Finished! At Last!

OK I know it's Saturday, but I'm linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for her Finish It Up Friday this week anyway. That is because I have not one, not two, but THREE finishes this week!  Yay!  I could not bear to shout that they are finally finished. LOL

The first is this little wall hanging that I started about 2 years ago.  It was inspired by Amanda's little pillow, I decided that mine needed to be a wall hanging instead.  I finished the top right away and that was as far as it got until a couple of weeks ago when I decided it was time to finish it.  I sandwiched it and quilted it then and finished up the binding this week.  It still needs some little rings sewn to the back so that I can hang it up, but other than that it is finished!

The second is this little baby quilt that I started about  a year ago.  Not sure who will wind up with it yet, everybody seems to be having boys! LOL  I cut all the little tumbler blocks on my Go! cutter.  Love that thing!

And the third and final finish is this baby!  I am embarrassed to say that it was started about 4 1/2 years ago.  I got the blocks done in a reasonable amount of time, and finished the top several months later in a sewing session at Amanda's house.  She helped me arrange the blocks. :)  I finally got it quilted about a year later, the binding machine sewn on about a year after that, and I finally got it hand sewn this week. It was originally started as my effort to join in Amanda's One a Day quilt a long.  Needless to say I fell a little behind... LOL.  I am so glad to have this project off of my list and into use.  In perfect timing for a really cold week being forecast here in Minnesota!

I am not counting these as part of my unfinished project goal this year as I finished them before I set the goal.  Next up is to finish my Scrappiness Squared quilt and a small pillow a friend asked me to make from a special sweatshirt.  I hope to finish both by the end of January.

What projects are you working on?  Did you finish any up this week?

Baby Bonnets from Leftovers

I don't often do craft shows, but my friend Danielle of Live Laugh Sew is having one in her home in a few weeks.  I have been going through what I have on hand and realizing that I REALLY need to sell some things, LOL.

I've also been looking at Pinterest. Sometimes that gets me in trouble, LOL. I usually wind up heading into my sewing room with boatloads of ideas afterward and today was no different.  More on the other ideas later...

The one I focused on today is really very simple and I have been itching to get into my sewing room and start in on them.  In fact they are so simple that I would be willing to put together a tutorial if anyone is interested.

Baby bonnets.  I have so many small pieces of fabric left over from other projects, and bits of lace and rickrack and ribbon galore.  I thought this would be a great way to combine them!  I am really loving making these.  They are so simple and quick to sew up and will hopefully sell at the craft sale (unless someone else wants them before... wink, wink...)

This one is a 3-6 month size.

This one is also a 3-6 month size.  I will need to purchase some ribbon for this one.  I didn't have the right size red and the brown that I had seemed too drab.  

And this one is a 6-12 month size. 

I am hoping to do a few more in both sizes and also a few in 0-3 month size.  I'm also considering doing a few lined with flannel.  It has turned downright cold up here in Minnesota in the last few days.   

All in all it was a pretty fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon!  What about you?  What have you been up to lately?