Wednesday 8 June 2011

Work in progress wednesday No.7 - I stare at fabric, is this normal?

Hello lovely bloggy folks, I'm back at my sewing machine frantically trying to finish a few more things off. This week I've noticed that I spend a lot of time just staring at fabric.  Sometimes its my boxes of fabric, sometimes a few colours I've pulled out of the boxes, and other times it's a half sewn something. Whichever, it seems I can spend 15 minutes at a time just...looking at fabric.  I think I'm working out which colours look good, new patterns etc but to a passer-by it can be quite disconcerting!  Please tell me I'm not alone in this part of the addiction?!
Anyway, here's the latest update linking up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced
Completed projects:
Three. Or four if you include setting up my antiques stall at a local shop.  Click here to read the post on this one, and look on the right sidebar to see my "totaliser". All profits from my little venture are going into a fabric fund :)
Other than that, I finished a couple of cushions for the shop (as seen here) and finally got round to completing the second rainbow baby quilt.  This one is larger than the first one, and despite a few fall-outs with the half-square triangles, I really quite like it. 
I listened to mum-in-law Sue and went with a linen border (thanks Sue!), backed it with a similar linen with a polka dot (which I love but which was NOT cheap!) and bound it in a grey Michael Miller polka dot
Work in progress:
  • Sliced Coins quilt. Still no progress.
  • Supernova quilt-along. I'm under pressure here! Brother's baby due 13th June, but last I heard baby was imminent.  Last night I attached the pieced borders to the top, as seen below but I've still got to do the same for the backing, baste it, quilt it and bind it..eeek!

  • Dress a girl around the world - no progress but is my next priority after the Supernova
Projects taken on but not yet started (this list is on the up again!):
  • Bee blocks for the lovely Elisa (Bee Europa) and lovely Fiona (Brit Bee).  They need to look like these two examples and as there are no triangles I'm quite looking forward to doing these!
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    Bee Europa - Picture courtesy of ComfortStitching
    Brit Bee - Picture courtesy of Poppy makes
    
  • Bee Europa - it's also my month in July so I need to get my plan sorted and fabrics mailed - more on this shortly!
  • Dining room chair cushions for my brother
  • Bench cushion for my oldest friend 
  • A Rainbow quilt for little Matthew
  • Sock monsters (like the original Mr Stripey) for my friend Sarah to give to two little girls she knows.
Back to it!
x

26 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness your finished quilts are beautiful! What size are they? Did you make this pattern yourself? I would love to try something like this - it would brighten any space it is in :)

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  2. Very cool baby quilt! I love how the concept you're using for your supernova, with the solids in the center, very unique :)

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  3. oh wow, that rainbow baby quilt is spectacular! The borders were the perfect touch to break it up! And your bee blocks are looking great.

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  4. It's exhausting just reading what you are up to! And I love that baby quilt so much I might just have to steal your idea and make one like it. It is gorgeous!

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  5. Wow! Thats some list of completed items - I love the rainbow colours on the hst quilt, and the linen suits it perfectly :-) All that done and you still have time to stare at fabric? That was my excuse for things taking so long!

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  6. You've been busy as always.

    You are not alone. I sometimes take a stack of fabric upstairs to my bedroom and it resided on my dresser. Every morning I wake up and get dressed, I get another opportunity to look at it and think about it. Every night when I go to sleep, the fabric is right where I can see it.

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  7. So good to know that I am not the only one who sits and stares at my fabric. Sometimes I am silly enough to start a new project, like I don't have enough already. Your projects are beautiful.

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  8. LOVE the linen border, it's beautiful!
    And your supernova quilt looks so pretty with the white centers!

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  9. Wow, that baby quilt is beautiful! And I love the border combo you chose. It makes the colours really pop. Oh, I also stare At and often pet my fabric so you are not alone! Good luck with the new baby!

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  10. I love, love, love it. I wish I could find that polka dot linen here. (In a store. I'm sure it's online somewhere.) Beautiful work. How to do you plan out your designs and colors?

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  11. I think it's completely normal to stare at fabric, I usually do that online for hours... Your finished quilts are all lovely!

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  12. My what a lot you've to do. Perhaps you need a strategy, like 10 tins of Red Bull each day and no sleep! Btw your rainbow quilt is stunning - love how the centre diamond is off centre, clever! Jxo

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  13. Your baby quilt is just lovely:) Can't describe the feeling!!! I just keep staring at it:) So beautiful!!!!
    xo

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  14. your supernova blocks are fantastic!

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  15. Supernova is looking good, as is the baby quilt!

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  16. All of your projects look very nice! That HST quilt is great...I love how it is offset like that. Wonderful!

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  17. I love the rainbow quilt! When I was on bedrest during my pregnancy I would have my husband hang fabric from the dresser, just so I could stare at it. So entertaining!

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  18. I love your rainbow HSTs! The quilting is perfect!

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  19. Such a busy bug! I love the linen polka dot, but I can appreciate how dear it was. It's adorable!
    And I think your Supernova quilt is really cool. I"m sure the new baby won't notice if he arrives before the quilt does. :)
    Good luck getting everything done!

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  20. That rainbow baby quilt is too cute!

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  21. Love that rainbow baby quilt, especially the backing fabric!

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  22. Um, if it is not normal to spend lots of time staring at fabric I don't want to know because I definitely do it too! I love love love your rainbow HST quilt!

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  23. I love how you quilted that baby quilt! It's beautiful. And don't worry, I also find myself staring at fabric all to often, haha :)

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  24. Can I not be your oldest friend?? LOL. It is not strange to stare at fabric and I LOVE the new quilt. I really would like one of these, although I really don't need it yet you never know xx

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  25. Your rainbow HST quilt is so pretty! Love the linen border. And the Supernova is looking so awesome. Can't wait to see it done!

    Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday. : )

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