27Mar / 2013

WIP Wednesday – March 27, 2013

While I’ve finished several quilts recently, I do feel like no matter how much progress I make, the WIP list never gets below 10!! Here’s a sampling of what I’ve been actively working on recently.

I’m nearly done (re)quilting my spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt…

…I started quilting the Sherbet Pips apple core project…

…I pieced 11 more of my Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars while I had jury duty…

…I made a postage stamp top with leftovers from this quilt…

…and this block is supposed to be the center of the Marcelle Medallion quilt, which can be found in the Liberty Love book by Alexia Abegg, but I am not the biggest fan of medallion quilts. I decided instead to make a quilt using only this block but, while I absolutely loved the first block I made, I haven’t loved the rest quite as much.

Should I continue to 16 (my original plan) or stop at 9?

Finally, I have been learning to crochet and I worked on a ripple afghan when I went to Washington this past weekend.

Hopefully I will finish one of these soon!

2011 WIPs:

Hello Betty Star Quilt (working on the blocks)
3×6 Bee Top (top done)
HMQG Row Robin (rows finished)
Embroider Bee Quilt (blocks done)
Neptune Hexagon Project (an ongoing project)

2012 WIPs

Spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt (quilting)
Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilting)
Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)
~~Sock Monkey 9-Patch~~
~~Pink Zig Zag Quilt~~

2013 WIPs

~~Madrona Road HMQG Challenge Quilt~~
~~Pink and Green Triangle Quilt~~
~~Yellow and Grey Plus Quilt~~
Yellow and Grey Leftovers Quilt (top done)
~~Blue and Grey Hippo Quilt~~
Marcelle Medallion Block Quilt (working on blocks)

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 3
New projects: 3
WIPs: 11

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26Mar / 2013

A Cousin Weekend

This weekend I was lucky enough to spend time with two of my cousins. First, my cousin Sanam was in town for a conference, so we were able to have a fun belated Nowruz dinner at my local Persian restaurant and catch up. She gave me these amazing ceramic pieces that she made.

I also went to see her show, put on by the Artstream Nomadic Gallery, which is in a converted Airstream trailer. Of course, I had to buy a matching bowl for my fruit!

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The next day I flew to Washington to see my parents and convinced Sanam’s sister, Massoumeh, to come down from Brooklyn with her husband, Sam, and their adorable daughter, Ruby. We had lots of fun (photos courtesy of Mass):

Above: Ruby shows me and her dad how to use the stairs. Below: I show Ruby how to use a pay phone.

Mass has been a great supporter of my quilting — she has “commissioned” two quilts to give to friends. I made this quilt for her to send to her goddaughter in South Africa.

Mass picked the pattern and general fabric scheme. I love a good zig zag, so this was really fun to make.

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I backed it with my current fave, Moda 108″ dotties, and quilted it by echoing the zig zags.

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I decided on white binding with a pop of red.

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I really hope she will like it!

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Mass and our other cousin, Mandy, also requested a gender-neutral quilt for their friend Lea, who is keeping the gender of her baby a surprise. Lea and I have never met in person, but we follow each other on Instagram, so I had a bit of an idea of her style.

When I saw this quilt by Amy, I instantly had my plan and it came together very quickly.

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I wanted to try something new, so I quilted the word “love” into the top.

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The binding is Riley Blake “Marguerite Stripe” in green, which is printed on the bias!

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I think this quilt is so simple yet effective!

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21Mar / 2013

Pink and Green Triangle Quilt

One of my husband’s oldest friends had his first baby in January, and C must have really wanted me to make them a quilt because he managed to get a picture of the baby’s nursery, which he texted to me. I received the picture while driving and immediately sped home to pull fabric!

This was such a fun quilt to make. Not only did it match the nursery perfectly, which I was thrilled to see when we went to meet Baby Molly, I think it was perfect for mom’s personality — she is such a fun, bright person!

This pattern is a great way to mix a bunch of fun prints and colors. I couldn’t decide between pink and aqua binding, so I did both!

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I think this is the perfect quilt for a bubbly baby girl!

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Enjoy your quilt, Molly!

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20Feb / 2013

WIP Wednesday – February 20, 2013

When your husband requests that you make a baby quilt for his friend’s newborn baby and he accompanies that request with a picture of the nursery for inspiration, you have no excuse not to make the quilt right away!

I immediately pulled the stack above and got a great response on Instagram. I don’t know why, but I was really inspired to do an equilateral triangle quilt and I’m so glad I did — it was so fast!

Laying out the triangles was seriously the most time consuming part of this quilt. I think that took me even longer than the quilting, and I did a lot of quilting!

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Seriously, it was so fast that I also was able to make this quilt top (hello, shameless copy)!

2011 WIPs:

3×6 Bee Top (top done)
HMQG Row Robin (rows finished)
Hello Betty Star Quilt (working on the blocks)
Embroider Bee Quilt (blocks done)
Neptune Hexagon Project (an ongoing project)

2012 WIPs

Spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt (quilting unpicked)
Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilting)
Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)
~~Sock Monkey 9-Patch~~
~~Pink Zig Zag Quilt (ready to hand bind)~~

2013 WIPs

~~Madrona Road HMQG Challenge Quilt~~
Pink and Green Triangle Quilt
Yellow and Grey Plus Quilt

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 1
New projects: 1
WIPs: 11

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15Feb / 2013

2012 Finishes

Everyone else did this in December, but better late than never! Here are the 20 quilts I finished in 2012.

While 5 of these quilts were holdovers from my 2011 WIP list, the other 15 were started and completed within the year! The astute among you might notice that the spring green and yellow Retro Flowers quilt (bottom right corner) is still on my WIP list. Unfortunately, while I did complete this quilt in September, an unfortunate batting implosion requires that I finish it a second time. In my opinion, if I finish it twice, I get to count it twice!!

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13Feb / 2013

WIP Wednesday – First Finishes of 2013

Now that my craft room is back in action and I fixed the tension issues on my Juki, I’ve been bitten by the productivity bug.

I finished the Sock Monkey 9-Patch, started and completed my HMQG Madrona Road challenge quilt, and quilted the pink zig zag quilt!

I’m so happy about my Juki that I put this quilt under the needle, even though I probably should be working on this…

2011 WIPs:

3×6 Bee Top (top done)
HMQG Row Robin (rows finished)
Hello Betty Star Quilt (working on the blocks)
Embroider Bee Quilt (blocks done)
Neptune Hexagon Project (an ongoing project)

2012 WIPs

Spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt (quilting unpicked)
Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilting)
Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)
~~Sock Monkey 9-Patch~~
Pink Zig Zag Quilt (ready to hand bind)

2013 WIPs

~~Madrona Road HMQG Challenge Quilt~~
Pink and Green Triangle Quilt

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 2
New projects: 1
WIPs: 11

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23Jan / 2013

WIP Wednesday – Back in Black

So apparently I went on vacation and then started a home renovation and totally forgot about my poor little blog. Well I’m going to attempt to ignore that and just pick up where I left off. First order of business, a little inventory of where I stand with my WIPs since my last post!

I decided to delete all projects from the list that were completed in 2012 and start over with a new tally for this year. I completed my second Formation quilt as well as my FMF Irish Chain quilt, but they aren’t on the list below. I actually finished the spring green and yellow baby quilt, but suffered a tragic batting implosion (more on that later), so I have unpicked the quilting and will attempt to rescue this beauty.

The sock monkey 9 patch simply needs the binding stitched down.

This fun quilt needs to be quilted and finished before being sent to my cousin for her to gift to her new god daughter!

And I did manage to start something new, BUT it’s for an HMQG challenge. More on that later!

2011 WIPs:

3×6 Bee Top (top done)
HMQG Row Robin (rows finished)
Hello Betty Star Quilt (working on the blocks)
Embroider Bee Quilt (blocks done)
Neptune Hexagon Project (an ongoing project)

2012 WIPs

Spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt (quilting unpicked)
Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilt basted)
Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)
Sock Monkey 9-Patch (need to bind)
Pink Zig Zag Quilt (quilt top finished)

2013 WIPs

Madrona Road HMQG Challenge Quilt

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 0
New projects: 1
WIPs: 12

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31Oct / 2012

12 Quilts in ’12 – October Link Up

This month’s finish was completed on the plane on the way to Washington, DC (where it was gifted to an adorable 5 week old boy), so I guess you’ll have to trust me that it was completed!

This quilt is one of the two that I shared here and I truly can’t decide which one I prefer!

I love this fabric, by Patty Sloniger for Michael Miller. It’s super cute!

And flying geese are great for little boys, so it’s a perfect pairing.

I know I’ve been terrible about blogging, and my three readers have apparently noticed! I may not have had time to blog, but fortunately I’ve still had time to quilt! My September finish was the other version of this quilt:

I promise to share more on these two later!

And even though I spent most of August on vacation, I had a finish early in the month. I finished up this quilt JUST in time for a wedding.

Obviously you’ll have to take my word on it, since I can’t find my pics!

What did you finish this month? Link up below and enter two win 2 fat quarters, chosen based on your personal style!!

Giveaway details:

Blog about your finished project or post a picture of it to flickr
Link up to your project here
Any project you finished this month is eligible, but please link to only one blog post/flickr picture (it’s okay if you blogged about multiple finishes, we love that!)
Entries for this giveaway will be open until Wednesday, November 7 until the link widget closes
The dedicated folks who enter all 12 times will be entered to win a grand prize next January!

If you have any questions, please email me or leave a comment below!

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02Aug / 2012

WIP Wednesday – Doubling Down

With work picking up, vacation ahead (yay!) and a long list of quilts to make, I’ve had to think of ways to make my sewing time count a bit more.

One of my friends at the office is having her second boy, and I wanted to make her a quilt using backyard baby fabric and flying geese. I liked the idea so much, I decided to make twice as many geese and make two complimentary quilts at the same time. I will be sharing a tutorial (hopefully soon) on my method, but for now, here are some in process shots.

Day Formation…

Night Formation…

I’m really glad I got a head start on this — her baby made a very early appearance this weekend! Day Formation is all done and ready to gift early next week, while the Night Formation top is done and waiting for the right baby boy.

We also have friends getting married this weekend, and I just had to make something for them. It’s been a bit hectic, but I got this Irish Chain top together using delicious Flea Market Fancy.