WiP Wednesday!
Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 1:58PM I have been very naughty, and have not been blogging as much as I should have been. I have valid, er, excuses, though! However: the link lives on!
Go forth! Link up and talk about all your awesomes!
First of all, the biggest WiP I've been working on is this bad boy. Getting this finally, absolutely, totally sorted for our wee harbour city:
That totally counts, right? I hope so. I've been cobbling together dates, organizing the venue, chatting with the founder, getting a feel for what it means to run a MQG...here's hoping I don't completely stuff it up! Haha. I'm so optimistic. :)
This week I took a break from quilting and did a few smaller, easy-to-finish projects. I made the Mad Quilter a fierce birthday present!
You must understand, I've been hoarding that chicken fabric remnant. I had to do some really interesting piecing to get it to stretch out through all 6 baskets! :)
I used this excellent pattern and it was a breeze to do. The only change I made was instead of using fusible fleece and Pellon, I used a crummy midweight interfacing from Spotlight ($1.50 a meter, on both sides). Pellon is really hard to find here. Really, really hard to find. And I don't fancy paying $17 for shipping every time I want to make something. So I make do. And you know what? They turned out GREAT.
So great, in fact, I made one for my husband!
He is in negotiations for another one. I have my sights firmly fixed on some killer Star Wars fabric I picked up from our USA holiday at Jo-Anns; he has other ideas. We shall see. :)
I also started working on my Sunset Swimmers quilt backing. It's pieced mostly from Kona Cerise & Kona Charcoal but with lots of Mendocino on it! I have been very judicious in my use of scraps here. :)
I of course have my own little nesting bowl! It's 6" and perfect for loose scraps!
I have been basting like a crazy person, and now I've got a little start on...something. (Maybe a kitchen mat for the floor in front of the sink.) I like this fabric and I love it in little 1" hexagons!
I received happy mail, too. More paper pieces, for my lone star quilt (in heirloom! oh man. It's really happening. Or it will be) and more 1" hexies. Sigh. Blissful.
I laid the Sunset Swimmers quilt top on my bed to see how it fit. You guys. I can't wait to get it finished. Look at it. It's so PRETTY.
Oh, quilt. I want to be under you. All winter long.
Hey, practising some quilting! This is stitch 28 on my Bernina 440, all stretched out, in varying lengths. Pretty cool. I'm thinking pink with a few mustard yellow wiggles, too, and then some bubbles in between. Must practise before going for it, though. This quilt matters! I want to be AWESOME. :)
And of course, what WiP Wednesday would be complete without a picture of Piper? She conked out on Daddy in the study a few nights ago. Teething makes a cranky, tired baby. But so sweet.
What have you guys been up to this week? :)
Reader Comments (1)
Your Sunset Swimmers quilt is incredible! Also, I never thought to use hexies as a floor mat, but it sounds absolutely amazing! Would you use tougher fabric or maybe interfacing? It would be sad to work so hard and have it get ruined.