years ago...  -  done    10. Star Plus quilt  - no progress 11. Cat bag as a Christmas present ...

Another month is starting and with it will come the summer break for the kids (two and half more weeks). Most our week-ends will be busy so it is probably better I don't plan too much, you know me! :-) Hoping for Finishes! 1.  Triangle quilt for Mum's birthday -  Nearly nearly there. All that's left now is to sew the binding by hand. I want to gift it to Mum next time I see her! 2.  One-hour basket for swap  - due this month 3. Kawaii swap items -  due this month 4. Teachers' gifts  -  due this month -  A Lovely Year of Finishes 5.  Skirt Sew Along - no progress 6.  IG Secret Pal swap  -  June item due 7. Wedding present for one of the teacher 8. Hand made mini swap -  due this month Bee Blocks  1.  I love Lucy international  block (June and July)  2.  Flower hexies for the Inchy Hexie Swap (June and July)   3.    Bee Europa (July) 4....