WIP Wednesday #5
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 11:31PM It's that time again! WIP Wednesday! Yay!
I like WIP Wednesday very much. See, I'm one of those really awful Type As. The kind who turn up half an hour early to everything so they have to sit in their car until it's actually time to go in.* The kind who, in their last semester of uni, wrote their assessments in their diary as being due a week earlier than they actually were just so it would be all over with faster.** I love accountability and I love having goals! So WIP Wednesday and I are BFFs.
All right! Let's get down and dirty:
New Projects:
None! I have enough going on! But I WANT to make a scrap quilt...more on that soon...and I started cutting out some brown and pink HSTs at SCQuilters the other day...so we shall see. But nothing concrete.
Ongoing Projects:
Sophie Makes Tracks. I had a great night at Pinky's the other night with her enormous cutting mat (we were both using it at the same time...thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's cutting mat, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's cutting mat...) and I got ALL my fat quarters cut into five claw's worth. Then I started on the petal fabric. I'm still trying to get those finished. Then I get to make them, all 81 claws!
It's going to be SO AWESOME.
Completed Projects:
I finished the 241 Tote! Oh my goodness. It's so handy! It's a great size for kicking around and it fits my (husband's) iPad perfectly!
I lined it with Sherbert Pips and whenever I dig out my wallet to get a fantastic mocha (thanks Joel) I smile. Best.
I also finished the Lolly Fields quilt top. It looks so sweet! I can't wait to piece the back. I have just been distracted with other things!
And, finally, I finished ------. That's right. I can't tell you because it is a SECRET. But! I will show you the super sweet fabric I used!
Bock bock bock! Chooks!
No Progress:
I took my sisters' quilts in to be machine quilted and, uh, the lady has already closed her books for the year! Either I hand-quilt them (urgh, summertime, nooooo) or I wait until January. That's it. I'm waiting until January. (Sorry, girls!)
Also no progress has been made on my (Un)Happy Campers quilt top...
...or my Downtown Dots quilt top.
I have been distracted by Sophie Makes Tracks. (Soooo...shiiiny...)
And, last but not least, I succumbed to the lure of buying a decent rotary cutter. I've been suffering through cheap ones but last week I had just HAD it, so I got an Olfa. And then I got rid of my insanely rubbish thread snips and got new orange ones today.
I love these things because they WORK. Good tools, am I right?
And I went sewing machine shopping, but I haven't committed to anything just yet. (Well, my heart has, but my wallet has other ideas.) So there you go!
I have a huge weekend coming up and tomorrow is my planning day...I hope this humidity and heat don't last! I'm melting here...melting...ahhh...
Enjoy WIP Wednesday!
*Having a baby has leveled the playing field somewhat. I'm still usually early-to-on-time. It's sickening.
**I may have actually in real life done this...except in one class I was done FOUR weeks ahead of everyone else. My beach tan that year? Was awesome.
Reader Comments (22)
The chicken fabric is adorable!
Mary
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Very fun and colorful stuff going on here, I love it all! And I love that the lining of your bag makes you smile every time you see it :)
Lovely projects, I especially love your bag!
that 241 tote is fabulous, wish i could make bags haha
The 241 tote is my favorite. Love the pattern, and love the fabrics you chose.
What a cute little bag!
I love your finished "241 tote" I have to look that one up! You have a very good eye for color and patterns, I love what you have accomplished so far!
You have some fun projects going on :) The bag is really neat.
Love your two for one bag! Also love the fabric you chose! I might have to make one of those.
Loving your Lolly Fields!
I love your 241 tote. It does look super useful!
Those bear claws are going to be great, I adore the tote you put together, and all in all just adore your blog. New follower here!
im not sure ive seen the happy campers block before- but i really love it. especially the plaid. :)
I'm one of those Type A's, too, that's why I love WiP Wednesday! I love all of your progress photos here, you take really lovely photographs. I especially love the UnHappy Quilters project you're working on!
Everything looks great. I wish I had a friend...or even my daughters to sew with. I'm thrilled that once a month we have sewing club at church. Only 5 of us participate and the other 4 are old enough to be my mom...or even grandma, but it's such a wonderful day for me each month.
I feel you on the getting things done early. It's killing me that I haven't finished all my Nov bee blocks yet. I have a big sewing day planned for tomorrow. Love your 241 bag!
Good tools are so important. And I'm totally digging that chicken fabric.
Loving your lolly fields and 241 tote :)
great 241 tote! that chicken fabric makes me smile :)
Eeek! That 241 Tote is the CUTEST! Love Ruby Star Rising.
And yes, I do think my linky appeals to the Type A's out there, LOL. Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday. : )