WIP Wednesday
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 3:21PM Howdy everyone! It's Wednesday.Which means it's time to link up with Lee and check out other WIPs!
Now, I love Wednedays. Wednesdays are swimming lessons for Piper, which Nanna does, so I get a few hours to myself on Wednesday mornings. I usually go to the cafe and hang out. Sometimes I take hand-sewing, but today it was just me and my red notebook. I wrote a to-do-list for the week my husband was away and even though I had the best of intentions, I got very little done! So this is a pretty accurate list of my WIPs, in photo form.
But before we get started...look what I found walking outside today. Autumn leaves. WINTER IS COMING. (Miiiight be watching Game of Thrones during naptime...)
FINISHES
This is the Liberty quilt I made for new baby Matilda. The solids are Michael Miller Cotton Couture and I kept the layout deliberately casual.
I kept the quilting simple (on the diagonal) to keep it soft but nicely quilted.
The back is two large pieces of Liberty that was given to me by a family friend. I bound it in Liberty too, machine-stitching, so it would stay nice and secure for baby.
My wee label!
This is not the completed top, but this is the layout for the Sydney Modern Quilt Guild group quilt. I finished the top and handed it off to lovely Sel who will be quilting it this weekend! I am so excited for this one to be out of my sewing room. It is massive (112" square) and it was taking up all my mental and emotional space. So it is a good thing it is on to the next step. :)
You can see Sel and Ruby doing the organization of the blocks as we on the stairs hollered down instructions. Sounded like Battleship: "A1 to E4!"
I made a trivet for my husband to take to work to put his coffee cup on.
And he got one for his desk at home, too.
And - remember this quilt? My show quilt? I finally put the top together a while ago (two weeks? Three weeks?) and have had it folded on my shelf for ages.
Yesterday I added a skinny white border to make the blocks float and today I pressed it and pin basted it. Phew. Getting hard to pin-baste.
And here is the beginning of the quilting. The colors all have corresponding Aurifil colors coming! I swear!
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Me. 34 weeks. I'm so excited for this baby!
And all the other WIPs in my photo at the top of the page. :)
And now for some obligatory Piper photos. This was hanging out on the porch with my iPad...
And this was watching it like a pro. We love Peppa Pig!
That's it for my week. How about you? What are your WIPs? Link up with Lee and be sure to let us know! xx
Reader Comments (7)
Oh wow, I just saw that group quilt on someone else's blog, and it's still stunning! I admit, what made me click through though was your gorgeous HST quilt. I absolutely love the colors.
Haha, yay for GoT!! We only recently discovered it and devoured season 1 very quickly. We're now pacing ourselves with season 2 so that we can wait a bit longer to start season 3 via iTunes so there's more to watch ;) Anywho, great quilts! That's the point of visiting from WIP, right?! ;)
I love that guild quilt! And your show quilt is going to be a show stopper lol
Wow. Good for you for still sewing! I couldn't handle it anymore when I was that pregnant. It hurt my back and feet far too much and I certainly couldn't get down on the floor anymore. I had to quit and finished some of the nursery items well after he was born. Everything looks beautiful! I especially love the hexi mug rug.
What a fabulous collection of work.. I am particular taken by your "show quilt". The white border really works.
Love the HST quilt and the trivets! Quilting while pregnant is a lot more work! I hated the pin basting and cutting when super pregnant. You're in the home stretch though!
Your HST quilt is gorgeous, and the quilting looks like it's going to be stunning!