WiP Wednesday
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:32PM So I've been a busy girl this week. Something bit me...I think it was the SEWING BUG!
Consequently the WiP Wednesday this week is going to be ALL COMPLETES! YAY!
A friend from my writing group gave me and Sel this panel a few months ago and asked for us to quilt it. She didn't want anything fancy, any patchwork or pieced backing, just to be backed, batted, and bound. I found a piece of Timeless Treasures crosshatch in a corresponding blue and we used a nice tiled yellow to bind it.
The quilting was an all over-stipple and it turned out with a nice drape.
And I really love the machine-stitched binding! It turns out Rita's tutorial was just the push I needed - I read it through every couple of days and then when I finally did sit down to do it, I managed it perfectly the first time, without using pins. That is pretty great for me!
I even had nicely mitred corners.
This is the last quilt with hand-sewn binding in my stash. I finished it Saturday at SCQuilters and was tickled pink to sit next to Kyishia who was also sewing a Sophie-themed cot quilt with blue binding!
I loved finishing this quilt. I love to look at it. It's also stippled and the colors are just perfect. It was a quick quilt to make and it made my day to see it come together.
*sigh* It's so beautiful. I hope Maggie loves it.
I like the back, too.
But Nikk's Winnie-the-Pooh panel quilt and Stepping Stones weren't the only quilts I finished this week...
I finally finished, and named, this bad boy. Caravaning. The stripey binding was a lot of fun and I love the way the eye moves across the squares.
And I finished Lolly Fields...it's very delicious! Dreamy and soft, just perfect for a little one.
Both Caravaning and Lolly Fields will be up in my Etsy store soon!
Now. For the quilt I am probably most proud of.
Last week I was suddenly inspired to make my mom's quilt. I bought and cut out the fabric on a Tuesday after deciding on a pattern. I chain-pieced, cut and trimmed, stitched and organized and added borders, then stippled like a madwoman. Piper was feeling much maligned as I repeatedly popped her up on the sewing desk, plunked a toy in front of her, and said "Momma's gotta sew now!" It was probably not a good thing I hurried through this, as she's recussitated the shrieking habit I thought we'd gotten past...my bad.
But it took a week exactly to get this quilt from go to whoa (as Sel would say)!
This is a big departure from my usual style but it's for my mom and I think she'll really love it. I've decided to call it "Tower of Roses". It's the first large quilt (75" square) I've machine-quilted and I am now convinced I'll never need to send my quilts out for long-arm quilting. My Bernina was a GREAT investment.
My mailbox was busy too. I got some delicious fat quarter sets. Like this one: Secret Garden in Midnight.
Pezzy Prints by American Jane. I stared at these for weeks before caving in and getting this set!
Echo by Lotta Jansdotter. I love it! This is pretty different to my usual but I am looking forward to the challenge of making something beautiful but outside my comfort zone.
And a fat quarter set of Heirloom by Joel Dewberry in the Citrine palatte. Oh my. Yes. All that orange and aqua.
I also had some fun on Spoonflower, picking up fat quarters for specific projects. How cute are these?
And then, a happy accident. I picked up the rest of the bolt of this yellow, grabbed the purple stripe for making bindings separately, and wow...looks good! I picked up some Kona Bright Periwinkle and Bright Pink to match: here's hoping I can come up with a plan!
I added a bit more to the Lark I've been collecting, and picked up a bit more of these trees. I want to make something out of it BUT WHAT. I'll leave it out & let it simmer for a week or two.
I really love these trees.
I'll close on this note. Piper has learned how to roll over...and how to scoot! She only goes backwards, though, which is hilarious. She goes so fast she surprises herself. She's gotten stuck under a few chairs, and once scooted right out of the living room!
Here she's helping me decide. What a good helper. I'm so blessed!
Reader Comments (5)
WOW!! Busy, busy! What beautiful projects...oh I could gush all day! And all those lovely little packages of fat quarters...seriously...wonderful!
You have beautiful stippling! I love that Winnie the Pooh panel. Our nursery is Winnie the Pooh - though classic Pooh, a bit diff. Also, if you have any of that extra top Joel Dewberry print, send me some! ;) I had some issues.... http://thecutelifesmiles.blogspot.com/2012/01/sew-along-wip-and-cute-little-play.html
I loved reading through your post--wow is all I have to say. And double wow, since you did it all with an almost-crawly baby (a very cute baby, I must say!). I love your mother's quilt, and can't believe you did it all in a week. (Like I said before: Wow!). Your other quilts are beautiful and the bindings are lovely as well. That yellow/purple Kaffee Fassett print is a favorite of mine, too--I've used it in a lot of little places in my quilts as it just sneaks in so nicely.
I'll have to follow in your lead and haunt Spoonflower a while in order to pick up some cute fat quarters--such a good idea to add these in to spice up the mix!
Bravo to you for such a fabulous post!
Elizabeth E.
occasionalpiece.wordpress.com
WOW!! I'm so impressed by all your finishes. That stepping stones quilt is so beautiful!! I'm drooling over your new fabric. I might need to do some shopping myself. Looks like you are already starting that cutie baby in a healthy love affair with fabric. :)
~Michelle
(Visiting from Freshly Pieced)
orange and aqua... i think that is my new love. everywhere i see it, i love it.
(also, i made jason look at EVERY ONE of these quilts and piles of fabric and ooh and say how great they were. and i think he even agreed. :)
love the campers, cant wait to see how your mom loves the roses, and maggie will LOVE it. (can we call her mags? tough little babe needs a tough nick name.)