WIP Wednesday: I've returned!

After my little week and a half break, I've finally returned!

A crazy work week, a cold, and this whole 8 months pregnant thing can really put a damper on my blogging!

My WIP continues to be my Scrappy Quilt Along. All of my blocks are assembled, and I have sketched out a layout. I am determined to use my stash for this whole quilt. I wanted to stick with a modern theme- so I picked a gray mottled piece that I had buried in there.

The fabric makes me think of granite, with black and gold flecks. I'm not quite sold on it - so I flipped the fabric over and got a mostly solid gray with light black flecks.

I WELCOME your thoughts and opinions on this!! 

 My mom and her 'quilting cronies' - a more traditional quilting bunch- prefer the front of the fabric.

 I just can't decide...

Then I tried my hand at machine paper piecing. I have an idea for the outer border of this quilt - so I played around with some wax paper and scraps:

 It was really easy, but I have a hard time keeping the grain right.

Are any of you experienced with machine paper piecing? Is grain something I should worry about when doing this?

My little guy automatically adopted the above piece as his own. He had an absolute meltdown when mommy took her flying geese back. (Life is hard when you are 14 months old.)

So, because this piece was practice, I Made a pillow for him:

 Of course, now that I made him a pillow, he hasn't looked twice at it...

 

I also got a package of 7" zippers... will be great for Christmas goodies!

 Check out Zipit for some awesome prices and selections on zippers. They were awesome to work with!

My sisters, mom, and I had our craft show this weekend:

 I made a stack of burp cloths and took my schnibbles and created pom-pons out of them.

 Unfortunately, the shoppers were not in the market for burp cloths on Saturday...

Everything I made was from my stash - so I did not count out of pocket expenses.

The table split 4 ways was $5 per person.

My grand total profit was -$3.

There will always be other craft shows :)

 

Anyway, we had a fun little Halloween. No trick-or-treating this year...

Next year, when mommy is not 8 mos. pregnant, we will all have fun trick-or-treating!

I'm linking up with Lee for WIP Wednesday: 



 

And with Sachiko's Link Party:

  And I made it through Blogtoberfest!  

 

Have a great Halloween Night my friends!

WIP Wednesday

I wish I had more progress to report this week.

I have been slowly working on my Scrappy Stash QAL blocks.

I have made 6 Green, 6 Orange, and 2 Pink as of tonight.

These blocks have been so much fun to work on. So relaxing.

 

The work on my craft show burp cloths continues.

(Another example of me keepin' it real)

I've got 6 that are pinned together, ready to be sewn up.

Plenty of more cuts from my stash ready to be pieced up.

I wish I could report that I have crossed something off of my WIP board.

Maybe I can report that next week! ;)

 

I'm linking up with Lee for WIP Wednesday.

 

 



 

Happy quilting my friends!

Weekend Catch-Up

What a weekend!

Friday night's Quilt 'Til You Wilt was totally relaxing, refreshing: fun. I will say, I didn't get as much accomplished as I wanted to- I was socializing too much. Not a terrible predicament to be in, though! ;)

Saturday, My mom, the baby and I went on our own little shop hop.

We checked out 'Bittersweet,' 'Bay View Calico's,' and 'Park Bench.'

At Bittersweet, they have ALOT of felt and Civil War prints. They have an amazing selection of patterns, so I picked up a few:

Uh, can you say 'too cute' on the animal coin purses? I can't wait to make up one of those!

 

Bay View Calico's had kind-of a fabric mish-mash going on. It was a good place to spend the afternoon, hunting down the perfect print for your upcoming project. I picked up a 'Salt Air' charm pack and a couple yards of this grayish-blackish-navy metallic blend. It just called to me. I love the sparkle... I think it would look so cute with the Salt Air print. I'm seeing something with a lot of negative space...

 

Park Bench may be my most favorite quilt shop to visit. They are small, but they carry full lines of SO MANY modern prints. I could spend alot of time (and money) in there just touching and ogling.

Because I couldn't take home 1/2 yard cuts of all of this...  

I picked up one of these instead:

Gotta love the charm packs ;)

I also picked up a pair of fat quarters from Basic Grey's 'Hello Luscious!':

Again- I would love nothing more than to take home a 1/2 yard cut of the whole line... but a couple fat quarters will suffice for now ;)

Sunday was a day of production.

I finished 5 more burp cloths for the craft show:

And I now have a tally of 12 Scrappy Log Cabins for my QAL:

Now with less than 2 weeks until this craft show and 4 weeks left of the QAL, I better get crackin'.

It's so much more fun to sew for pleasure than for cash.

Let's hope it all pans out!

 

Happy Monday my friends!

 

Blogtoberfest #7: Crafty on a Sunday

This little lady is such a cutey!!
I had so much fun crafting her up!

She was originally a paper grocery bag. I stuffed it with newspaper and painted it orange. For the face leaves and stems, I used some felted wool from a previous project using upcycled wool sweaters. I added quite a bit of orange purple and green glitter. The curly-queues are made from the bag handles with a little craft wire fished through them. And then, to finish her off, I added a bow that I made from a cut strip of burlap. I 'roughed' it up by dry brushing it with a little brown paint and more glitter. So easy!!
I also used up a can of black spray paint on some items found in the home dec area of GoodWill. I can't wait to show those to you!

I was also able to start sewing for the craft shows coming up at the end of the month. I'm hoping to pad the Christmas fund with the money I might make from it, so I wanted to use as much from my stash as I could.

One of the craft shows is sharing a venue with a mom-to-mom sale on the same day... I have a ton of flannel, and a ton of cotton scrap.... So I decided to make burp cloths:

They measure 16 1/2" by 8 1/2". Quilting cotton on the front, flannel on the back. I only finished 2, but have a few more started. I enjoy the improv peicing for the face of it - but it takes a while to get my brain in the improv way of thinking.

Any suggestions on a block that might read well on the face of these?

I also made good head way on cutting strips for the Scrappy Stash QAL hosted by Ellison Lane Quilts. It all starts October 9th!

 

 



Have a wonderful evening everyone!