WIP Wednesday!

WIP Wednesday: "Dang, it's hot" edition. This week, WIP Wednesday is hosted by the lovely Felicity, one of my favorite people in blogland. Felicity hails from Vancouver, and I'm guessing she doesn't have 104 temps in her forecast. Jealous.


Finished:
Hmm...nothing.

In progress
Half-Moon Modern/Hexagon Park

Awaiting borders.

Handstitched Class Adding some hand-stitching to my Dogwood Blossom. I'm reminding myself that this is Handstitched Class, not Perfectly Stitched Class.

do. Good Stitches Host Swap
Need to get to work on this one!

Woodland Tails quilt I have a panel from the Woodland Tails collection, and I'm making a quick baby quilt with it. This project is perfectly suited for my attention span right now.

A little something with my Rouenneries charms
More soon.

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Arcadia Quilt


To do:
Half Moon Modern quilt
Swoon
teddy bear sleeping bags
Tracey's French Kisses
June block for do. Good Stitches
July block for do. Good Stitches Yellow/Gray star for Kati
Bag for me

Head to Lee's to see what everyone else is working on!

Doing good.

I've been the host for the Peace circle of do. Good Stitches for a year and a half, and I'm so proud of the quilts we've made.

If you're not familiar, do. Good Stitches is a group of online quilting bees (put together by Rachel of Stitched in Color). Each circle has a host, four quilters (the host serves as a quilter too), and five stitchers. Each month, one of the quilters chooses a design and posts instructions for her quilt. The stitchers, quilters, and host make blocks from their stashes and return them to the quilter. The quilter finishes the quilt. For more information on do. Good Stitches (including information on how to join), visit the Flickr group.

Our circle sends quilts to My Very Own Blanket, an Ohio-based organization that provides quilts to children in foster care. We have made some gorgeous quilts for this organization, and I thought a gallery was in order!
Without further ado...behold, the Power of Peace! (Sorry...I'm watching too much Power Rangers.)



Word Quilt (quilted by Paula)

 
Scrap Jars (quilted by Lisa Ann)

 
Yellow and aqua stars (quilted by Naomi)

 

Scrappy triangles (quilted by me)

 

Gray and Red Stars (quilted by Lisa Ann)

 
 Starflower (quilted by Michelle)

 
Sugar Pop and Change (quilted by Lisa Ann)

 
Rectangle Squared (quilted by Naomi)

 

Hourglass Quilt (quilted by Paula)

 
Modern Sliced Scrappy quilt (quilted by me)

Special thanks to the ladies who made these possible: Paula, Michelle, Naomi, Lisa Ann, Meg, Melissa, Allie, Laura, Dawn, and Kimberly!

I hope we have many, many more quilts to come!

(all photos used with permission)

Modern Medallion quilt in the works

Rachel's preview of her Modern Medallion quilt sold me on her Handstitched Class. I've completed the center Dogwood Blossom, and the next step is filling that white space with glorious embroidery (okay...I'll settle for halfway decent embroidery!).
I began this quilt with the caveat that it would be made mostly from my stash, so I'm using up my bits of Good Folks fabric. Good Folks is definitely precious to me, so it makes sense to link up to Kelly's My Precious QAL!

Half-Moon Hexies

I'm sewing away on my Half-Moon Modern quilt. I'm using Lynne's Hexagon Park pattern from Moda Bake Shop. I added an extra row and column of hexagons in hopes that it will be large enough for my queen-size bed. Next up: A border, another border, and one more border. Daunting for sure.

WIP Wednesday!

I have two WIPs dueling for my attention this week. Here we go!


Finished:
Typewriter pouch

Done and gifted.

In progress
Half-Moon Modern/Hexagon Park

Plugging along on this one. It makes me happy.

Pretty Pleats Tote

No progress here.

Handstitched Class
I finished up the Dogwood Blossom for my Handstitched Class with Rachel of Stitched in Color. I need to add some borders and more embroidery, but I love where this is going.
do. Good Stitches Host Swap I got my secret partner and need to start plotting!

Super Mario Quilt-Along with Angela/Cut to Pieces

She previewed the pattern today. Yeah...this is SO happening!

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Arcadia Quilt


To do:
Half Moon Modern quilt
Swoon
teddy bear sleeping bags
Tracey's French Kisses
June block for do. Good Stitches
Yellow/Gray star for Kati
Bag for me
Head to Lee's to see what everyone else is working on!

Typewriter pouch

My friend Leah appreciates handmade things, so when her birthday came around I decided to make her a zippered pouch.
After seeing all of Amber's awesome work with Melody Miller's typewriter fabric, I had to get some of my own (if you're shopping for typewriter fabric, I found all three colorways here). I wanted the pouch to have a flat bottom, so I used the Scrappy Make-Up Pouch tutorial by Noodlehead as the basis of my pattern.

A peek at the Tula Pink interior fabric. The exterior is Robert Kaufman's Quilter's Linen. We're not going to look too closely at my zipper ends, okay? I think I "accidentally" cropped them out of this photo. Let's just say I need practice!

WIP Wednesday!

I'm definitely experiencing a summer slow-down! I'm spending more time doing this
and this

than sewing (and that's exactly the way it should be!). But I do have a few things on my WIP list, so here we go.



Finished:
Nada

In progress
Half-Moon Modern/Hexagon Park

I've jumped in to a queen-size quilt for our bed using Half-Moon Modern and Lynne's Hexagon Park pattern. Loving it so far!

Typewriter pouch

I finally got my hands on some typewriter fabric, and this will become a pouch.

Pretty Pleats Tote

This is going to become a bag using Michelle's Pretty Pleats Tote pattern.

Handstitched Class I'm taking Rachel's Handstitched Class this summer. The first instructions were posted this week, and I need to get to work!

do. Good Stitches Host Swap I got my secret partner and need to start plotting!

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Arcadia Quilt


To do:
Half Moon Modern quilt
Swoon
teddy bear sleeping bags
Tracey's French Kisses
June block for do. Good Stitches

Head to Lee's to see what everyone else is working on!