Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Has It Been a Month?!

Wow.  It has been one month since my last post!  That is terrible.  Where did the month go?  I am not sure.  I do know that I have been out of town for three of the past four weekends, so that is part of it!

Anyway, I try to sew as much as I can, when I can, and am thinking about what I want to create when I am not able to sit down at my machine.

Here are a few things I have been up to lately -

Jelly Roll Race -

My LQS had a jelly roll race a week ago.  I have made this kind of quilt top before but never raced!  It was fun!  I didn't place at the race but had a good time sewing with friends.  I used the bright and cheery fabric - Tradewinds by Lily Ashbury for this one and am pleased with how it turned out.

jelly roll race

Houndstooth Baby Quilt -

I finished the Houndstooth Baby Quilt top that I have been working on for a few weeks.  I found myself working on this one sporadically.  Quilters A.D.D. I guess!  Anyway, I am glad it is done and need to find some fabric for the back.  This is a for a baby that is due in June so I am still ahead of the game!  The pattern is Houndstooth by V&Co and I used purple and grey Bella Solids for the fabrics.  


Houndstooth

Hexagon Quilt -

Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend QuiltCon in Austin!  It was a great experience and I need to do a post on that so I won't forget the experience.  Anyway, one of the classes I took was taught by Jacquie Gering.  She was a great teacher and I am really glad to have taken her class. In the class we learned how to machine piece hexagons!  I am pretty slow at the process but enjoying the result.  Like the Houndstooth quilt above, I work on this one for a little while and then put it away for awhile.  I don't have a picture of my progress yet, so this is the picture from the design wall in the class.  The fabric I am using is Lily Belle by Bari J. for Art Gallery.  I love these fabrics!!

Hexie quilt WIP

I need to go back and update all of my WIP's but I am afraid to!  Eek!  Too many to count!  Linking up to WIP Wednesday with Freshly Pieced today.  Thank you for stopping by!

6 comments:

  1. Those are some very pretty projects, especially the hexies. Is there a thing as twoo many WIPs? It's just a sign of how creative we are... ;)

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  2. I'm working on hexies too. I wish I would have taken that class at Quiltcon, but mine go together fast by hand.

    I don't want to think about how many WIPs I have...eek!

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  3. Love all 3 of these quilts! I did a jelly roll race one too this week! So fun.

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  4. Wonderful quilts! I love your houndstooth, i've been thinking of making it myself. It's on the long list at the moment.

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  5. Beautiful quilts!! I love the look of the houndstooth, I haven't seen one like that, love it:)

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  6. I have such hexie envy... and I did not know you could machine piece them. I am now so curious about what you learned.

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