WIP Wednesday – Triangles

Sometimes you’re just in the mood for a quickie…

Get your mind out of the gutter!  I mean a project like this triangle quilt, which goes together so quickly! This should be all done by the weekend.

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

• Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilting)
• Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
• Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)

2013 WIPs

• Marcelle Medallion Block Quilt (working on blocks)
• Florence Kaleidoscope Quilt (top done)

2014 WIPs

• Sherbet Pips Round and Round Quilt (ready to bind)
• Happy Drawing Economy Block Quilt
• Blue and Mustard Triangle Quilt
• Hello Petal Patchwork Quilt

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 0
New projects: 2
WIPs: 13

WIP Wednesday – March 19, 2014

Thanks to a little quilty time with a friend last night, this quilt has been quilted!

More pictures and a baby reveal later this week from DC.

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

• Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilting)
• Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
• Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)

2013 WIPs

• Marcelle Medallion Block Quilt (working on blocks)
• Florence Kaleidoscope Quilt (top done)

2014 WIPs

• Sherbet Pips Round and Round Quilt (at the long-armer)
• Happy Drawing Economy Block Quilt

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 1
New projects: 0
WIPs: 11

WIP Wednesday – March 12, 2014

Exciting news alert!  My new niece, Layla Naomi, arrived last night!  She came right on her due date and within 2 hours of my cousin going into labor!  She is clearly a little lady with an important agenda.

We are going to DC in 10 days to meet her, and I’m making excellent progress on her quilt.  Since her gender was a surprise and her big sister, Soraya, loves learning about different animals, I just had to use my stash of Happy Drawing and Happy Drawing Too. 

I have 70 of the 100 blocks completed and this should be a top by the weekend.

I love the way the Economy Blocks show off the little animals.  These little blocks are so fun and whimsical!

I think Soraya will help Layla learn the names of all the different animals.

Layla Naomi, I can’t wait to meet you!

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

• Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilting)
• Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
• Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)

2013 WIPs

• Marcelle Medallion Block Quilt (working on blocks)
• Florence Kaleidoscope Quilt (top done)

2014 WIPs

• Sherbet Pips Round and Round Quilt (at the long-armer)
• Happy Drawing Economy Block Quilt (working on blocks)

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

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

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!

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

Enjoy your quilt, Molly!

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!

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

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

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

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!

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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!

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. 

I cut enough strips to make this top, plus a smaller baby quilt, but that will have to wait until after my vacation!

2011 WIPs:

• Hexagon Quilt
• Robot Kaleidoscope Quilt
• Lorax Quilt
• 3×6 Bee Top (top done)
• Christmas Patchwork
• HMQG Row Robin (rows finished)
• Hello Betty Star Quilt (working on the blocks)
• Rawhide String Quilt
• Grinch Pillow Cover
• HMQG Habitat Challenge
• Embroider Bee Quilt (blocks done)
• Neptune Hexagon Project (an ongoing project)

2012 WIPs

• Rawhide Swoon Quilt
• Quilts for Kids
• A Walk in the Woods Baby Quilt
• 1001 Peeps Quilt
• Spring green/yellow/grey baby quilt
• Sherbet Pips apple core project (quilt basted)
• A Walk in the Woods Whirligig Quilt
• Flower Sugar Hand Sewn Diamond Stars (an ongoing project)
• A Walk in the Woods Zig Zag Quilt
• Jelly Roll Race Quilt
• Neutral Farfalle Quilt 
• Happy Campers Irish Chain Quilt
• Coral and Aqua Baby Quilt
• Neptune Drunkard’s Path Quilt (blocks cut)
• A Walk in the Woods Mega Swoon
• Backyard Baby Day Formation Quilt
• Backyard Baby Night Formation Quilt (top done!)
• Flea Market Fancy Irish Chain (quilting!)
• ???

Still To Do

• Sock Monkey 9-Patch
• Quilt for P&S
• Quilt for L&M
• Quilt for R

The cold, hard truth:
Completed projects: 1
New projects: 3
WIPs: 11