ALYOF - April Goal

Once again, I'm down to the wire trying to decide on a project for this month of A Lovely Year of Finishes. I've managed to successfully achieve all the goals I've set to date and it creates a little more stress... I don't want to break my streak! But I've finally decided. My goal is to get started on this...

http://pileofabric.com/pages/skill-builder-bom#2015quilt

I was lucky enough to get the complete kit as a birthday present from Himself. But I was so busy finishing last year's BOM, For the Love of Sewing, that I've only managed to get this far on the 2015....

These are the 10 (yes, 10) Ziploc bags needed to contain and organize all the templates. Yikes. To my own credit, I also cut out all the templates and started reading the lessons to date. But as for actual attaching together of fabric... nothing yet.

In a perfect world, I'd like to be caught up by the end of the month. I don't know about you, but the world I live in is far from perfect. Let's see what happens by month's end!

I'm linking up with the April Goal Setting Party....

J

Sunday Stash - A new level of crazy....

What is this, you say? That's not an exciting picture to kick off a blog post? Normally, I'd agree, but it's a rare day when a box this size arrives at my home filled with fabric! And it got even better once opened!

A while back, I blogged about the Mother of All Stashes, I mentioned that there was another big treat still to be seen...well, here it is! All the makings of the Skill Builder BOM for 2015, Technicolor Galaxy. Himself ordered me the complete kit (including pre-printed templates) for my birthday. All the fabric for the top and backing... even the batting! I am a lucky, lucky woman!

Alyssa of Pile O' Fabric is a woman after my own heart... everything is bagged and labeled. There's so much fabric-y goodness in this box!

So many tasty selvages in this rainbow roll - there's True Colors, Carol Friedlander, Cotton & Steel. All sorts of goodies!

But I don't have to worry about identifying each piece, Alyssa labeled each individual piece. That's dedication!
She even threw in an extra little treat...

A mini-charm pack of Cotton & Steel! Now that this box has arrived AND I've finished last year's Skill Builder - For the Love of Sewing, it's time to get going on this year's! Oh my...

I'm linking up today with the fabulous Molli Sparkles'

Hope the Easter Bunny left a fat quarter or two with your chocolate eggs!

J