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I was so amused when I read Kim's tips for getting ready for the upcoming season of Project Quilting and number seven was to finish up any puzzles you've started. You may remember that I started a puzzle a few days ago. So, here it is, my finished 1000 piece "stained glass" puzzle. The first photo shows it on my black tabletop and the second shows it held up and backlit. I may just tape this up in the window of my studio.

And now I'm all ready to sew... right after I clean up the studio. ;-)

Have you ever sewn for a quilt challenge? Participated in Project Quilting? I hope you'll consider joining in for this season's challenges. The first one start January 7. Let me know you'll be participating so I can keep an eye out for what you create!

 

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Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs is hosting her third annual "Best of" linkup. I've decided to share my five favorite finishes of the year. In no particular order...

Brighter the Better Baby Quilt

I participated in the 2017 weekly Project Quilting Challenges which I really enjoyed. This was my favorite from the series. I love the color palette and the dots and stripes. Read more.

 

Improv Tumbler Mini Quilt

This mini quilt was made for the MQG swap and delivered at QuiltCon. It was hard for me to give away. Read more.

 

Back and Forth Baby Quilt

This one is most exciting because it is the cover quilt on my first quilt pattern release. And I love the fish! Read more or get the pattern.

 

Halloween Strip It Down Quilt

I've been collecting cute Halloween fabric for years and finally made a Halloween cuddle quilt for our household. The pattern by Quilt Theory went together quickly and easily and I love the spiderweb quilting by Tami. Read more.

 

Planned Improv: Scrappy Squares Mini Quilt

Planned Improv: Scrappy Squares is my first 6-hour quilt workshop that I'm teaching. My favorite version of this technique that I've made so far features the blue solids. Read more.

 

Thanks for visiting. I'll share my most visited posts later in the week. ;-)

I'm linking up to Cheryl's Best of 2017 Linky Party.

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Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating!

We spent Christmas morning with my mom and brother enjoying a relaxing time together. When I returned home in the mid-afternoon I fully intended to make it into the sewing room for some quality time with my sewing machine. Instead, I opted for a long walk while my kids had some rest time, and then I settled back at the puzzle table. (I also worked with my son to make his first stop-animation video. So fun! And my husband and I played two games of Pandemic. It was a lovely day.)

Last night I broke out this awesome puzzle, a gift I received from my husband for Hanukkah this year. I'm a fan of puzzles in the 500-1000 piece range that are not ridiculous (ya know, the ones where all the pieces look the same!). I'm also a big Disney fan. This stained art jigsaw puzzle is plastic, which at first I thought was kind of odd. Then I realized it was so that it really looks like stained glass. (See pic below.) The quality is top notch and the pieces "snap" together so nicely. I've made decent progress working solo on it this evening and I imagine the kids may help me tomorrow. I'll also get into the sewing room tomorrow. I don't think it'll get done, but I'd like to make more progress on my OMG for December.

What do you do to relax when you aren't sewing?

 

Now that my laptop is back, I'm back to my 31 Day Blog Writing challenge. Be sure to click through to find others who are blogging every day this month!

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