WIP Wednesday

Wednesday!

How do I love thee...

I'm feeling pretty darn pleased with a couple of finishes this week.

#1

It's no secret, as I've mentioned a hundred times, I loved doing the Sew Out Loud QAL!!

12 blocks all  by different amazing and extremely talented designers.

I completed my blocks and joined them with a narrow black sashing, a little outline quilting, black and white stripe binding...

and,

TA DA!

Now I get to look at it every day in my sewing room.

Mostly I am noticing all the wonky mistakes!!

But, that will pass and then I will just remember all the fun I had and the paper piecing lessons I have learned.

I am already planning to do a couple of the entry blocks submitted in the contest for the final block!

#2

My wallet is in tatters!
Well, actually I threw it out ages ago and have been using zippered pouches!

I desperately needed a new one...

found this great tutorial at Confessions of a Fabricaholic.

I did a "test run" first!!

Do you do that too??

It turned out well, but I decided to add a heavy interfacing to the exterior piece of my new pretty "real" wallet.

;

Love it!

And no, that is not fake money  ;-)

 I will still keep most of my coinage in this framed pouch I made a while back...

#3
I've been working fast and furiously using up my bundle of Summersville.
Such a great fabric line from Lu Summers.
So I made a couple of large 24" cushions for my couch.
The first one I showed you last week, so here is the second one...

 I used a tutorial from Amanda Jean at crazy mom quilts for this easy zig zag pattern.
I did re-size the pattern to make it more cushion friendly. I could have made them even smaller to have more rows, but I wasn't going to redo it!!
And again, added an invisible zipper and pieced backing.
Here are the two of them playing nice together...
they are now on my couch!

#4
I really like Jeni's tutorial at In Color Order, for her lined drawstring bag!
I'm sure you have seen all over blogland, and probably made some yourself!
I made a few this week for auction with proceeds going to The Canadian Cancer Society.
Relay for Life is in a couple of weeks, and unfortunately I won't be here for it.

So, those are my finishes. On my WIP list is:
Ocean View, which I really plan to finish quilting this week!
Also, Ironwork*, which I have NO plans to start quilting this week!
Too many UFO"s to mention!!
Maybe someday I will get to them :-(
Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced
and
Monika at The Needle and Thread Network.
Have a great sewing week!

WIP Wednesday

Yikes! 

We are getting a ton of rain! Good thing I got my yard work done on the week-end.

Which now leaves me free to catch up on my sewing projects.

I have one finish....

This is another of the Swoon blocks I did a couple month ago.

I wanted to practice my FMQ, so I decided to pick one of the blocks and do a lot of dense quilting...

For some reason I put it away, and kinda forgot about it.

Luckily, I found it this week and finished it off!

Bound and hung on the wall!

Love how the back looks too!

*****

I have my Sew Out Loud blocks all joined and I'm in the process

of quilting it...

Should be done by next week.

*****

My love of Summersville continues.

After I finished From Summersville to New York..

    I continued cutting fabric for new cushions for the sofa...

They are 24"

I have only done one so far...

I quilted the front and put in an invisible zipper.

I don't think I'll do the second one identical..

All those freakin' hst's!!

maybe chevron or something similar.

Any suggestions?

*****

I am a bit disappointed in myself for not doing any more quilting on Ocean View, but maybe this week if it keeps raining!!
So, all that's left to do is show you a couple of photos of "the girls" Sheriti & Kissa

 Time to link up to Lee at Freshly Pieced
&
Monika at TN&TN.
Have a great sewing week! 

WIP Wednesday

As the temperatures warm up, I find myself less inclined to spend too much time sewing, but I did manage to complete a couple of projects this week.

Sadly, the Sew Out Loud QAL has come to a conclusion with the final block instructions posted last week.

 Naturally, it wouldn't be a block of mine without something wonky about it!

The needle hole should look a whole lot better than that!

But, what the heck...I'm leaving it alone.

Now I just need to join together the 12 finished blocks, quilt them, and get them hung on the wall in my sewing room.

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For the second project I completed this week, I used the new fabric collection, Summersville.

A couple months ago there was a New York Beauty QAL which I joined and then abandoned after only doing 2 blocks.

I loved the blocks, but didn't have a clear idea what I was doing with them!

It wasn't until I saw a table runner by Lee here at Freshly Pieced, that I knew what I wanted to do.  Thanks Lee!

So, here is my New York by way of Summersville!

 These are some beautiful fabrics and make a great summer

project!

I think I'll also use it to make some new pillows.

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Finally the thread I've been waiting for has arrived and I can get back to quilting Ocean View and Ironwork*.

I'm linking up with Lee and Monika today.

Hope everyone has a great sewing week.