Archie The Wonder Dog

*gropes around for light switch*   *gasps in horror at the dust*  *flicks around a tickle stick*  *shows age* Hello! Today the Q1 finishes link opens for the 2017 Finish-Along and I thought it was high time I started catching up on blogging about my (sort of) recent finishes. My Q1 FAL list can be found here , and this blog is all about item one, the big blue and white quilt. I started the quarter in my usual manner: like a greyhound out of the traps.  I then continued in my usual manner: having a lie down about quarter of the way round.  This time, it was more pronounced because I wanted this quilt finished in time for my mam's birthday in early January. At the start of the quarter, the project looked like this: I don't know what that ball of perle is doing there, I certainly didn't use it to sew down the binding! and I just needed to sew down the binding to the back. Here's how it looked when I finished it: I started this project in ...

Today is the final bit of the 2016 Finish-Along - the announcement of the  Q4 FAL winners!  Being a host has been lovely and I've seen lots of wonderful and inspiring finishes - it's well worth going back to the finishes link ups ( Quarter One , Quarter Two , Quarter Three and Quarter Four ) and visiting some of the finishes if you need something lovely to look at or some inspiration.  If you fancy, you could also visit some of our wonderful sponsors and show your appreciation by doing some shopping *grin*   Thanks go to generous sponsors and, without further ado, here (each picked by the random number generator ) are the winners of the Q4 FAL prizes: The winner of the €25 gift voucher from Fluffy Sheep Quilting  is Sandra ( The Bias Edge ), for this finish: The winner of three patterns from Clover & Violet is Diana ( Red Delicious Life ), for this finish: ...