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So Much Progress!

My WIP Album Link

See link above for lots of quilting photos!  I'm on a limited schedule, so quick snapshots are all I have.  Luckily I think the quality is adequate for these progress photos.  Enjoy!

Cutting Completed

Today's two hour session allowed me time to finish cutting all the white squares, wind up some thread onto bobbins, and sew the first two sets of squares together!  Hopefully this will piece together quickly.  Only, let's see, 52 of these triangles to sew together to make 64 total squares.  It's like a pointy chess board. :o     

A Night With More Stars Than Planned

I had a flood of quilt-ish inspiration in the past week or so.  Remember that Star Wars quilt I was pretty much finished with?  I finally got that last bit of energy to work on hand sewing the binding.  Maybe it's not the prettiest binding job in the world, but I think when I'm finished it will lift some UFO weight off my shoulders.

Now to what's new!  Well, I was thinking I'd try something a little bit different than my last several projects.  My insane notion that every project has to be uber complicated needs to be struck down.  So I've decided to do this simple pattern of squares and triangles (and tigers, oh my!!).  My color scheme is plain black, ivory, and a bright marbled blue fabric for accent.  Perhaps the quilting will be more shiny and embellished since the fabrics themselves are not so showy.    

A Carpenter's Star

The fabric store in town has a few sewing machines and nice little work space.  This means I don't have to buy an iron, ironing board, sewing machine, large enough cutting mat, etc.  So I just got the fabric and an inexpensive rotary cutter.  I happen to have miscellaneous sewing stuff and rulers for drafting.  So I spent an hour and a half maximum in the store before closing just cutting two of the three colors.  Hopefully white will go just as smoothly, then onto actual sewing!  I feel like I have to re-learn how to use a sewing machine every time, because it has been so long and I tend to never do quite the same project twice.  :)     

Children's Play

Hello all!  Just a shout out to anyone who happens to wander onto my blog.  I just posted an event and here are the details.  This is from a Craftsy.com class I joined on Art Quilting 101, taught by Wendy Butler Berns.  One of the question/comment threads jolted me into inspiration mode.  I thought it would make for a cool community-driven project.  :) 

Soon...

This is a placeholder for a post that I'm going to make.... soon!  I'm determined to get some stitching in, or at least I'll post some dancing photos because that has taken over my life this past year and a half.

Cirque des Triangles is still on my stand and a little crocheted baby dress is in the works stuffed in a bag atop my dresser.   

Afghan Update

Here is my latest WIP photo.  Working on round 23 of 26.  Getting closer!  How does it look?

Updated 5-28-13:  A bit late to be posting this, but here is the final product!  I am so happy with it!

Finish 2-10-12 Round 26/26