Thursday, 29 January 2015

My first OPAM & 1XiAM link up & Binding Blitz

I have just finished this cute, fun, little XMAS wall hanging.
It is a little tree stitchery done in a small chain stitch. The curves were filled with Buttons. I FMQ the background. Something I will be doing more of this year.

My first link up with Narelle.

Here are my months finishes for January.

3x Little Letter quilts, 1x Wonky Star quilt, 1x Basket Weave quilt, 1x knitted babies jacket, 1x 
babies floral bouquet, 4x draw string bags & the above button XMAS tree wall hanging.




Wow I hope I can keep this up. This is a great start to the year.
I am linking up with PEG & KRIS for OPAM

I am now linking up to JULIE with her BINDING BLITZ.
My bindings totals for January are.
Little Letters x 3 = 438"
Wonky Star = 240"
Basket Weave = 260"
XMAS Tree Mini = 52"

TOTAL BEING...... 990" for the month of JANUARY





23 comments:

Jindi's Cottage said...

The little tree hanging is so cute, great idea to use buttons for baubles....Great start to OPAM Jo, well done, can I borrow a finish? I'm a no show for the start of OPAM this year *LOL*...

marina said...

beautiful little tree!
you have had a wonderfully productive month of finishes.

Pinnylea Creations said...

A fantastic start to the year Jo. I love the button Christmas tree x

Mii Stitch said...

Love the little tree!! Such clever use of buttons too :) Well done!

Linda said...

Live your little Christmas tree. Impressive list if "Makes" for January too.

Christine M said...

I love your little Christmas tree, Jo. You've had some great finishes for January.

Anonymous said...

Hi Jo love your Xmas tree,and boy you had a very productive month,well done xx

Cheryll said...

WOW... that's quite the effort for January. Love the "tree" and had that on my list for 2015 too.
Enjoy the upcoming weekend Jo... xox

elliek said...

Love the tree.

Bev C said...

Hello Jo,

I want to say thank you to you for the comments you left on the blog posts for the Letter's quilt, If is wasn't for some of the instructions you left I know I wouldn'
t have finished those letters.

Happy days.
Bev.

Kate said...

The button tree is so cute! What a fun Christmas gift. Wow, you had a great January of finishes!

dq said...

That is a ton of finishes for one month Jo! I hope you have the same success all year.

Your tree is the cutest thing I've ever seen. The swirls, buttons, and quilting are so pretty.

Janet said...

My goodness you have been busy! Congrats on so many finishes and don't be disappointed if you can't keep it up!! I love your button tree. I need to make some more small quilts for my hanger...

Sheila said...

Your tree is adorable , great finish .

julieQ said...

Gosh, I really like your little tree!! Just so cute. You had a wonderfully productive January, and thank you for linking up!

BizarreQuilter said...

Love it... and the quilting..

Turid said...

That button Christmas wall hanging is so beautiful.

patchworkbreeze said...

The Christmas tree button quilt is delightful.

patchworkbreeze said...

The Christmas tree button quilt is delightful.

Linda said...

I love this idea! It is darling. :)

Carole @ From My Carolina Home said...

How cute it that! Clever idea!

Val's Quilting Studio said...

RIght...totally cleaver and oh soooo cute!

Jennifer Fulton Inquiring Quilter said...

Love the button tree! Adorable.