A Year of Lovely Finishes, minus two

My friend Melissa at SewBitterSweetDesigns and Shanna at Fiber of All Sorts are hosting a year-long linky party to motivate us to finish up our stagnant projects.  I meant to begin in January so I could have a whole year of finishes, I did, I really did.  All of a sudden it is March and this is my first one so I guess I will just have 10 months of lovely finishes.  

Last summer, I bought a layer cake of Sew Stitchy and the embroidery squares panel was a freebie from the seller.  I began by cutting the embroidery squares to 5.5" and framing them with 2.5" strips of the printed fabric.  I alternated them with the opposite - a square of print framed with "snow" Kona cotton.  I wasn't liking the result - it somehow seemed a little boring to me, too predictable.  So I decided to add a second frame which required the additional purchase of a jelly roll.  It has still been piled up and waiting for me to notice it.  I recently pulled it out and trimmed the frame down to a 1" finished width and trimmed the jelly roll strips to a 1.5" finished width.  That small change made a big difference to me and now I am liking it again.  With a week of spring break coming up and the Sew South Retreat (so excited), my goal for March is to complete the top and get it basted. Wish me luck!

Happy Sewing,

Tessa Marie