Finishing it Off Friday...

Nancie Anne, my partner in crime for our F-abulous Finishes on Friday, gave me some good advice after our last weeks Sharing...She said to take some time off before F-inding F-orgotten treasures to work on!  Well... it turned out that's EXACTLY what I did!  Hubby and I baby-sat for two days and then the SUN shone...and I found myself outside raking and tidying up the yard...it felt so good to be outside!  Oh, and then I was off to Nanaimo with the Woolies!  All F-un and F-rolics makes for no F-inishes!

Yahoo...the rain is back, so bring on those F-orgotten Treasures!

These blocks REALLY were forgotten...Random leftovers...

I found this package of F-ive F-ab blocks...

 And this sheet of baskets and flowers (from a Free Primitive Gathering BOM...which didn't get done) The baskets had been traced onto Heat N Bond lite YEARS AGO...I was shocked that it hadn't disintegrated!!  I pulled some wool...and ironed it on...

 Before long...I had the baskets ready for stitching...I still have one more block to stitch and then will embroider the stems and add the leaves. This is as far as I got for this week...

 I also found five of these scrappy blocks...they didn't make the cut from the project that I made years ago...but they were too pretty to toss...

I envisioned a red/brown and beige table topper...so I turned to my Block Fab App on my iPad...(geeze...I should have cleaned the screen of my iPad...and then stop eating while I am on it!! haha)

 I decided to add some 'Broken Dishes' blocks to the mix...

I punched in the size and presto...I was away!  I love this app as there is no math or guess work involved.

 Clear instructions on how to make the block.

 Done!

 I made four of them...

 I added a border...but it still needed something else...

...so a piano border was added.  Much better! Now she is done!

 It's all ready to quilt...so near to a F-inish but not this week!

I did finish hand stitching another block to the 'Where the Cows Com Home' Quilt...a Cottage at Cardiff Farms design!  Slow but surely, I will get there! I love these barns!

My wee house quilt has been quilted and trimmed.

 This is such a busy quilt that it just needed simple quilting so it got an all over meander which doesn't show up except in the lighter blocks.

 I want to do some BIG stitch hand quilting in the star border...and found this border print-out in Picasso to use as inspiration.

 I'm not sure what valdani thread I will use but the quilt has been marked and it's ready to go. I will play with the threads and see which one works best!

 I used this simple fabric for backing...it's a mottled, blue striped moda fabric.

 So although I am near to a few F-inishes nothing got completed this week!

Just Judy just sent me her Friday Finish and it is F-abulous!!!  Check out her F-un Woolie table mat which I believe is a Primitive Gathering pattern...

Absolutely F-antastic!!  Well done, Just Judy!

Now we need to hurry over to Nancie's to see her F-abulous F-inshes!  Last week she completed TWO wonderful quilts...complete with gorgeous quilting and both were bound!!  The woman is a marvel!  You will find Nancie Anne's Quilts Blog HERE!

I hope you have some F-antastic F-inishes this F-un F-riday and Happy Stitching!~P