Glory Be Quilter

C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend Linky Party and GIVEAWAY

THIRD WEEKEND IN MAY:

Welcome to my C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend linky party! Share your goals or works in progress!

GIVEAWAY THIS WEEKEND: I will be giving away 3 fat quarters of Downton Abbey Andover fabrics.

In order: The Downton Tuft, The Dowager's Lace, The Dowager's Damask

To win you need to comment below that you are a follower of my blog or you became a follower of my blog or you added your link to the linky party. Only entries from Canada and the U.S. Thank you. I will announce the winner on my Friday finish post.

C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Linky Party:

Your weekly goals should be:
Crafty
Reasonable
Achievable
Fun
Treasured
Shared

Please note: It is ok if you don't meet your goals but at least have a plan for the week so you don't get sidetracked or maybe you still will! There are several blogs that host a Friday or Saturday linky party (see side bar to the right) to share how you did on your C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Goals.

I will be adding my C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly post in a link below this week just so this post is not that long.

Friday Finish in May

Third week in May

I got a sore throat later this week so I only completed one baby quilt on my long arm for the Kindred Spirits Community quilters. There is a quilt on the long arm but it is only 1/3 done.

On the weekend I am having a GIVEAWAY at my Linky Party called C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend linky party.

If you like Downton Abbey, I am am giving away 3 Downton Abbey Fat quarters by Andover Fabrics, please stop by and leave a comment, a link or follow me to enter to win.

-the colours are a little off in the pictures below.

The Dowager's Lace The Downton Tuft The Dowager's Damask

I am linking to the following blogs:

- Inspired Thursdays by the Inspired Wren.

- I Quilt Thursday at Pretty Bobbins by Gemma

- Richard and Tanya Quilts: Link-a-Friday Finish

- TGIFF then click on My Quilt Infatuation.

- Off The Wall Fridays at Creations by Nina Marie

- Show Off Saturday Linky Party at Sew Can She

Click on the links on the right sidebar to check out some wonderful finishes.

Christmas Quilt Along progress

I am participating in the Christmas Quilt Along but I am a little behind. This is what I have done so far...

I think these are January, February and March blocks. This post is a good inspiration to complete more from April and May.

I caught up! So here is my quilt so far...

I am linking to Love Laugh Quilt: Christmas Quilt Along post.

In my bookshelf...on my phone

This is what is listened to this week:

Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly.

I love the easy flow of J.E.'s books. Lorelei King does a great job reading Janet's books. Her voice is perfect. It is a funny story with a hint of mystery. I enjoyed it. There is a part 2 called The Husband list. I am waiting for it to be available to borrow at the library I borrow audiobooks from.

Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews.

I just finished this book last night. A fictional story about life and how mixed up it can get. It is also an easy listen. I like how the story lines of the character's lives were all tied together. It is read by Kathleen McInerney. At first I wasn't sure if her voice fit the story but as you listen you realize her voice is great for the book.

I just loaded The Best Of Me by Nicholas Sparks on today for my next book to listen to.

I am linking to Spread the Love Linky Party by the Steadfast Reader.

My C.R.A.F.T.S. weekly goals...

Second week of May:

I completed this baby quilt on my Longarm on the weekend. It is another charity quilt for the Kindred Spirits community quilters. I used Ground Cover pantograph.

I hope to complete 2 community quilts on the long arm pictured below.

A baby quilt top made by Kindred Spirits Community quilters. I will be using white thread ( I don't know what kind) with Target pantograph by Anne Bright.

A lap quilt top using the Lazy Ruler made by the Kindred Spirits Community quilters.

Next weekend I will have a giveaway at my C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend Linky Party. Here is a sneak peek of the 3 fat quarters that will be given away.

I am linking to:

-C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Linky Party by me,

-Sew Many Ways: Sew Darn Crafty Linky party,

-Anything Goes Mondays @ Stitch by Stitch,

-Tuesday Linky party at Freemotion by the River,

-WIPs on Wednesday by the Quiltsy Team

-WIPs Wednesday at The Needle and Thread Network.

Click on the links to the right to see what other bloggers are up to.

C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend Linky party

SECOND WEEKEND IN MAY:

Welcome to my C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend linky party! Share your goals or works in progress!

First week of May Finishes

It's been a great week of sunshine and more warm weather. We had our school track and field meet this week so lots of fresh air after this 2 day event.

I was glad I still had energy on Wednesday to finish the charity quilt I had put on the long arm on Tuesday night.

I completed a customer's XL baby quilt on the long arm on Tuesday night. I started it on Saturday. I used Angel Wings pantograph with white Connecting Threads Essential Pro polyester line.

Completed on the long arm, a charity baby quilt for the Kindred Spirits Community Quilters. Someone in the group pieced the top. I get to long arm quilt them.

I used Angel Wings pantograph with white Connecting Threads Essential Pro polyester line.( same as above)

I am linking to the following blogs:

- Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation

- Inspired Thursdays by the Inspired Wren.

- I Quilt Thursday at Pretty Bobbins by Gemma

- Let's Make Baby Quilts at Michelle's Romantic Tangle.

- Richard and Tanya Quilts: Link-a-Friday Finish

- TGIFF then click on Quilt Matters.

- Off The Wall Fridays at Creations by Nina Marie

- Show Off Saturday Linky Party at Sew Can She

Click on the links on the right sidebar to check out some wonderful finishes.

Please join me and help me grow my Linky party on the weekend to post your weekly goals or works in progress on my C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Linky Party.

C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly goals

First week of May...

Note: Most of these quilts are pieced by others. I am the long arm quilter for these lovelies!

Completed this weekend: (goals below)

I just completed 2 Prayer and Squares quilts on the long arm and binding on Friday and Saturday. My mom made the tops. I forgot to take a pic of the second prayer quilt completed and will have to get a picture later. I do have a picture of the top.

Goals for this week are to:

1. Complete a customer's xL baby quilt on the long arm. She brought me the top and back on Thursday May 1.

2. Complete one or more charity quilts on the long arm. These are the tops that were done by the Kindred Spirits Community Quilters. I am the resident volunteer long armer only!

I am linking to:

- C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend Linky Party

-Sew Many Ways: Sew Darn Crafty Linky party,

-Anything Goes Mondays @ Stitch by Stitch,

-Tuesday Linky party at Freemotion by the River,

-WIPs on Wednesday by the Quiltsy Team

-WIPs Wednesday at The Needle and Thread Network.

Click on the links to the right to see what other bloggers are up to.

In my bookshelf...on my phone

Just some history...
I was an avid paper book reader until just over a year and a half ago. In August 2012, I purchased a long arm quilt machine to quilt the quilts I had pieced for my family and friends.

Most of my spare time was spent learning how to use the machine and also piecing quilts as my new hobby. I realized 2 months into owning my new machine, I had spent no time reading. I missed it terribly! As a read a quilter's blog, I found out that she listened to audiobooks while quilting on her long arm. I thought I could do that! I never liked listening to stories. I had always like the feel of a book in my hand. But now I love that I get the best of both worlds. I can do something with my hands while listening to an audiobook. I then found out that I could borrow audiobooks from my local library on an app called Overdrive on my iPad.

No more late fees, still reading (listening) to books for free! I love it! I love quilting and reading equally so I am going to add what I am listening to on my blog and link to a linky party called Spread the Love 2.0 on Sundays hosted by April at The Steadfast Reader.

So here's what I listened to this week while quilting, driving to work and even at work on my breaks:

Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker - #3 in the series. This series is ok, not my favourite.

A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks - I love all Nicholas Sparks books. Even though this one frustrated me near the end but it turned out well.

Currently I am listening toThe Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. I love this one. I have previously listened to the last 5 books in the series about a bounty hunter named Stephanie Plum written by Janet Evanovich. I laughed many times reading this. I love the style of writing in these books and The Heist.

I am linking to Spread the Love 2.0 at the The Steadfast Reader by April.

April Scrappy Challenge Blocks

Here are my April Scrappy Challenge Blocks. It is a block of the month ( of sorts) to use up scraps in our stash hosted by Judy Laquidara at Patchwork Times.

C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend Linky Party

First Weekend in May 2014

Welcome to my C.R.A.F.T.S. Weekly Weekend linky party! Share your goals or works in progress!

Last of April finish!

I completed one more quilt on my long arm machine, Glory Be, for April, just on the 29th. It is my Mom's queen size quilt. She either did a block of the month or a class. The blocks are on point. It looks stunning! She said this will be her last queen size quilt. She is so thankful that I have a long arm which cuts down on the cost since I charge her nothing. I used Lush Leaves pantograph. So here are the pictures. I took them by a park along Lake Ontario. The midges (tiny black flying bugs) were there by the thousands! Hopefully you can't see them in the pictures.