Wednesday 26 September 2012

WIP Wednesday - basting and triangles

No finishes this week, but I have been working on a few things that are getting close!

Firstly, I have finally layered my Christmas In July Block-a-Thon quilt top. I pieced the backing from some of my leftover fabrics so it took me a lot longer than I expected. Here is a peek of it layered ready to quilt, more later.



Secondly, I am working on a new pillow cover. My biggest little girl turns 9 soon! Wow! Where did those years go. She has always had a princess pillow on her bed, I made it many years ago when she was into princesses! Needless to say that she doesn't do princesses anymore, and she recently handed it down to her little sister who is very much into princesses!!
So I thought I would make her a new cushion for her bed. She is into blue at the moment and I am into my Modern Patchwork book, so I am making some hexagons using triangles. Last night I managed to finish sewing them together :) So another one is layered ready for some quilting.



Finally, I have been doing some hand sewing too, in those moments when I am sat waiting for children to do ballet or Beavers or on an evening when I really don't have the energy to do something bigger. But I have no pictures of that yet.

I am, for the first time, linking up with Freshly Pieced and The Needle and Thread Network (Canadians)!



 

14 comments:

  1. Wow!! What a beautiful Christmas quilt!! Anxious to see it quilted

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    1. Thank you. I was pleased with the way it turned out. But can't decide how I should quilt it!

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  2. Your quilt is amazing , you did a fine job!

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  3. I love your Christmas quilt! Very pretty and unique

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  4. Beautiful Christmas quilt! So happy you linked up!

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  5. I love your Christmas quilt. All that white that you used makes it look so clean and crisp. My oldest turns 8 soon, and I can't quite recall where all those years went either. Mine still plays princesses, though not nearly as much as she used to.

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  6. Thank you for all your lovely comments. I have looked at all the wonderful entries on WIP Wednesday linkys for a while but have never been brave enough to link myself! Now I have done it! :)

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  7. Both lovely projects - looking forward to seeing their progress through WIP Wednesdays!

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  8. So glad you linked up - your work is lovely! That Christmas quilt in particular is fantastic. Pieced backs always take me waaaay longer than I think they will but I do love them.

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  9. p.s. Jo, you may find that you get more comments by turning off the word verification step. Many people find them too hard to see and don't bother commenting if they need to do that step.

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    1. I had no idea I had it turned on! Ha, shows how much I know about this blogging business! I find it very annoying too! Needless to say I have turned it off (I think!). Thank you for you comments :)

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    2. Felicity, do you know why I have a funny symbol for a picture? My picture has just recently disappeared andI don't know why?! Sorry to ask techie questions!

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  10. Great piecing on that Christmas quilt! And congrats to your big girl on her birthday.

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