While 18 (soon 19) posts for the year so far really aren't bad for me, it's been a month (!) since I last posted! As expected, work has been just go-go-go, and the weekends are filled with utter exhaustion - and housework :(
[I had just written my goals at the bottom of the post, but that's where they get lost so I cut & paste them right here at the top, so there's no excuse lol]
Plans for the next six weeks or so:
- Finish #zenstudioqal in time for baby shower (date tbc)
- Continue piecing #patchworkcity2018 when blocks are posted
- Continue piecing Rainbow at Sea
- Finish #scrappyappliquequiltalong
- try to not fall into too many other rabbit holes!
This is what I've been working on lately:
Firstly, Mstr 14 had requested a new cushion cover as the old 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' ones had disintegrated. He requested 'a sunset with elephant silhouette'. After some online research I drew up this:
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| Seams just suck up material - I had to add a row and then some to make it fit across |
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| 4th finish for 2019 |
He says he likes it - the highest praise a mother can get from a 14y old 😏
IG is for me like the rabbit hole for Alice, and I fell into yet another QAL:
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| Shannon Brinkley runs the #ScrappyAppliqueQuiltAlong; I liked the idea of using my scraps for this... |
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I bought her Globe pattern, but I didn't like the idea of NZ at the bottom right end of Globe 4 😮.
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I toyed with the idea of my own world map but decided to go a bit smaller for now:
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| Aotearoa New Zealand, right here on my design wall :) |
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| Mistyfuse-backed green shapes cover the outline; not sure I would go for the same fluffy pellon again? |
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| Excuse the odd colours; Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) and Rakiura (Stewart Island) are fused to the background. |
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| Aotearoa all fused down |
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| Zigzag in variegated green to stitch the edges down; next time I might either try invisible thread or a full satin stitch. |
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| FMQ stipple for the land... |
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| A first, unsuccessful attempt at quilting the background - everything was wrong, colour, scale, shape... |
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| Feeling much better about this one - |
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| - so I'm now fmquing the background all over, using a invisible (white) thread in the top with a grey 50wt Aurifil in the bobbin. |
My other IG QALs are also progressing:
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| We have a completed flimsy for the #zenstudioqal! |
It's not that easy to match the vibrant colours with a different line of fabric, I bought a bubble minky in red for the back but it looks too pink with the way the light reflects off it, thankfully the lovely Suz parted with a warm red flannel so one of these days I will sandwich and quilt it. My go-to for baby quilts is an all-over pattern, after talking with Suz I am toying with the idea of treating different areas of the top differently but we will see how much time I get before that baby is due ;)
The #patchworkcity2018 QAL is also still going, I have now completed 16 blocks plus 3 bonus blocks.
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| The moment when you realise a minion is watching you from your design wall... |
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| Week 16 |
The blocks for Week 17 have already been posted, I better get onto those soon :)
I'm rather excited for a parcel I'm expecting, I ordered one of Judi Madsen's 'Celebrate' panels from Honest Fabrics when there was a sale recently, after watching it being moved between various Los Angeles shipping facilities for a fortnight it has finally arrived in and departed from Auckland, so with a bit of luck it should be in my hot little hands this week. While I'm still a bit ho-hum about the 'polyester blend', I want to use it to give my quilting rulers a work out.
I have just updated my Quilt Planner:
- and now I have moved my goals for the next six weeks to the top of the post where I simply CANNOT overlook them 😇
Happy Sewing!
Sometimes it is good to just stop and reevaluate where you are up to and what is going to come next. You have made good progress so far...
ReplyDeleteWOW to your New Zealand quilt! It's gorgeous, LOVE LOVE LOVE the colours.
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