March Finishes

March for me started out well!!  Early month Quilt Retreat with my Misfit Friends!! I didn’t get as much sewing done as I wanted, but I finished one quilt and one top and had lots of fun!! Here is a collection of some of the finished projects!! I am sew proud of my girls!! 

First finish of the month was a Persimon Dreams Project Quilting Challenge of a Crazy Quilt.  Well, here’s a Crazy Jean Quilt! 

After the retreat, I finished this Pillow Cover I started last month! 2 Shamrock Pillows Done!  

Second Challenge Quilt of the month and last of the project quilting season!! 

Then I challenged myself months ago to finish my Ultimate beginner quilt. So glad to have this UFO from last year done!! 

After finishing the house Quilt too at the retreat earlier in the month,  I did a basic wavy straight line to quilt it. 

Then I said I would finish this quilt for my sewing group as a donation!! It’s a mix of some else’s blocks and someone else said they would quilt it but did not.  So here it is done!  Feels so good to say DONE! 

1- House quilt- lots of pieces and few rows. Top finished at retreat and now it’s completely Finished!!

2- Small old antique embroidery quilt- only the original blob lock and fabric pulled.  Plan to box the blocks in, maybe like a log cabin. FINISHED!!!!!

3-Harvest Road Quilt- blocks cut, a few pieces sewn together 

4-Debbie row by row- omg, so much to do

5-Rooster on board- one section done.  I think this will be a retreat quilt for this year

6- Pumpkin quilt-  fabrics pulled and all in a box

7- Pineapple place mat- needs to be put together and quilted

8- Jelly roll quilt-  undid it for a race demo in class.  Sewed a few corners and now it’s sittin a box. 

9- Moma quilt- I need to make several of these, but for 2 years,  I’ve had fabric pulled for at least one and sitting in a box. 

10- Sunflower quilt- made with my friends daughters clothes for her kids 

11- Sunflower 2- same as above

12-Sunflower 3- yep, same

13- Bow tie quilt-  I cut a bunch of scrap squared to make this and never did it. 

14- Bea Lea Jumbled Sampler-  Accuquilt quilt fit the year

15- Sewcialites- 12 blocks out of 36 blocks done

16- Ultimate beginner Sampler- FINISHED 

17- T quilt from years ago-  at least 2 blocks done.

18- Stained glass window-  lots of blocks done years old

19- animal embroidery-  needs just a few blocks. 

20- Kaffe embroidery quilt- needs borders.  Top done,  at least 2 years old

21- Yenter embroidery-  needs a few blocks finished

22- batik embroidery-  needs a few blocks finished

23- crown of thorns.  Has a few blocks cut out. Several sewn together 

24- Tree quilt- not started

25- Scrap log cabin quilt- not started

26- Selvedge aqua quilt-  some selvedge blocks done

27- string block quilt-  random sized string blocks 

28- pineapple sampler quilt- 3 blocks started. 

29- batik HST quilt- lesson from class

30- persimmon dreams block of the month

31- Pat Sloan star quilt

Clover Pillows and place mats

This year my quilt group is doing a monthly theme block and small items at meetings. Well last month, it was Clovers! 

Since I truly have Irish heritage, I am excited to add a St Patty’s month project to my collection. I already had one rather large runner I made several years ago.  Now I will have matching placemats and a few pillows!

 

    Since I am doing the demos this year,  I always make extra and give one to my mother in law.  All three of these items are made with simple blocks and 3 different ways. I love showing everyone a variety so that everyone may find one they love! 

I didn’t really get to celebrate St Patty’s day like I wanted, so instead, we ate dinner as a family yesterday. This month to celebrate Wades girlfriends birthday month.  I was in a baking mood.  So I cooked an old family recipes of Soda Bread.  Then 2 more types of soda bread.  

This is my aunts recipe that came down from Great grandma Riley. I added pineapple instead of Raisin,  like she did.  I cooked this one in a cast iron skillet. This gave it a cornbread like crust.   

This is a plain old loaf.  Nothing special and nothing added until the end when I ran a stick of butter across the top. Cooked in a cast iron Dutch oven.  I think it’s my new go too! 

This is the Bailey Irish Creme soda bread also made in the Dutch oven.  It’s pretty good. 

An entire table of delicious!!! Love seeing what people like best! 

Then there is this Bailey’s Irish Creme pound cake! I sooo love this, but it boiled out of the pan it said to cook it in the oven and made my house stink. 

Then add all of this to Corned beef and Cabbage and meatloaf!! Perfect family meal time.  Then their is this precious little fellow!! My sons Basset hound named Cleatus!!