The lovely Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs is hosting a fun end of year link-up highlighting your best content of 2015. This year has been absolutely crazy for me. I started right out of the gate with a strong January, almost doubling my blogging schedule and sewing schedule. Life does have a way of getting busy though and I tailed off at the end of the year, really slacking in October and November particularly.
This quilt was made a part of a challenge with Sew Mama Sew and Oakshott Fabrics, using their Scandinavia collection. I loved the opportunity to make something that honors my family heritage and reminds me of the memories I made when I visited Finland as a girl.
These matching quilts were made for a coworker who had twin boys in November. They were really fun to make and I found it challenging to make these matching quilts different enough for the twins. You can see just the tops here and the finished quilts here.
Thank you for following along as I reviewed my best of 2015 posts. I hope you'll take the opportunity to reflect on your best of as well!
#1 Round Trip Quilts:
My favorite project by far this year was working on the Round Trip Quilts round robin bee. I got my quilt back in September and it's absolutely amazing. I haven't had a chance to photograph it yet to share with you but fear not, it will be done. I loved seeing the instagram/blog posts of when these amazing talented ladies received their tops. I can't wait to see the finished quilts start popping up.
Some of my favorites to work on were:
#2 Two Birds, One Stone:
This is by far the quilt I'm most proud of this year. I sleep under it every night and bring it with us when we travel. My husband even likes it! I put a lot of work into designing and thinking out this quilt pattern and could not be happier with the final result. I still need to work out how to write up a pattern for it thought. :) You can see all of the posts related to this project here.#3 Oakshott Scandinavia Challenge:
This quilt was made a part of a challenge with Sew Mama Sew and Oakshott Fabrics, using their Scandinavia collection. I loved the opportunity to make something that honors my family heritage and reminds me of the memories I made when I visited Finland as a girl.
#4 Twice as Nice Superhero Quilts
These matching quilts were made for a coworker who had twin boys in November. They were really fun to make and I found it challenging to make these matching quilts different enough for the twins. You can see just the tops here and the finished quilts here. #5 In Memory of, #1
This was by far the most challenging project of 2015. I was commissioned to make two memory quilts using the clothes of my customers parents. This first quilt was for her brother. In the end, I'm happy with how it came out but have to admit that the whole thing was a challenge. I struggled to find motivation to work on this quilt and really had to push myself through each step to get it finished. I'm starting on the second quilt soon and hope that I can take away some of what I learned from the first time around.Thank you for following along as I reviewed my best of 2015 posts. I hope you'll take the opportunity to reflect on your best of as well!
