WIP Wednesday

Lots has been going on around here lately, but not all good stuff unfortunately. My sweetie was rushed to the hospital on Friday because the entire right side of his face was suddenly paralyzed. I didn't tell him at the time that I thought he might have had a stroke, but I really got scared.

Turns out he has something called Bell's Palsy and with time, he should get back to normal. Between going to work, taking care of my sweetie, taking Dylan to karate lessons and running errands, I've been busy in the sewing room.

I made a few more modern cross blocks...

I started making a pillow cover for my daughter's best friend using Oh Fransson!'s tutorial for the cat blocks...

I signed up for the 2014 Lucky Stars BOM over at Don't Call Me Betsy and while I was there, I figured I might as well get the 2013 patterns as well. Last night, I sewed the January 2013 star. I love it!

And that's pretty much it! What about you? What are you up to this week?

I will be linking up at Lee's for WIP Wednesday...

Izzy

 

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Fabric purchase and a gift!

Just like most people it seems, I did lots of online shopping over the last week or so. Most of my purchases were Christmas presents for the kids and for my sweetie, but I did order some fabric and other sewing related things.

I like to buy from Canadian online shops if they have what I need because of the ridiculous shipping costs when ordering from outside Canada.

I bought this fabulous bundle of Parson Grey fat quarters and matching solid.

I hope to turn this amazing bundle into a quilt for my sweetie for his birthday in April.

And I ordered some batting from Sew Sisters Quilt Shop. And while I waited for the batting to come, something else was delivered by the postman...

A Honeysweet charm pack, 2 Honeysweet mini charm packs, a cute pattern for hotpads and a sampling of Aurifil thread... All as a thank you for hosting Blogathon Canada from Sew Sisters! How sweet is that?!

Thank you, thank you Sew Sisters! You are awesome! :-)

Hope you all had a great weekend.

Izzy

 

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Canasta: A Small Finish

I put the last stitches onto the label for Canasta last night.

I used Kona solids for the baskets, a grey solid for the background and a fun lime green for the binding. This is my first all-solids quilt (except for the backing) and I love it!

Canasta was designed by Carrie Nelson and I made it for the Schnibbles quilt-along. It measures about 30" square.

I quilted with my favourite FMQ design these days - swirls - using a grey thread.

And the finishing touch... A label also made with solids!

This little finish is now hanging on the wall of my sewing room.

Will be linking up at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday, at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday and at Quokka Quilts for TGIFF. Want some amazing quilty inspiration for the weekend? Go and check out those linky parties!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Izzy

 

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My Goal for December

Today is the first day of December! Can you believe it? And I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet. I'm usually almost done by this time, but November was just crazy.

The first of the month also means goal-setting at A Lovely Year of Finishes. After going through my pile of tops to be quilted, I decided my goal this month is the 2012 Fat Quarter Mystery Designer BOM. I need to prepare the backing, quilt it and sew the binding on.

I have no idea how I'm going to quilt it. I could do like I did for my Christmas quilt and do something different in every block, but I think I'm in the mood for something simpler for this one. Maybe just an all over meander. What do you think?

Will be linking up at ALYOF... How about you? There are prizes to be won... :-)

Izzy

 

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My 2013 Christmas Quilt

I did it! I finished my 2013 Christmas Quilt in time to link up for Another Lovely Year of Finishes.

The blocks were all designed by different people since this is the 2010 Fat Quarter Shop Mystery Designer BOM. The fabric is 12 Days of Christmas by Kate Spain... So gorgeous. I love the colours and the prints are so cute.

I quilted in the ditch along the sashing and outlined each pieced block. I then added some filler designs in the background - a different for each block. This mitten block has some pebbling...

The cute hat is surrounded by swirls.

The stocking has some paisleys.

And the borders have feathers... I have to say the feathers got better with each border. :-)

I am very pleased with this finish and will enjoy cuddling with it this holiday season.

Will be linking up at ALYOF and Finish It Up Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers and to the rest of you - have a fabulous weekend!

Izzy

 

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WIP Wednesday - Busy, Busy!

Time for another progress report on the WIPs!

I've been busy this week; it feels really good to finally be productive in the sewing room.

First, I finished the panels for those curtains I was working on last week. And now that they are done, I'm kinda liking them. :-)

Please ignore the somewhat bizarre view in the background and the fact that the panels are in desperate need of some pressing. Each panel measures about 24" wide by 72" high. I just need to find the backing fabric, sew them together and I'm done.

Next up is a new project - Modern Crosses.

I'm following Elizabeth Hartman's pattern from her Craftsy class (which I love!). I'm using fat quarters in blues and greens with a Kona Snow background. So far, I'm really enjoying making these blocks.

And finally, I finished quilting my Christmas quilt this weekend - full reveal later this week - so I got started on the quilting on Canasta.

Little colourful baskets surrounded by swirls.

I will be linking up at Lee's for WIP Wednesday - why don't you do the same? :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Izzy

 

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Blogathon Canada Winner!

I had the most wonderful weekend reading all the sweet and sometimes really funny comments everyone left on my Blogathon Canada post. Thank you to all of my visitors and new followers! I hope you enjoy your future visits to my little blog.

So without further ado... The winner of the red, white and blue Kona solids bundle of 10 fat quarters is...

Congratulations! I have sent you an email to get your postal address.

Thanks again to Sew Sisters for putting on such a fun event!

I thought I would leave you with a picture of my view from the sewing room at the cottage...

Our first snowfall of the year! :-). Pretty!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Izzy

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