WiP Wednesday!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 8:45PM I love Wednesdays.
I didn't always love Wednesdays. I used to regard Wednesday as nothing more than the day before Thursday, which is the best day, because it holds all the anticipation of the weekend, with still a little left to go. If you needed to get something done, you still had Friday, but freedom was still close!
But Wednesdays...they are growing on me. :)
This week was mostly intangible accomplishments. Getting everything sorted to make this week work was actually a lot of effort! Having a baby makes life more complex - who knew? Jokes. I did, of course, and even though sometimes I take my tiny love with me to visit our friends (and terrorize their kitties), I have organized a few hours this week for myself. Of course, as I do, I've given them to many people. Loads, in fact, on Saturday, for the start of the Sydney Modern Quilt Guild. Are you coming? We'd love to have see you there!
But sewing...I did very little. The dreaded Headache came and knocked me out for two days. I did not miss these. I had nearly no headaches when I was pregnant. It was wonderful! But yesterday I was reduced to a glassy-eyed, television-staring mass of apathy. My house was messy and I could not care less. My mother and sister get terrible migraines, and luckily, my headache yesterday stayed in what I call functional territory: meaning I could do stuff if I had to, but I still felt awful. So despite having a pattern cut out, I didn't get it pinned or anything. Boo, me.
I did force myself to get outside and clear out some of the potted plants we had. I have saved or donated most of what I am not keeping, and I'm slowly getting through what I am keeping. But we have SO MANY SEEDS. A lot of herbs and flowers are going in these pots! Aren't they beautiful?
I revamped the garden plan. I like it a little better now. Clearer. I found the fattest possum ever, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to fully enclose my garden. I'll add that to the list!
But! On to the sewing I did do!
I started quilting the Sunset Swimmers quilt. I am "straight line" quilting it with the #4 button on my Bernina 440 QE, stitch length set to 2.90, which is enough to elongate the wave but still be a good, fastened stitch. I love the way this looks. I will have to struggle to not quilt everything like this. It is so beautiful.
The difference in the gold and pink threads is subtle, but I like having the variety.
And, not that this is a WiP, but I found a few treasures this week. The Shape Workshop for Quilters was hiding at Cottage Quiltworks (and by 'hiding' I mean right there in plain sight, with everyone behind the counter thumbing through it, talking about it). Of course I picked up a copy. It is so beautiful and so inspirational - I just can't wait to bring this book to SydMQG for everyone to have a thumb-through!
And then, in the mail, my beloved, much-awaited happy present to myself: Angela Walter's Free-Motion Quilting book.
I may have actually squealed while standing at the letterbox! It was great timing, too - Piper had just fallen asleep in the car, so I sat right down in the front seat and read the whole book cover to cover while my beautiful girl napped. Yay. It is perfect and I want to make quilt sandwiches and just quilt forever!
I have been trying to get around to all the quilt shops in the area this week and give them a list of dates for MQG, and when I walked into Craft Depot, they immediately said, "We have some of that Michael Miller you were after!" And indeed they did. They had four colors (and many more to come!) so I chose two little half-meters, of Geranium and Coral. It is very reasonably priced and the hand is just gorgeous. I literally want to make pajamas out of this fabric. It feels that good. And the colors are so rich and vibrant. Kona is my standby, but this...this might be giving my Kona a run for its money. :)
So that was my week. No finishes. Lots of busy-work, though. If you come by on Saturday I'll see you then, otherwise, have a great week! Don't forget to go check out what's happening at Freshly Pieced and link up!
xx Penny
Reader Comments (5)
Love Love the wavy pink and gold quilting.
It looks really great having both the gold and the pink for the quilting.
I like your garden pots and your plans how lovely!
:( Sorry about your migraines.
I love that design for quilting too and I am thinking I MIGHT try that if I have that stitch. If.
Oh those Cotton Couture colors are divine! You have peaked my interest in checking those solids out!
LOVE that quilting. You've been busy!
LOVE the wavy quilting. I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks for linking up!