WIP Wednesday

I've been busy, but not too much quilting done (sigh...) Here's what I've been working on:

Pj's for my grandkiddies- these are for Connor and almost done! The pink to the left is the start of the pjs for my oldest BreeAnn.

 

And this is a baby blanket for a friend's baby due in January- not as far along as I'd like, but...

I bet you all are busy too- have a great week!

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WIP Wednesday

Here are a few of the projects I'm working on this week:

This is a scrap block I tried from a pattern I got from our quilt show. I just grabbed some scraps and put it together- don't really like the yellow triangles... And this takes a lot longer than other patterns I've tried. Oh well...

I've also contine to try to organize my fabric to make it more user friendly- like being able to actually find things! This is my fat quarter cupboard. Looks neat yeah?

 

And this is some of the hand quilting I've gotten done on my veteran's quilt. Boy am I slow! It's still not finished, but I do have a ton of other projects that have deadlines, like crocheted baby blankets, prayer shawls, knitted booties, etc. Busy is the word of the week!!!

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WIP Wednesday

Okay, here's a .project I started in the 70's! This qualifies as my very first quilt.

One year, when I was in high school, I cut out all these squares from fabric leftover from clothes my Mom had made me or that I had made myself and gave the squares as a Christmas gift to my folks. Of course the plan was to make them into a quilt... Fast forward about 10 years or so, I am married and find these squares and decide to make the quilt- I have no idea what I'm doing so I just slapped them together. It makes me laugh to see how I didn't think about colors together, some of the same colors are touching, the embroidered squares aren't even centered! I found this again (still unfinished...) when I was cleaning out my sewing area. Time to try to get this done! Or maybe next year...? Here is a close of of one of the embroidered squares:

It's funny, but I can remember almost all the clothes that were made from these fabrics. The upper right is from my high school graduation dress.

Another project I'm working on is an apron for our Awana carnival- it's called" pick a pocket".

You put prizes in the different pockets and they get to choose. FUN!

In the blank looking place are blue pockets that I will stencil question marks on. Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday- what are you working on?

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WIP Wednesday

This is my work in progress:

No actual sewing to show, but I getting my quilts ready to take to our quilt show which is this weekend. I have to drop them off today- this is the first quilt show I've ever been in!

Have a great Wednesday!

WIP Wednesday

I am making progress on projects, just not a lot of pictures...
This is my 1930's quilt

I am officially half way done! I think I may donate the quilt top to our charity group to finish.

I also have been working on this:

The reason there are no pictures of progress is I put it together and then tried it on my granddaughter. Needless to say it was way too long! So... I had to take it apart. Right now it does kind of look like this picture. I need to cut off some of the t-shirt and then sew the skirt back on, then try it on her again for the length. Once I get this all worked out the other dresses will be much easier.

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WIP Wednesday

My veteran quilt it coming along. The borders are now on and next I need to baste the quilt together. I think I'm going to try spray basting again.

I'm still working on my owl tote bag :

I got the lining sewn and the handles topstitched,

and the pockets basted on. They are lined with the owl fabric too. My goal is to get it finished by Friday! Since it's cooler today, maybe I'll spend more time sewing :)

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WIP Wednesday

Not a whole lot of progress this week- it's been so hot...kinda hard to focus in a sweaty studio :)

I'm working on a tote bag for my sister's birthday coming up. Here's a close up of the pocket fabric:

So cute!

My other work in progress has been cutting out some different things to be working on and finishing up a few projects.

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WIP Wednesday

Here is my progress on the patriotic quilt:

Next I need to add borders. I like the way it's turning out. I was very surprised when I looked at this picture- I didn't realize that the blocks made a zigzag pattern. Cool!

This the other project in progress:

The binding is all ready for this quilt once I get the quilting finished. I try to quilt a little every day and it's really hard for me to stop after 10 min! PT is helping, but it is very slow...

Thankfully the weather has cooled a bit, so working in my sewing studio is more enjoyable.

So what's going on in you sewing studio?

Have a great day!

WIP Wednesday

I'm still working on this pillow top for my son.

It is now all quilted and the back is ready to be sewn. I was going to work on it yesterday, but I locked my keys in my studio and had to wait until my hubby got back from fishing to get in!!! Arghh... Oh well, my arm was pretty sore from PT anyway so I guess the rest was good.

I've been using basting spray on my small quilts instead of pins and I really like it.

Anybody else use basting spray for your quilts? If so, what kind do you use and have you used it on large quilt with success? I was hoping this would be a finished project by now... maybe today.

Have a great day!