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WiP Wednesday #31

Written on May 15, 2012 by J. Paul Burnside

I’m linking up for “Work In Progress Wednesday.” My projects this last week have been kind of random. Shocking, isn’t it?

I had a lot of fun working on mini quilts. This one is from some vintage fabric from my mom’s stash. I tried a little random machine quilting, since this quilt is actually small enough to fit in the harp of my sewing machine. I think it’s kind of fun, but I’ll have to do a hand-quilted version so I’ve got something to compare it to.

Can you believe the detail on this print?

I thought the stripe on back was kind of fun.

I also did a stack of potholders, just because. The grey fabric is Jay McCarroll’s “Love Tomatoes.” I really appreciate his fabric line – it’s always quirky and fun.

I’m slowly but surely approaching that allegedly magical number of item listings in my Etsy shop. Anyone else having a little trouble getting to 100 items? I’d welcome suggestions and/or advice for getting there.

Not much progress on my big quilts, this week.

Projects in Progress:

Garfield Quilt:
Made from a childhood sheet of my husband’s. Added a border to make it adult-sized.
Blocks to handquilt: 4/42

Remaining Steps for Scrap Attack Quilt:
Make the quilt sandwich.
Attach everything.
Tie with thread. I picked up Pearl cotton in a size 5, and a curved needle.

Remaining Steps For Rainbow Quilt:
*Assemble the quilt sandwich
*Quilt
*Binding – wish me luck!

Future Projects:
*Turn the wedding sari from Farah into a quilt or wall hanging.
*Table runners: 0/12

Whooole lot of linking going on. Click on the buttons below to see what everyone else is working on.

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WiP Wednesday #30

Written on May 9, 2012 by J. Paul Burnside

Welcome to “Work In Progress” Wednesday. I’ve been busting out little bags this last week. They’re quick, cheerful, and they make me happy. I really love getting to pick buttons to go on them. It’s nice to have something fast and easy to counter-balance the longer projects.

Using up cheerful, small pieces of fabric is a lot of fun.

These buttons made me think of lifesavers.

I've had this scrap of fabric forever. It feels good to use it.

And one more, just because I can.

I thought the gold accents were a lot of fun.

Projects in Progress:

Garfield Quilt:
Made from a childhood sheet of my husband’s. Added a border to make it adult-sized.
Blocks to handquilt: 4/42

Remaining Steps for Scrap Attack Quilt:
Make the quilt sandwich.
Attach everything.
Tie with thread. I picked up Pearl cotton in a size 5, and a curved needle.

Remaining Steps For Rainbow Quilt:
*Assemble the quilt sandwich
*Quilt
*Binding – wish me luck!

Future Projects:
*Turn the wedding sari from Farah into a quilt or wall hanging.
*Table runners: 0/12

Whooole lot of linking going on. Click on the buttons below to see what everyone else is working on.

Please don’t be shy when you comment – leave a link back to your blog and I’ll pay you a visit.

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WiP Wednesday #29

Written on May 1, 2012 by J. Paul Burnside

Welcome to “Work In Progress” Wednesday. My goal for May is to get this Garfield quilt done. It’s been a real exercise in repeating the mantra, “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.” If I insist on it being perfect, it will never get finished. That doesn’t mean I’m intentionally being sloppy, just that I’m not going to go back and rip out an entire seam because the stitch lengths are marginally too long/too short/imperfect in some other way.

A sample of the stitches in question.

A shot of the border.

I’m having a lot of fun with this quilt, and I can’t wait to finish it and see what it looks like on the bed.

Projects in Progress:

Garfield Quilt:
Made from a childhood sheet of my husband’s. Added a border to make it adult-sized.
Blocks to handquilt: 4/42

Remaining Steps for Scrap Attack Quilt:
Make the quilt sandwich.
Attach everything.
Tie with thread. I picked up Pearl cotton in a size 5, and a curved needle.

Remaining Steps For Rainbow Quilt:
*Assemble the quilt sandwich
*Quilt
*Binding – wish me luck!

Future Projects:
*Turn the wedding sari from Farah into a quilt or wall hanging.
*Table runners: 0/12

Whooole lot of linking going on. Click on the buttons below to see what everyone else is working on.

Please don’t be shy when you comment – leave a link back to your blog and I’ll pay you a visit.

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WiP Wednesday #28

Written on April 24, 2012 by J. Paul Burnside

Welcome to “Work In Progress” Wednesday. As usual, it’s been a wacky week, which makes it a perfectly normal wacky week.

Luckily, Maggie is feeling much better after her little doctor visit. She’s even back to helping me get my work down. How considerate is that?

So kind of her.

This week I got a custom order for some huge cat toys. Huge. We’re talking cat toys sized for a baby lion. Check these out.

Thirty inches long, 15" around. Huge.

Between the two of them, I used a gallon of catnip, and 32oz of stuffing. I can’t wait to see what my client’s cats make of them.

Projects in Progress: Not much progress here.

Remaining Steps for Scrap Attack Quilt:
Make the quilt sandwich.
Attach everything.
Tie with thread. I picked up Pearl cotton in a size 5, and a curved needle.

Remaining Steps For Rainbow Quilt:
*Assemble the quilt sandwich
*Quilt
*Binding – wish me luck!

Garfield Quilt:
Blocks to handquilt: 3/42

Future Projects:
*Turn the wedding sari from Farah into a quilt or wall hanging.
*Table runners: 0/12

Whooole lot of linking going on. Click on the buttons below to see what everyone else is working on.

Please don’t be shy when you comment – leave a link back to your blog and I’ll pay you a visit.

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WiP Wednesday #27

Written on April 17, 2012 by J. Paul Burnside

Welcome to “Work In Progress” Wednesday. It’s already been a crazy week, including one visit to a pet ER for our Maggie. I was really worried she was having renal issues, like our last senior kitty. Scary stuff, but it looks like everything will be ok. Crazy cat.

I am feeling accomplished, though, because Travis and I managed to finish a website for a nursery.

I’ve also been working on finishing a quilt for my husband. It’s been in progress for a year. How silly is that? Time to get this baby done. The top is a Garfield sheet he’s had since he was a kid. It even has a 1978 date stamp on the pattern. How neat is that?

There are 42 Garfields on it, and I’ve hand quilted three. It’s kind of relaxing to hand quilt something with a large pattern like this.

I need to finish it up so I can use my safety pins to put my Bottled Rainbow quilt together. What’s that? Just go buy more safety pins? That’s crazy talk.

Projects in Progress
Scrappy quilt as part of the Scrap Attack Project.

Remaining Steps for Scrap Attack Quilt:
Make the quilt sandwich.
Attach everything.
Tie with thread. I picked up Pearl cotton in a size 5, and a curved needle.

Remaining Steps For Rainbow Quilt:
*Assemble the quilt sandwich
*Quilt
*Binding – wish me luck!

Future Projects:
*Turn the wedding sari from Farah into a quilt or wall hanging.
*Table runners: 0/12

Whooole lot of linking going on. Click on the buttons below to see what everyone else is working on.

Please don’t be shy when you comment – leave a link back to your blog and I’ll pay you a visit.

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