WIP Wednesday

Holla! This is a first for me - normally I suck, and never have anything moving. But I feel this Wednesday I can partake. And I get to use the button! I love buttons.

Thanks Lee for hosting!

WIP 1 - the DWR

We will call this number 1 - but it is the bane of my existence - remember this post? Yeah still feel that way. This is where the quilt pieces lay - under MO's fancy pants and templates for a Go Anywhere Bag from Anna over at Noodlehead:

see the arcs under all the rubble?

Maybe one day I will crank some out - I need a good rainy weekend. But fortunately it has been beautiful here, which never happens, so I am not wishing for rain at all!

WIP 2 - the Sudoku

So as I have prob mentioned before, my Gramma got me this sudoku charm pack in Kate Spain's Central Park line for Christmas last year. I pieced the top together real quick, realized how tiny it was, and then it just sat and sat. But finally we have made headway and elongated it over the weekend to prepare for quilting this weekend! See the difference? It is still only 44 in wide, but I added an extra 28 inches to the length - I like to make sure my feet are covered! Keep your eyes peeled (gross saying) for some pretty pictures early next week.

itty bitty living space

better sized for a genie

WIP 3 - Nubees

Last month I had so much fun doing my first swap (tired of hearing this yet?) that I signed up for round two. I like how it is a monthly swap - immediate gratification! I had seen a lot of awesome stripey/strippy designs (here & here & here - clearly I am a fan of Elizabeth's work), so I set out to satisfy my urge for symmetrical strips. This is what I came up with:

Now to make four more in these color schemes:

does the second from the left count as jewel tones?

WIP 4 - Snowflake Block Pillow

Lately my Gramma has been under the weather, getting old and getting cancer kind of has taken the wind out of her sails. Being so far away really sucks but I talk to her all the time and send her photos of M and I's craft shennanigans and she loves it. I have been wanting to make her something but I wasn't quite sure what. Then M's constant pillowing was whispering to me, calling to me, and I said "Fine, I will make the damn pillow!" I decided to make this diamond blossom block by Madame Parfait at The Parfait Cafe, then incorporate it into some pillow action. As it turns out, Sel over at Mad Quilter's Disease wrote up an awesome tutorial here calling it a snowflake block. So I went back to the stash and pulled out this and got to cutting tiny little diamonds! Here are some pics - check back later in the week to see the finished project!

back of the pillow is paisley (on left)

clearly my quater inch seam is not a quarter inch :-/

WIP 5 - baby booties

A coworker just had some grandbabies and I bartered favors for booties :-) I am using just a soft snuggly baby yarn from Joann and the pattern for Saartje's bootees. C'mon bootie fairy!

one more to go!

I give you almost done bootie #1

This is all the WIPing (ha!) I can share with you today. I hope it wasn't too lengthy - I like to give a little explanation... maybe it is me trying to rationalize my lazyness? Anyhow - what have YOU been working on?!

ciao bellas!

-k

ps - word of the day: bootie! Say it out loud - I guarantee it will make you smile.