Finish-A-Long Third Quarter Goals

Well, it's time to link up again with Rhonda at Quilter in the Gap for the Finish-A-Long.  I feel much better about this quarter, having actually finished something in the last quarter!  So, I'm going to have 3 goals this time.

First, the FAL logo, so you can find Rhonda.

(P.S.  I have no clue what I'm doing, so it is such a thrill when I cut and paste some HTML here, and a logo actually appears.  Yay!)

On to the goals.

First, a simple one.  I have this table runner that I made up about a year ago, then put to the side because something else caught my fancy.

The green fabric off to the side is for the binding.  I thought that since the blocks reminded me of flowers, green trim could be leaves or stems.

This second one is a bit lot embarrassing.

I pulled it out of the bag I had been storing it in.  The magazine that had the pattern in it was there too.  It was a Quilter magazine from 2002!!  Now, I have to say that I didn't start sewing it in 2002.  But, I probably started in 2004.  I remember that I made it bigger than the pattern said.  There is still a piano key border to go around the outside, then another fuschia border

I started to put the border together, and panicked, because I had no idea how many pieces it would take to go around my new bigger centre.  I remember being really concerned that they wouldn't come out even, and I had no idea how to deal with that.

Luckily, I have since learned an important skill - how to fudge!  Looking at it now, it doesn't seem so difficult at all.  Isn't it interesting how time and practice make things easier?

Third goal is - you guessed it!  My ever patient son needs to have his quilt finished.

So that's it.  Three goals.  I'm really pumped for this quarter, so we'll see how it goes!