Wordless WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday 9

Despite my best intentions to finish what I’ve already started and really tackle my stacks of WIPs and UFOs, this list just seems to keep growing.  In my defense, I’ve inherited a lot of the projects.  Still, with two quilts in frames, 8 more waiting to be quilted, and various piecing projects, I decided to take a much needed break from hand quilting by starting yet another project.  And a pretty massive one at that.  Inspired by this beloved quilt from my childhood, I decided I wanted to make a modern version of Grandmother’s Flower Garden.

Hand Piecing

1. Seven flowers together, pieces for ten more cut out and basted on the templates, probably another 4o some to go, plus the background.

I’m torn on the background. My original vision was this text print, but I’m a little worried that the quilt will be too busy.  I’m testing it out with a few flowers now.

Quilting

2. Blue String Quilt- I’m about half way through quilting this throw quilt (about time, since it was started in 2009), have to keep moving, it’s for an October wedding gift.

3. Megan’s Wedding Quilt has sadly been pushed to the side for the summer heat.  Hopefully it will be front and center again after the October wedding.

Piecing

4. Juliet’s Bag- One more bag needed for my church

5. Scrap Lightning

6. Star Quilt

Waiting to be Quilted

7.  Waterlilies Quilt- I’ve just inherited this quilt and the Shoo Fly quilt from two of my grandmother’s nieces.  They were wedding presents for them 40 some years ago.  No one is quite sure how they remained unquilted for so long, but they’ve asked me to finish them.

8.  Shoofly

9.  Navy and Red Dresden Plate

10.  Double Wedding Ring

11.  Pink and Green Dresden Plate

12. Black and White Values

13. Super Star

14. Four Patch

15. Sweet Geese

So, there it is.  A much too long list, and honestly, I can only expect to finish maybe three things off it in the next month.  It’s enough to make a girl consider learning to machine quilt.

Lots more motivational WIPs are linked up at Lee‘s.

WIP Wednesday- Totally Traditional to Fabulously Modern

Just a quick peek at what I’ve been working on this week!

From totally traditional,

Crown of Thorns reproduction quilt for historical quilting demonstration

to fabulously modern!

Fabric Robot Box

More WIP Wednesday goodness at Lee‘s.

 

A Sandwich At Last: WIP Wednesday 6

Quilting

1.  Wedding Quilt

My awesome friend Allie help me sandwich the beast and get this in the frame.  And not a minute too soon.  Now the real questions looms, can I qiult and bind this in 30 days?

2. Mini Whole Cloth Quilt

I needed a good travel project this week, so I quickly sandwiched some solids and traced a design on it.  My family will be volunteering a historical festival that we’ve been doing forever, but this time I’ll get to focus on quilting!  I’m making several mini quilts as examples of types of quilting– Whole cloth, pieced, and applique planned so far.  Any other styles I should show (keeping in mini that they must be period appropriate to the 1800s)?

3. Blue String Quilt

Piecing

4. Black and White Values

5. Scrappy Blocks

Knitting

6. Socks with heels

Wait Listed

7. Super Star

8. Four Patch

9. Sweet Geese

Join the fun at Lee‘s link up!

WIP Wednesday 5

WIP Wednesday 5 in May?  Yeah, 2012 is not the year of the blog for me, obviously.  At least I’m getting one of these a month.

Finishes

Four finishes since I last posted.  Some stripey socks for me, which I made mostly at lunchtime at the office and now have taken to wearing around our over air conditioned office, both to the puzzlement of my non crafty co-workers.  I’m saving the big  super special butterfly quilt for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival (this Friday)!  Sent out my 4×5 Bee blocks and wrapped up my first quarter as a Hive Caretaker, which was a lot of fun.

And just this weekend finished up Sunny Day Dresden.

I’ve really been on a dresden kick, haven’t I?  Think it’s time for me to shift to a new project.  Luckily, there are no shortages of those.

Sandwiching

1. Wedding Quilt (Really needs a better name than that, but it just hasn’t come to me yet, suggestions welcome)

The borders are on, the batting is at my house, and I’ve got a friend coming to help me sandwich the beast this Thursday!

Piecing

2. Scrappy Blocks

Finally settled on a zig zag type of design for these and I’ve been piecing them as leader/enders for awhile now.  Seems I’ll be needing to make quite a few more though if I want this to go on my bed (and I really do!)

3. Black and White Values

New project?  Nope, even better, two year old project being resurrected and finally getting finished.  Decide that I ought to look through my abandon project boxes (yeah, there are four of them, boxes, not projects) before starting something new, and what do you know, I found projects that work for both of the cousin wedding presents I need to make!

Quilting

4. Blue String Quilt

The second revived abandoned project.  Sandwiched this last week and now it’s in the lap frame.

Knitting

5. Socks- One of my crafting resolutions for 2012 was socks with heels.  Well, we’re not even close to the heel yet, and I feel like I’m knitting with toothpicks on these size 1 needles, but at least I’m started on them!

Waiting to be Quilted

6. Super Star

7. Four Patch

8. Sweet Geese

Well, here’s hoping that extended summer evening sun will mean posts a bit more often.  More WIP goodness at Lee‘s.

WIP Wednesday 3

Two big completions since I last linked up to WIP Wednesday:

My sewing room is totally together and I finished my first quilt of Harrisburg!

Those dresdens on the table are now finished and in the mail back to NC.  Full finish photos coming after it’s presented at the church.

So close to done

1. Sewing Machine stars is just two ties away from being finished.  Seriously, need to get those on and get it off the list!

Piecing

2.  A Wedding Quilt to be, currently just this giant stack of HSTs waiting to be cut, ironed, and trimmed.

Planning

3. I like that I’m actually making progress on my list and not working on 40 things at once, but now that I’ve just decided that my cubicle really needs a mini quilt to cheer it up a bit.  I’m thinking about a spiderweb quilt, with this text print as the centers?

It’s Perch by Timeless Treasures.  I used it for the background on my church banner, so I think it would be a nice little reminder of the lovely people I miss so much in Durham.

Waiting for Quilting

4. Blue String Quilt

5. Super Star

6. Four Patch

7. Sweet Geese

Knitting

8. I said I wasn’t going to make another pair of socks for five years, after my nine pairs for Christmas, but I needed something to do at knitting guild tonight, I didn’t have anything ready to go and still had odds and ends of sock yarn all stuffed in my bag, so why not.  On to pair ten!  This pair I’m keeping all for myself.

Linking up to Lee‘s for great inspiration!

WIP Wednesday 1- Starting Fresh in 2012

Getting back in the WIP rhythmn for 2012!  I have a lot of stuff to get done this week before the move to Harrisburg this weekend.

Completed

All the Christmas Socks (praise God!)

Finishing Up

Sewing Machine Stars- My first 2012 Finish

Piecing

1. 3×6 Blocks- I resolved to finish these before I moved back to PA.  Somehow that didn’t happen, they’ve been sitting half done since, and now they have to be mailed this week.  Ack!  Back to work on those.

Quilting

2. Nickel Plated (aka Church Quilt 6)

Embroidering

3. Color Pop Pillows (my last, very over due Christmas Present, photos coming soon!)

Waiting for Quilting

4. Blue String Quilt

5. Super Star

6. Four Patch

7. Sweet Geese

As always, great inspiration available at Lee‘s!

WIP Wednesday #29

I’m not used to Pennsylvania winter light again yet (well, really, the lack thereof) so I’m very short on good pictures, but here’s where everything stands right now.

Completed

4×5 Bee Blocks, 6 Scarves, Bike Path Quilt, Church Banner

Knitting

1. Socks- 4 days ’til Christmas and I’m on pair 7 of 9.  I cannot wait to get these finished and get back to work on other projects.

Piecing

2. 3×6 Blocks

Applique

3. Church Quilt 6

I laid my in progress Dresdens on a stack of fabric with this text print on top.  I’m going to test a few other backgrounds, but I think I already have the winner.

Waiting to be Quilted

4. Sewing Machine Stars

5. Blue String Quilt

6. Super Star

7. Four Patch

8. Sweet Geese

Merry Christmas to those you celebrate!  And wishing all a peaceful and happy New Year!

Jill

WIP Wednesday #26

A lot of sewing this week!

Hand quilting

1. Starring Anna

Still quilting, but getting close!

Piecing

2. MDS Quilt

Pieced the last 148 blocks, assembled into 20 rows, and now just 4 rows away from a finished Queen sized top.  Need to keep moving to be ready for Saturday’s knotting bee.

Still Finishing

3. Napping Bears

Knitting

4. Still on Sock Pair 3 (of 9)

Planning

5. Church Quilt #6

I’m kind of in love with these fabrics, so I really wanted to share, but from here on out church quilt #6 goes underground.  I want to keep it a surprise!

(Still) Waiting for Quilting

6. Bike Path

7. Blue String Quilt

8. Super Star

9. Four Patch

10. Sweet Geese

More WIP Wednesday Goodness over at Lee‘s!

WIP Wednesday #21

So glad to be back, I can’t believe how long it’s been since I got to do the Wednesday Link up, too long really.

Finishes

4×5 Bee Blocks

Making Progress

1. Quilting Bike Path

2. Started on 3×6 Bee Blocks

3. Piecing Very Pink Super Star Quilt

4. Project Modern Entry

Waiting in the Wings

5. Blue String Quilt

6. Sweet Geese Charity Quilt

I am so excited to see what everyone has been working on over at Lee’s link-up!  I know there is going to be tons of new inspiration to see today.