WIP Wednesday

Hi yall!!  I finally have a finish!!  I am beyond excited about FINALLY finishing my Swoon quilt!!  It took 6 hours to complete the binding...because I'm nuts and decided to finish it by hand.  This baby is 90 inches square, so it just seemed to take forever!  My girlies are helping hold it up here.  They were dying with their arms stretched up as far as possible :o)

So, sleeping under a quilt for the whole night is something new to me.  Sounds crazy since I have been quilting for about 7 years now.  I have never made one for my bed.  It's interesting...definitely didn't get cold, but I like more weight on me at night...does that even make sense?  So, it will take some getting used to.  And the hubs said he didn't sleep that well either.  We're kind of divas when it comes to certain things, apparently!

Other things I got accomplished this week include basting 2 superhero quilts for my girlies!  After spending 3 hours on my hands and knees, my muscles were very sore the next day :o)  Now to quilt them....if I can get the girls to let go of them long enough to do it!

Still working on my English paper piecing project...I have 20 stars left!!  And I am running out of papers, so I think I need to order more.  I bought all the packs my LQS had, and, unfortunately, they aren't stocking more.

I made another zippered pouch from some extra superhero fabric.  It's perfect for my EPP supplies :o)

Other WIPs: Queen Single Girl - all paper pieces are ready to go!
Large Hexagon - no progress

I'm linking up to Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday

 

Finish It Up Friday - Swoon

I am so excited to be featured today on Knotted-Thread!!

Please head on over and see Jennifer's awesome blog :o)

I finally got some pics of my finished Swoon!  I still need to put the binding on....I'm thinking of the darker, plummy purple for the binding.  That may have to wait until next week, but I feel awesome to have this one *almost* checked off the list!  I love this pattern, and I am thinking of doing another one :o)

Quilt Stats:

90 inches square

fabrics used were Heirloom by Joel Dewberry

machine pieced and quilted by me

This is the backing....one of my favorite thing to do is to lay under the quilt, and hold it up to the light so you can see the light through all of the sewing spaces.  It reminds me of a light brite....I know, I'm a little on the nutty side :o)

I am linking up to Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts' Finish It Up Friday!

WIP Wednesday

Hi all!  Just wanted to join in with Lee's WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced this week!  It's been a long week, already, and I just wanna take a nap :o)

Here is some of my progress!  First up is my paper pieced quilt....I am up to 74 stars now!!  I estimated needing 100 total, so that's only 26 left!  I cannot believe I'm so close.  I plan on making up a ton of stars this weekend.  I'm taking a short business trip to Chicago, so that means quality time on the plane and in the hotel room after hours.  I'd be lyin if I said I wasn't just a bit excited about spending 2 nights in a QUIET room....heaven!!

I started using this leather thimble at the start of this project.  It's looking a bit worn out just in that one little spot, but still works like a champ.  I know it's more cumbersome, but it's my favorite kind of thimble!

Next on the WIP list this week is a HUGE finish...my Queen-sized Swoon quilt. It's raining this morning, so no full-length picture until this afternoon {hope}. I finally got the quilting done last night around 12:15.  It's taken a lot of hours and gobs of thread, but when I showed my husband, he told me "I think you are the most amazing quilter in the world"  Talk about *swoon*  Love that man!!  We slept under it last night, even though the binding isn't finished and it was heaven :o)

Head on over to Lee's and take a look at all the other amazing projects!!

WIP Wednesday

Hey all!  I hope you've had a great week so far...can't believe it's already Wednesday again (I think I say that every week!).  It's been busy around here, but we are making time to slow down.  The girlies are getting to the end of the school year, which means end of year testing, final fund raiser, and all of the end of year activities.  I just cannot believe I will have a 4th and 2nd grader soon...doesn't seem possible!

*wiping tears* Okay, I'm good!  On to the progress for this week in the world of quilting!

Swoon....finally got it basted.  It took me a couple of hours of moving my dining room furniture and pinning on my knees to accomplish this.  There has got to be an easier way!!

Last night, I started quilting this bad boy.  I wanted to do something special, more than just an all over pattern.  Next time I think that way for a 90 inch quilt, shoot me!  I have quilted all the "flowers" and have started on the white space....10 bobbins later.  As much as it's a bear, I am loving how it's coming together!

This quilt is making me want a long arm quilting machine in a bad way!

Still plugging along with my EPP project...no real progress with that since I've spent the last 2 nights working on Swoon baby above!  Here is a pic of the itty-bitty stitches...I'm weird, I know.

Linking up to Freshly Pieced!  Go on over and see other amazing projects!

WIP Wednesday

I finally finished all of my Swoon blocks for my bed quilt!!  I wasn't so sure about some of them, but it's really growing on me!  I am thinking about swapping out the mustard one in the bottom corner though...and making another block closer to others' colors.  Anyway, for now, this is it!  I still have a lot of work to do to get this one finished, but it's progress for now.

I am also making some progress on my English paper piecing quilt.  So far, this piece is about the size of an oversized table runner....a long way from a lap quilt.  I've been taking these diamonds with me everywhere and have been making at least one star a day.  So at this rate it will be another 6 months to get the top done.  Oh well, this is going to be a relaxing project and I love that it is going to be entirely hand pieced and hand quilted!

This morning as we were heading in to and stopped at a light, I glanced over at the next car.  This woman was just staring at me as I was happily stitching some diamonds.  No sooner do I look over but she turns to the passenger and he pops his head up and looks at me too...guess no one ever sews in the car anymore, sheesh!!  It was pretty funny, I just laughed.  I'm sure they thought I was a little off my rocker, but that's okay!

My LQS had a great sale on fat quarters this week (in honor of Fat Tuesday, hehe!).  I bought a couple of FQs of Kaffe, something I honestly never thought I would ever purchase!  I always like how Kaffe fabrics look in quilts, but I just have never bought any. 

And more Paris fabric...I just love this fabric!!  It's so kitchy and I love the paisleys and flowers.  What am I going to do with all this fabric??  I have no idea...but I am sure it will be fun!

Linking up over at Freshly Pieced...love seeing everyone else's projects every week!!

WIP Wednesday

I am glad to be working on my Swoon quilt again!!  This is the first quilt I've made for our bed and I am getting super excited to have it finished!!  I am thinking I need to repaint my bedroom, make some new curtains, make some new throw pillows....just to match this quilt.  It makes me very happy!

So here are 2 more blocks...4 down, 5 to go!

 I am using the Heirloom fabrics from Joel Dewberry....one of my fave designers!

So far, this one is my fave block!!  I love the colors and the way they play so nicely together :o)  Can't wait to get the other 5 done now.

I am linking up to Freshly Pieced...go take a look at all the other great projects!!