Wednesday 15 January 2014

2014 First Quarter wish list.

Ok, here they are, a few of my WIPs that have risen to the top of the pile..
1. Rachel's scrappy stars.
This is the biggie.
I started making this quilt at least two years ago and I'm pretty sure it's been basted for about a year. Need. To. Quilt.


2. Rainbow circle.
Again, it's a lack of confidence with my quilting that's been holding me up. Coupled with my schoolgirl error of quilting the outside before the centre..duh! This led to major puckerage (a town somewhere in Alaska?).


At this point I panicked and tried to strong arm some concentric circles, this was the result...


After unpicking and spraying with water and then a light steaming from the iron, I think I've managed to minimise the excess puffiness and have used my basting gun to hold it in place.


I still can't decide how to quilt the centre though,...concentric circles again, wavy lines? I'd like to do a spiral but I'm not sure how to confidently mark one on the fabric. Cue music ... 'There may be trouble ahead'..



3. Economy block baby quilt.
There have been so many lovely blocks popping up all over blogland and IG recently, that I really wanted to join in. A colleague is expecting, so a baby quilt should scratch this particular quilty itch.
So far this is just a fabric pull, which I'm basing around the twelve motifs I can pick out of the central fabric.


I'm not loving it though, I think I need to choose brighter fabrics. The ones I've pulled so far were to match the colours in the print. A bolder choice of colours and contrasts is required I'm thinking. I'm hoping as this is a straightforward project it should proceed fairly quickly (really, did I say that!).




4. Orange peel applique cushion or mini.




This is a recent start. My previous handwork project was the embroidery on a xchristmasquilt quilt that is now put away again (third year in a row and a non-finish from the fourth quarter FAL). I needed something to work on and this is the result. No rhyme or reason, I just needed a project.


That's it, my list. There are other projects on my WIP pile but I need to stop thinking about the list and sew instead.


I hope everyone has there list knocked into shape and are looking forward to another year of finishes.


Linking up with The Littlest Thistle, our host for this years Finish-Along
Finish Along 2014



And WIP Wednesday with Lee, at Freshly Pieced.

2 comments:

  1. I love your scrappy stars quilt! You should definitely finish it up :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hmm, maybe FMQ pebbles for the centre of #2? They're amazingly forgiving for puffiness!

    Good luck with your list :o)

    ReplyDelete