WIP Wednesday

My sister's quilt is finally being labelled. Her birthday was yesterday but we have a great celebration planned for this coming Saturday and I will be gifting it to her then.

I try and embroider the labels of quilts given for significant occasions and of course, I always find myself struggling to add this finishing touch to the completed quilt.

Come hell or high water, it will be complete!

And my next quilt is already sitting by my sewing machine waiting for its first stitches.

Somewhere in all of this is a Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt, a commission, to be sent off to the U.K. which is lagging behind dreadfully.  Thank goodness its new owner is not in a hurry.

Linking to

WIP Wednesday. A Finish.

For extra special people in my life, I make extra special labels for the quilt I'm gifting.

I started this quilt over twelve months ago for a birthday that was twelve months ago.

Well, you know the saying...better late than never.

My youngest sister is ecstatic with her new quilt.

It fits perfectly on her bed, she said.

I've never become attached to a quilt like I have with this one.

I love the colours. 

I love the design.

It is a quilt as you go quilt and here is the back where you can see the machine quilting.

It is reversible if so wished.

Here it is finished.

I have already started on my next project...a Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt to go along with this one for Baby #2.

I'm linking up to Lee's WIP Wednesday.

At Freshly Pieced.

And Sherry's Home Sweet Home #137.

WIP Wednesday.

My sister's quilt is almost done!

I'm half way through the handstitching of the binding.

I've fallen in love with everything about this quilt and I think I will be doing another, this time for our own bed.

I'm proud to say, I've even done the machine quilting on this.  The fact that it's a quilt as you go means I can!

I've also been doing a lot of knitting but I've forgotten to take photographs...Der!

With the yarn above I've knitted a pair of bed slippers for myself, my daughter and my grand daughter.  I've also knitted a pair of leg warmers for Miss Five, but unfortunately, they don't stay up when she's dancing.  I think the acrylic yarn just doesn't spring back.  I'm not a fan of acrylic yarn but I just couldn't afford to pay seven dollars a ball for pure wool.  I'm going to have to put my thinking cap on to work around this hitch.

Laugh out loud (I'll let you!) Here are my slippers.  I'm wearing socks under them. I wear them around the house and it's amazing how warm they keep my tootsies. 

And I found this delicious fabric on sale at Post Office Patchwork Glenbrook.

I can feel a few new cushions coming up for our lounge room.

In the meantime, I'm planning my next quilt, a commission to complement this quilt.

Baby Ethan now has a sister and he is no longer a baby but the cutest little boy.

Their mummy would like a matching quilt for the new addition.

Like the first one I made, this one will be going to England.

Well, I have soooo many quilting projects on the go...but really they're all in remission...one day...

If you look here, all these quilts except for completed quilt 2 (Dr Seuss)and quilt 4, have not seen any progress.

And now...I've got laundry to peg out.

I'm linking to Freshly Pieced WIP wednesday.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Final Report.

Finally, TVHC quilt that I've been making for my daughter's future God son is complete. (Except for the label).

You can see my previous posts about this quilt here and here .
I'm very happy with the way the project has turned out.
I absolutely love the backing fabric and now so want to make a primary colour quilt.

Because of time constraints, I have machine quilted the single bed quilt - still I was at risk of going overboard with my quilting and had to restrain myself from machine quilting every square centimetre of the quilt!

What are little holes chewed by a hungry caterpillar good for?  Why to free motion machine quilt of course!

As I've mentioned before this is my third TVHC quilt.  Only recently the family was informed of yet another great grandson/nephew about to join the family.  This very much welcome newcomer due in August has an older brother how has received one of the aforementioned quilts so I asked his mum if she would like one to match or would she rather a surprise for his little brother.

Our expectant niece would prefer a surprise so a quick search on the WWW revealed some wonderful surprises.  Like this Dr Suess panel.  Now I just have to source it in Australia, otherwise - it might just be an overseas purchase!
In the meantime, previously mentioned projects remain untouched.  But something to look forward to blog about next is the first of the Twins' quilts.  Because I have made progress on that.

Movin' Right Along

One project on the go is never enough for me.  

As you might remember my Quilt Top post listed a couple of projects yet to be completed.

The bad news is that I haven't even started those yet!

The good news is that below you will see two projects that have come along since that post.

I've added sashing and borders to my Churn Dash quilt top.  Now all I need to do is add batting and backing fabric before I quilt and bind.  I will more than likely hand quilt this one.

I've discovered that I'm very efficient at "growing" my quilt tops!  What I envisaged as a lap quilt has grown to the size of a single bed quilt.  

This one was always intended to be a single bed quilt. Since the last post about the above quilt I've added the borders and machine quilted the project.  The binding is just being pinned here but I am happy to report that the machine sewing of the binding is complete, now to trim and hand sew.

Above is my third 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilt'!  The first two had to be completed within a week of each other.  They were for my Honey Pie's two great nephews; cousins born within a week of each other in 2010.  They were almost identical quilts, except for the backing fabric, binding and the hand quilting.  I would have preferred to hand quilt this one but time is quickly running out and I do want to have it finished well in advance to it departing for the U.K.
My next major quilt project is to make two quilts for my twin sisters who turn fifty this year!  I have chosen fabrics for one....

Autumn

Well, today turned out to be a not so bad day after all.
The wind kept itself down a notch or two, the temperature was bearable, even though at times I built up a bit of a sweat, and the sun managed to take a peek two or three times today.
Not nearly as bad as what was forecast.
I've been busy with my Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilt and hand pieced quilt top.
I'm so pleased with the way both are turning out.  Hopefully more of an update tomorrow morning, as I will be visiting my Mum later in the day.

Work In Progress

The Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt....my first commission.