Wednesday, April 17, 2013

WIP Wednesday

I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since I last blogged!!  I am alive and well, just overwhelmed with busyness.  It's the last month and a half of school and there seems to be a mad rush to pack in field trips, sports, activities before time runs out.  Emma is playing volleyball and is happy as a clam.  She and Dayna are both doing so great with their gymnastics, too!

Onto the WIP list!  I have been making some progress, although small in the last few weeks.  Last I blogged about the mountain of quilt tops that need finishing.

1.  Good Folks Supernova - basted.  Since my last post, I have finished quilting a customer quilt and had all kinds of issues with basting so un-pinned it all and re-basted with spray.  I cannot believe how everything just stayed put so much better!  So I spray-basted my Good Folks Supernova quilt and I am hoping it will work just as well.

Here is the backing of my Supernova quilt....LOVE this fabric from IKEA!

This next quilt top is something I should have done a LONG time ago...sad to say.  It's a project that I had totally forgotten about until recently and I can't believe I am so long in getting this done, or that I forgot about it, omw!!  It's a signature quilt from a friend's wedding.   Guests signed their names on squares of white cotton and I was going to whip it together into a quilt.  Here we are almost 4 years later and it's finally a quilt top.  This one is super-high priority to get finished asap.  I thought I would go with the heart theme I have fallen in love with in the last couple of months.  Her wedding colors were 2 shades of pink, which ALWAYS makes me think of Steel Magnolias "blush and bashful"...if you don't know what I'm talking about we can't be friends anymore :o)  So I pulled a bunch of pink from my stash and went to town making this in less than 4 hours.



No progress has been made on the other 6 quilts on my last WIP list.  *sigh*

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced...so many great projects!!

 

11 comments:

  1. I love both of your projects! I'm having an IKEA numbers fabric moment myself. Backing for three baby quilts in progress!

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  2. Beautiful projects! I love blush and bashful :)

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  3. Both ideas are very nifty! The Supernova quilt has so much life!

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  4. OMG I love that Supernova quilt. Did you use a pattern? I love the way you used the low volume background with those great pops of color. So pretty!

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  5. As soon as you wrote two shades of pink I instantly thought of steel magnolias! Your work looks lovely, thanks for sharing!

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  6. Shanna, I love the wedding quilt. What a clever idea -- and, hello?!?! Pink!!

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  7. I love everything! I am obsessed with the numbers fabric. It looks so good on the back of your supernova. Plus the heart quilt is looking pretty awesome, I am sure it is worth the wait. Plus, not they will get to see those signatures again and it will be like reading them for the first time!

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  8. "If you can't say something nice, come sit by me!"

    Best. Movie. Ever.

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  9. How gorgeous is your supernova! I always spray baste ; ) enjoy the quilting

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  10. Your supernova is so awesome! I hope I am able to get to IKEA for some of the backing fabric before it is gone (closest store is 7 hours from here). Your heart quilt is great too!

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