WIP Wednesday: July 27

I missed last weeks WIP Wednesday hosted by the lovely Lee over at Freshly Pieced, because Mi Galego Obstinado took his phone to here...


Las Cies

and here...


Botafumeiro at Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

But now he's back as well as his camera, so here is the long-and-short of my WIPs:

Garden of Stars



I have finished piecing the remaining stars...


However, I'm struggling to finish the connectors I need. So far I have this...


Yes, I only have one of them completed. I don't know when I'll get the rest finished, they are fairly boring to work on and anyway I'm under a deadline to finish this...

Arcadian Quilt -- Wedding Gift for a Wedding in June

I have gotten a lot done the past two weeks; though it doesn't seem like much in retrospect. There is a lot of hand quilting involved with this project, so I'm happy to say, I'm half-way through. This is my main focus of work for the next few weeks...



And a close-up...


Blue Bow Quilt

Since both of my major projects are labor intensive, I took some time and played around with my two new rulers (photos coming in the next week), and started piecing this...



Which is made from Kona Black and the left over fabric from my Curtain Call Dress. I'm thinking it will end up being a crib-sized quilt, which is perfect since I still have two more babies arriving this year amongst our friends :)

WIP: July Edition

Here is my main focus at the moment --



I'm hoping to finish piecing this quilt in the next week. Unfortunately, it will be just one more quilt top I add to the closet.

But it will give me an excuse to start a new hand-pieced quilt :)

After that, I'm going to buckle down and finish this quilt --



For lots of reasons. But mainly because it's a wedding gift. And the wedding was in June.

I know I'm not late with the wedding gift (and I have a year before it is). I just feel awful when I don't arrive for the ceremony with their gift.

Traditional Block: Hexagon Star (Large)

My last entry for:


Hexagon Star (Large) -- Handpieced without English Paper Piecing

This is a rather large block, though it's deceptive in pictures. As the larger of the two stars I designed for my 'Garden of Stars' quilt, this one is made from 72 hexagons that are slightly smaller than 3 inches.

Traditional Block: Hexagon Star (Small)

Another entry for:



Hexagon Star (Small) - Handpieced (without English Paper Piecing)

This is one of two blocks I designed for my 'Garden of Stars' quilt. How they came to being was quite simple -- after *cough,cough*twenty*cough,cough* years of sewing hexagons into 'flowers' I needed something new. I stumbled upon a hexagon star pattern from the 30s and it eventually evolved into two stars. This is the smaller of the two.

First Pictures: Garden of Stars

I've started piecing the hundreds of hexagons that will be needed to finish this quilt top. Typically, I never plan the size of the quilt when I start; I let the amount of fabric I have for the project dictate it. I'm only seven stars in and have realised it's going to fit my bed.

Oh well, another quilt top to add to the pile of quilts that need to be put on the frame.