Wednesday, July 25, 2012

WIP Wednesday!!!

I haven't completely finished anything this week, although I have done A LOT of sewing.  I have nearly completed my quilt top for my "Garden Party" quilt, and I have put the borders on the wedding quilt I need to finish by next month (eek!).

The quilt I have been piecing is the Shadowbox pattern (found here), which makes great use of the fabrics I'm using (Garden Party by Anna Maria Horner).  However, I have found that it is not very well written.  Thankfully the diagrams are easy to follow, and the piecing is fairly simple.





Projects that are being pieced:
Civil War Sampler (still needs it's last border)

Classic Strippy Quilt

Kaffe Fassett Postcard Quilt

Scrappy Friendship Braid

Gabe and Renee's Wedding Quilt
Garden Party Shadowbox



Tops awaiting quilting:

Plume Quilt

Kaffe Fassett Wall hanging

1974 Quilt

Meadowsweet 2 Quilt

Amy Butler Picnic Quilt

Happy Hour Quilts (x2) (Hanging in the store)

Patches and Pinwheels (scrappy)

Stack and Whack (Parrots)

Vintage Floral Quilt

Make it You! Log Cabin

Batik Scrap Quilt
Deer Valley Girls Best Friend

Picnic Quilt (Scrap Basket Sensations)

Sparkle Quilt-Along

Christmas Wall Hanging

Charlevoix

Mom's Quilt



Projects that I have not started (but have the fabric):
Neptune quilt
Parisville quilt (still not sure what pattern)
Solid flying geese
Bella Medallion Quilt
Grinchmas Quilt

DS Quilts
Total Projects: 29

New Projects this week: 0
Total finished this week: 0


I am still waiting to get my picnic quilt back from the quilter.  They've had it for over a month, so I am hoping I get a call on it soon. :/

One exciting thing that happened this week, is that I get to pick up LOTS of free quilting fabric from my grandmother.  She has decided that she is downsizing all of her quilting fabric (and there is a lot of it), and she wants me to come claim it.  Lord knows I don't need any more fabric, but I can't let her throw it away.  At the very least I'll donate it if I can't use it.  I'm excited to see what goodies she has!  Wish me luck!



Saturday, July 21, 2012

It's a Picnic!

This is another long time WIP that is finally on the road to being finished.  This quilt is the "Picnic" quilt from Scrap Basket Sensations.  I picked up a 5" design roll of Anna Griffith fabric a few years ago from this AMAZING shop in Battle Creek called Sew Unique Threads.  Something about the fabric spoke to me, and I couldn't leave it behind.  That being said, I had NO IDEA what I wanted to do with it. 

I have always love the Scrap Basket book, so when I saw the pattern for this quilt I knew that my design roll would work.  All I needed to do was cut the strips in half and I'd have a jelly roll!




It is currently being quilted, so hopefully I'll have a finish to report soon.  I got super lucky when shopping for the backing fabric.  I found more Anna Griffith fabric at Fields Fabrics for only $5 a yard!!!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Ooh Sparkly!

I finally can edit and post photos, so here I am with one project to share!  I finished the top to this beauty back in March.  I made it following the tutorial for the "Sparkle Quilt Along" from In Color Order, and Canoe Creations (link to step one here).  I am hoping to quilt this with squiggles or straight lines.





This quilt was great because I was able to use up some fabric I had mis-cut for another project!  Yay!  I love that it is a quilt that showcases large prints, while also being slightly more technical to piece.  This one isn't perfect, but I am pretty happy with my points.  There was so much squaring up to do though!  phew!

Anyway, I hope to show you more pretties in the weeks to come!  I've been sewing up a storm!

Cristina

Friday, July 13, 2012

WIP Wenesday #4 (On Friday)

Haha, I totally intended to post on Wednesday, and then I promptly forgot.  I am working on getting some images edited so that you can see some of the wonderful things I am working on!  I just got a new camera, and playing with it has been so much fun. :)

Anyway, here is my current list of projects:


Projects that are being pieced:

Civil War Sampler (still needs it's last border)

Classic Strippy Quilt

Kaffe Fassett Postcard Quilt

Scrappy Friendship Braid

Gabe and Renee's Wedding Quilt (needs borders)

Garden Party Shadowbox

Tops awaiting quilting:

Plume Quilt

Kaffe Fassett Wall hanging

1974 Quilt

Meadowsweet 2 Quilt

Amy Butler Picnic Quilt

Happy Hour Quilts (x2) (Hanging in the store)

Patches and Pinwheels (scrappy)

Stack and Whack (Parrots)

Vintage Floral Quilt

Make it You! Log Cabin

Batik Scrap Quilt (hanging in the store)

Deer Valley Girls Best Friend

Picnic Quilt (Scrap Basket Sensations)

Sparkle Quilt-Along

Christmas Wall Hanging

Charlevoix

Mom's Quilt


Projects that I have not started (but have the fabric):

Neptune quilt

Parisville quilt (still not sure what pattern)

Solid flying geese

Bella Medallion Quilt

Grinchmas Quilt

DS Quilts



Total Projects: 29
Quilts Finished: Love Star

New Projects this week: 0

Total finished this week: 1


I have my picnic quilt at the quilter right now, and should have that back soon.  Also I finally finished my Giant Love Star and it is beautiful on my bed!  I have the matching Amy Butler sheets from Bed Bath and Beyond, and it was very exciting finally being able to put them on my bed!!!

I have one top secret project that should be unveiled soon. :)  I'll keep you posted.  Also I am getting ready to start a second top secret project. This one will be a challenge but I'm excited.