W.I.P Wednesday #2.2

This week has flown by! Sadly, I really have not had much sewing time. I did, however, organize my sewing area in the dining room. It’s still a work in progress, but at least I can easily find things now. After tidying, one thing  became very clear. My U.F.O basket is full! Completely full.  Apparently I really need to work on that. My new mantra will be “No more new projects”, at least until I finish some UFOs!

New Projects:

I just received my package from Quilts for Kids. I’m very excited and can’t wait to get started. It’s a really great cause and they send you the materials for free.

In Progress:

I’m almost finished with my magnets. After making hexies last week, I thought they would make cute magnets, too. So I have 2 sets basted and ready to become magnets. I finished stitching up 2 of the log cabins, but only 1 is sticking to my fridge! So I have to redo one

I got the pattern and fabric cut out for the Orchard Path pouch. But, I need to go to the store for a matching zipper and some flusible fleece before I can finish it.

 

Ongoing Projects:

Orchard Path Pouch
Farmer’s Wife blocks
Americana BOM quilt
Flurry Quilt

 

Finished Projects:

3 Tee Shirt Canvas prints

 

This week’s stats:

Completed projects -1
New projects -1
Currently in progress -4

Farmer’s Wife Quilt-A-Long Update

This week I’ve managed to piece 6 blocks. I now have a total of 12 finished (4 weeks behind). I really love the fabrics I chose for these blocks. When picking them out I thought it would be fun to have each of the holidays represented in my quilt.  My first holiday set is Valentine inspired with chocolate themed fabric.

#16 Calico Puzzle

#9 Box

My next set is Christmas inspired. I love the Rainbow Flower block so much that I want to make more!  My husband said it looks very Target. I’ll take that as a compliment.

#73 Rainbow Flowers

# 21 Contrary Wife

Next up is 4th of July blocks. I used a bunch of different fabrics for these.

#34 Flock

#68 Postage Stamp

Most of the blocks that I’ve done have been pretty easy. The Postage Stamp block was a bit of a challenge for me. I’ve never put so many tiny pieces together! I think it came out pretty good for my first time. Next week I’m going to do another challenging block.

Farmer’s Wife Quilt-a-Long

My friend Ingrid was the one who told me about this quilt-a-long. I decided to join since I already had the book (thanks to Gigi) and I’ve never done a quilt-a-long. I’m not a fan of the dark, traditional fabrics used in the book, so I decided I’d use lighter fabrics. From what I’ve seen on Fussy Cut’s Blog, I’m not the only one going for a non-traditional quilt.

 I’ m going at a slower pace than the rest of the group, but I’ll be sure and post progress reports.

So far I have 6 blocks done, so that makes me 5 weeks behind. Oh, well.

                                                                         Week 1

                                                                           Week 2

                                                                           Week 3

Who else wants to quilt along with me?