and then there were 4

at least there will be later today!  My step-daughter is having her second baby and we are all anxious to meet the new member of the family!

To celebrate, I made a new quilt. It just so happens that I also had to make a challenge quilt for the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild, using Riley Blake Basics (I just couldn't get it done in time for the MQG challenge's due date of Feb 17).

And Then There Were Four

I had so much fun quilting this one!

"And Then There Were Four"
36" x 36"
Aurifil 50w top and bottom - light grey # 2600
Warm & Natural batting
quilted on my Pfaff Quilt Expression 3.2

Happy quilting!

insanity

I do have a habit of leaving things to the last minute. I must really like the pressure of working to deadlines. This time, while it may not actually be the last minute yet, I just finished the quilt top yesterday for the quilt that I want to submit to CQA's National Juried show this year.  The quilt has to be finished and pictures taken for my entry which is due February 1 - that gives me 19 days to get it done, between work and life.

the top includes a number of these

Did I mention that it's 86" square and I'm quilting it on my DSM?  I did get it sandwiched today and will be starting on the quilting.  Wish me luck!

Happy quilting!

Open!

it's reveal day over at the Tangled Textiles blog.  Our latest theme was "Open" - we could take this in any way we wanted to interpret it - go check them out - as usual some great results!

I'm always intrigued when my progress on something isn't quite what I expected, but when you are open to change your results can be good!  For instance, this piece was intended to be a cherry blossom...

Not quite what the end result turned out to be!

To see and read more about my piece, see here.

So, how about you - are you open to change with your projects?

to see some more finished this week, check out M-R's TGIFF!


Happy quilting!

WIP Wednesday - September 1, 2013

Well, I don't know about you, but I had a pretty productive Labour Day weekend - hope you had a good one as well.  I showed you the quilting on this last week, and this week I've finished it up.

This was made for a VMQG brown paper bag tote bag swap we're doing - I hope the recipient likes it!  Made from my scrap bags - that feels good, too!

I've also made great headway on my next Tangled Textiles challenge piece - the theme is "Open" and the reveal is September 12, and most unusual for me, I'm not doing it all at the last minute!  Here's a sneak peek:

and, I've made great progress on one more project, to be shown once it's completed. 

 Happy quilting!

Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network

 

and to Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Can I get a whoop whoop

Flowers in the Cathedral

I just got back from my LQS - The Needle and I Quilt Shop where I was picking up my entry from their annual quilt challenge.  In keeping with their third anniversary, it was a 3D challenge.  We were given a challenge fabric that had to appear in the quilt top, and there had to be 3D elements in the quilt.

the challenge fabric

I decided to do some faux cathedral window blocks, with 3D flowers in the centre, and a piped binding.

Of course, I then proceeded to quilt the c#%$# out of it, quilt it densely, as usual!

There was viewer's choice voting, and my little Flowers in the Cathedral placed second - so I was also picking up my prize - doesn't this look fun?

a book, charm pack, two spools of thread and a gift certificate which I've already spent :)

There were some wonderful entries, check out the other winners here.

In other news this week, I received my copy of The Canadian Quilter newsletter, put out quarterly by the Canadian Quilters' Association (CQA).  I was expecting to see my Flowers for Cynthia quilt in the National Juried Show program, I just wasn't expecting to see it in the newsletter, not just once, but twice!  That was a really nice surprise!

Happy quilting!

I just felt I had to

I had all kinds of other things that I should have been doing, but I was trying to organize my sewing space and got distracted by a pile of charm squares.  A very quick and easy top was put together yesterday, and I quilted and bound it today.  Success!

Now, to try and get back to making some headway in my sewing space...

Hope you're having a good summer, with lots of fun and some sewing thrown in!

Happy quilting!
Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network

and Finish it up Friday, over with Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts