Wednesday, April 16, 2014

WIP Wednesday

It's been a while since I've done a WIP Wednesday post... sadly there hasn't really been much in-progress until this month.  My main project goal for Mid-Atlantic Mod was to work on my Briar Rose Sawtooth Stars quilt for my niece.  She will be 3 in June so I want to have it finished for her birthday.
--apologies I always seem to start off with crappy IG pics!--


I tried to get the majority of my fabrics cut so that I would be able to sew, sew, sew at the retreat, but at 2am on Wednesday before I left for lancaster I realized that wasn't going to happen.  As I was cutting I realized I was going to need more solids as well.

Since I knew I needed 4 flying geese per star, I sewed up a few test blocks using the no-waste-flying-geese method.  The about.com article even had cutting instructions for common block sizes, so I didn't even have to do quilt math for a 6 inch finished geese!

pretty stacks of solids :)
Between more cutting, and socializing, I only managed to get a few blocks done on the first day of the retreat.  I got down to business and sewed more Friday and Saturday and ended up with 18 blocks by the end of the retreat.... not too shabby considering all the other things I got up to :)



I've been sewing them piecemeal here and there as I have time.  I need 35 blocks total and plan to do a skinny border of Essex Linen in Flax to bring it up to twin size.  I'm not sure how I want to quilt it, but maybe I can get up the guts to try a loopy FMQ meander...




Linking up with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.  What is on your sewing table?

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  1. SarahZApril 16, 2014 at 5:17 PM

    Simply wonderful!!!! I think your pictures are wonderful, too! :)

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    1. LizApril 17, 2014 at 10:32 AM

      Thanks Sarah :) The IG pics are a little darker than I like, but since I sew mostly at night, that's what I'm suck with :p

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  2. RobotMomSewsApril 16, 2014 at 6:10 PM

    Love this!! I have been hoarding a bundle of Briar Rose, not sure what to do with it but stare at it and pet it all! I love what you did with the stars. Gorgeous!

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    1. LizApril 17, 2014 at 10:32 AM

      it is a great fabric line to pet for sure (so soft!). I knew as soon as it was released that it would make a great quilt for my niece who really loves the outdoors and frogs and bugs :)

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  3. MalinisQuiltsApril 16, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    WOW! Your stars are looking awesome. Can't wait to see when you start putting your swoons together. This is going to be a really big quilt then.

    I have a layer cake of Briar rose which I bought for my daughter to make HST quilt :-).

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    1. LizApril 17, 2014 at 10:31 AM

      Thank you! Hopefully I'll have a finished quilt top next week :) I'm shooting for a large-ish twin size so it can grow along with my niece.

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  4. AnonymousApril 16, 2014 at 8:24 PM

    I love how some of the stars have the print background. Looks awesome!

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    1. LizApril 17, 2014 at 10:30 AM

      Thanks Jo! I figured having some solid stars would help give the eye a place to rest :)

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  5. JessicaApril 17, 2014 at 10:12 AM

    Love how this looks! Great grass shot. Yes the FMQ would look awesome! Though I'm sure whatever you pick would be great :)

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    1. LizApril 17, 2014 at 10:30 AM

      Thanks Jess! I've been practicing a little (FMQ straight lines are OK, the curves not so much, I guess I need more practice, lol). The grass shot is a result of it being too breezy to take a pic of the blocks pinned to my fence!

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