Yeah, yeah. Sew your stash, finish-along, quilt-along, WIP Wednesday, Finish it up Fridays, quilting resolutions. Whatever. I’ve committed to none of these for 2015, but what I am trying to do is sew more regularly, and not just on the weekend. Or if not to sew, then to do something sewing related at least every day.
This is what’s happening here at Arsch der Welt at the moment. Firstly, it’s been a glorious winter. Yes, I said it, even though it has been snowy and freezing. I am absolutely in love with our tree-lined drive in all seasons, but in winter the bare trees strike me as most beautiful. AND it turns out you can see the Zugspitze peak, which is 160 kilometres south of here, right from the end of my driveway. This absolutely delights me.
Sewing, you ask?
On the go:
Tula Pink City Sampler: I finished off all one hundred blocks after an insane three-day sewing marathon in which I sewed about fifty five blocks. I split the quilt into six segments, adding white sashing. I’m quilting each segment as I go with straight lines that echo the piecing in each block. Hopefully it’ll all fit together when I try to attach the segments. Cross your fingers that it does, because I’ve submitted it to a local quilt show and have to deliver by the 19th of this month.
Missing U quilt: My blocks for this one started out really random, but have turned more into a free-form log cabin as I’ve progressed. I want to make this one a king size, so need nearly fifty blocks. I’ve made twelve so far. I’ll definitely QAYG this one, with the back of each block a matching colour to the front.
Saltwater quilt: The only FQ bundle I’ve ever bought is Tula Pink’s Saltwater, and I’ve been sitting on it for at least two years. I’ve now cut up the entire range using the Accuquilt 4.5″ HST die and sewn the HSTs. I’m missing a couple of the FQs in the blue range, so I’ll have to see whether I have enough units, but am going for a simple (though still up-in-the-air) layout. For now, I’m putting this one on the back burner since I have a couple of looming deadlines.
- Chain piecing action shot
- HSTs all done
- Schnitzel helped.
- And pressed open
- On the wall
Pink-brown baby quilt: I made this from a fabric line sample pack I bought at the Festival of Quilts a couple of years ago. It’s basted and I’ve started FMQing it, but got distracted by Christmas sewing. I have no planned recipient, so quick, someone get knocked up. I’m so uninspired by it that I have no pictures.
Broken Herringbone: Does it really count as a WIP if I only made one block, well over a year ago? Don’t know, it’s haunting me all the same. I’ve actually made quite a few of these blocks in the run up to Christmas, but used them in table runners.
Recently finished:
Totem’s blue-square quilt: A project that came together fairly quickly – read about it here.
Upcoming:
Silver anniversary quilt: The party is on August 1, 2015, so I best get cracking. I’ve just settled on using Tula Pink’s Fade to Pink pattern, from Quilts from the House of Tula Pink.
Carpenter quilt: I have an awesome carpenter. He’s building me an awesome bespoke sewing workstation, charging only for the materials (mostly cheap Ikea work tops). I therefore must make him and his wife an awesome quilt. Don’t know what yet. Another gradient quilt? Dunno.
Tinker Tote bag: I started this Craftsy class* (affiliate link, see disclaimer below) bag ages ago and it’s been staring at me reprovingly ever since. I’ve tried to get back to it a few times, but needle issues with constant skipped stitches have stopped me from making any progress on this one, which is lame, since I’m mostly walking around with a freebie messenger bag someone gave me at a temp job fifteen years ago and really now, do I even own a sewing machine?
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