Q4 Finish: Croques and Frocks

My Q4 Finish-Along List

Two items of clothing

So I listed 'two items of clothing' and had pictures of a shirt all cut up, and the plans for a dress.

I've finished two items of clothing, just not necessarily the two I listed.

Firstly, the dress for the 'Frocks and Croques' day in early November: Croquet in fancy dress!

Pieces were all cut out in October, and the event was in November.



But I decided to finish it a week early and wear it to a Halloween party.



And after that to the Croques and Frocks day.



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The second dress I made was for a Christmas party and I pretty much had to get it done the day of the party because I hadn't done it beforehand.



It was a 70s retro party thrown by a couple at church who do this every year and have a "trash auction" to raise money for an overseas aid company.

I made it seriously short. Like SERIOUSLY short.



Not used to wearing dresses this short. But I think it went down okay.



I might still try to get done the shirt that I'd planned to do:


Something nice and light to wear. I guess we'll see!

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So that's two items of clothing made!

Q4 Finish: Two Backings

My Q4 Finish-Along List

2. Two Quilt Backings

These two quilts have been finished for at least a year, but weren't sent off to the quilter until a few months ago. I'm hoping to get them back early in the new year, and then they can go off to their new homes.



The one on the left is a 'birthday block' quilt, where I joined a monthly block-along - you select a free-pattern block for your birthday month and everyone makes that block in your requested colours and posts it to you, and you make a block that they've requested in their colours for their birthday month.



I did it for two years and didn't really enjoy either of them, and found I didn't much like the blocks I got. Also, I wanted the quilt to be bigger than 12x 12" blocks layout could make it, so I made four more to bring it to 16 and make it four by four.

The one of the right is a gift to my cousin's son. His sister got the Walkabout quilt, and I've been owing him a quilt for a couple of years now...



I was hoping to have it by Christmas but it's not yet back from the quilter's. *sigh*

Q4 Finish: Two Sisters' quilts

My Q4 Finish-Along List

Two Bindings: Sisters Quilt 1, and Sisters Quilt 2

This has been in the work for what feels like decades. Probably only about 6 years though.



It was intended as a way to use up some blocks I'd had lying around since 2012. One quilt turned into two matching quilts, and since I had refugees and asylum seekers on my mind at the time, I thought they might be good for gifting to a couple of sisters come to Australia for a new life.

Finally, having sent them to the quilter and gotten them back, I've bound them and they're ready to go to a refugee/asylum seekers centre in Newtown that should take them. Better find out about that before long.



I've done several finishes this quarter, but this is the first one that got completed.

Q4 finishes!

And now the rubber hits the road!


1. Two Bindings - done!
- Sisters Quilt 1
- Sisters Quilt 2


(Sisters Quilts)
2. Two Backings - done!
* Jeremy's Quilt
* birthday star

3. One flimsy
* 100 Days, 100 Blocks quilt - full post HERE. I need to sash and sew these together, and it's going to be a bit of a PITA.


100 Kona Tula Blocks
4. Two wearable items - done!
A summer shirt that's actually much easier than it looks:

A frock for the Sydney Spoolette's "croques and frocks" event at the start of November.

5. One Star Trek pouch

I made a lovely handbag for a craft swap...and the Royal Mail ate it.

So I have to provide a replacement. Unfortunately, I have neither the time nor inclination to make it a second time, so they're getting a rather simpler pouch (or possibly a shoulderbag) with a pieced logo.

Q3 Finish: French Farmhouse Wonky Stars

This quilt has taken me entirely too long to finish.


I started making it, oh, back in 2013? And it's been a labour of something.


It's being sent off to a friend in Alabama. I hope she's okay. It's been a rough few days for my friends in the US.

And, because no quilt is complete without a check by the inspectpurr:


Kitteh buttstamp of approval given!

My Q3 list of things to finish is HERE.

Q3 Finish Along

Very simple this quarter:

1. Four Bindings
- The Seaweed Is Always Greener - DONE!
- French Farmhouse - DONE!
- Sisters Quilt 1
- Sisters Quilt 2



2. Four Backings
* Jeremy's Quilt
* birthday star
* friendship supernova
* 3:10 to Yuma



3. Two flimsies
- scrappy Round The World



4. Two wearable items
- no description on what just yet, because I haven't decided - HALF DONE!

2018 Finish Along Q2

Four things - just four! This will take us to the end of June, right?

Plain Jane Passacaglia
- needs completion of piecing
- quilting and binding



It's going in the Sydney Quilt Show (if they accept it).


Break Free? Or Build Upon?
- needs completion of piecing
- quilting and binding



Again, Sydney Quilt Show (if accepted).

2x Scrappy Round The World

I have a load of 2.5" strips which need using. Need to go hunt up some nice, swift patterns on pinterest, etc.



4x backings

Backings for:
* Jeremy's Quilt
* birthday star
* friendship supernova
* 3:10 to Yuma

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So that's me for the next 3 months.