Finished or Not Friday {a Linky Party!} + Custom Twin Kite Flight Quilt + Postcard From Sweden Quilt Along!

Welcome to Finished or Not Friday where you can share your finished {or not} projects!

My finish is a custom twin size Flight Kite.  This is the quilt kit from Craftsy, enlarged to make a twin.  The backing and binding are Kona Breakers.

The most viewed link from last week was this binding saver by Anita at Domestic Felicity!

If you want your quilt featured here next week, be sure to put a link back to this post in your post or sidebar, or tag @busyhandsquilts on Instagram, AND link directly to your blog post so I don't have to hunt it down.

Craftsy's Supplies Sale begins today through Sunday!  Save up to 50% off all kits and supplies!  

Have you seen the two new Boundless lines, So Sweet and Flower Shoppe?  They're adorable!

 

And don't forget - next week is March, the beginning of the Postcard From Sweden Quilt Along right here at Busy Hands Quilts!  You can use any fabrics, it just needs to be an HST design and greater than 40" square to qualify for prizes.  If you want to make the original quilt, order your Postcard quilt kit today in time for the fun!  Download the FREE pattern here.  I will be making a KING size quilt with 6" HSTs in the original layout in order to fill a custom order placed through my quilt shop!  Follow the blog and quilt along with us for fun, accountability, and prizes!  Look for the first QAL post next Thursday.  

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It's your turn to share your finish {or not}!  What's welcome at this party?  

• Any in-progress or finished project made with fabric, yarn, or thread is welcome!  
• Projects from this week only!
• ♥ ♥ PLEASE!  Link to the actual blog post, not your home page.  We'd like to see your post and don't have the time to go hunt it down.
• Include the Finished or Not Friday button or a text link that links back to this week's link-up in order to share the fun.  No, I won't delete your link if you don't, but hey, adding a link in your post is just being friendly, so be friendly and share!!

Do you want your project to be featured here next week?  Then you must include a link back to this post AND you must link directly to the page the picture is on.

I will pin your links to my Finished or Not Friday Pinterest board to get your link more exposure.

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An InLinkz Link-up

Linking to:
♥ Finish It Up Friday ♥ Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?!? ♥ Fabric Frenzy Friday ♥ 

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Why I Love Keeping a Stash Report {January 2017}

I've long resisted keeping track of yardage in and out, but I'm finding I love doing it!  The accountability really keeps me focused on using instead of buying and hoarding.  It's exciting to add to the Yardage out column!  I have a goal for how many yards of fabric I use and don't replace this year, but it's so big and so ridiculous that I won't tell you what it is.

Yardage in 33.4    Yardage out (48.6)   Net Yardage (15.2)

Some of the Yardage out was from selling stash in my Pattern Shop.  

As far as quilt progress, this month I released a new pattern, Jelly Roll Waves, and finished these 5 quilts.  The first three are lap quilts in my new Jelly Roll Waves pattern, the fourth quilt is a large lap Rainbow Wave quilt {for sale in my Quilt Shop}, and a custom order Baby Rainbow Star quilt.

In February and March I have two custom orders to work on; a twin size Kite Flight and a king size Postcard From Sweden, both orders through my Quilt Shop.

But first I will enjoy my vacation here in Arizona with my parents!  The warmth and sunshine are wonderful!

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Linking to:
♥ Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?!? ♥ Finish It Up Friday ♥ 

Kite Flight Lap Quilt {a Finish!}

Kite Flight in Summer fabrics enjoying a frolic in the snow!

Flight Kite is just H.A.P.P.Y.!!

It happens every time I begin quilting in organic wavy lines.  I see my hopelessly unordered lines with no apparent rhythm, and I wonder why I didn't just do a safe allover meander, I wonder if I am ruining the quilt.  And then something magic happens in the process of quilting.  At the moment of great reveal when it's taken off the rails and spread out in its fullness, all doubt vanishes, and I see I have not ruined the quilt; the quilting is actually perfect for the quilt.  Modern quilts need modern quilting.  Organic wavy lines win again!

I added a rod hanging pocket on the top because this custom quilt order is a gift that is intended to be hung.  I suggested my customer buy a Hang It Dang It quilt hanger which requires only one nail in the wall, and I sized the rod pocket to fit the hanger.

Kite Flight is available as a custom quilt in my Quilt Shop.  This fabric collection is no longer available, and you may choose the fabric collection of your choice in an oversized lap or twin size.  

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Linking to:
♥ Linky Tuesday ♥ Let's Bee Social ♥ Needle and Thread Thursday ♥ Finish It Up Friday ♥ TGIFF ♥ Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?!? ♥ Fabric Frenzy Friday ♥ Off the Wall Friday ♥ 

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