[I'm] WIP[ped] Wednesday

 I finished my Make It Right challenge quilt, in the nick of time (11:00 p.m., 1 hour before it was due.) Unfortunately, the pictures looked like it was 0'dark thirty and somewhat uninspired. So yesterday, even though it was a bit overcast, I took some pictures outside..

The winner is chosen by how many "likes" and "pins" from the Art Gallery Fabrics "Make It Right" board on Pinterest. While I don't think I have a shot at winning, I don't really want to be "skunked" with hardly any likes or pins. Sadly, I currently only have 4 repins and 8 likes. Click here to see the Pinterest Board (you must have a Pinterest account). I'm pathetically asking for your "like".

I also started back up on my Layers Quilt. All nine blocks together (untrimmed), ready to sandwich and quilt. This will be a QAYG project using the technique here. I'm hoping that this will turn out to be a very special and meaningful quilt.

Stratified Layers of Earth - Do you see my inspiration?

My stepdaughter is a Special Ed teacher in a residential program for troubled youths. She asked me to hem a pair of suit pants for one of her students that is graduating from the program. I don't normally like to do work on clothing, but I really felt that this was a good cause. So I broke out my blind hem foot for the first time ever.

Strange little foot and a bit of a puzzle to figure out how to fold the material correctly, but oh so much easier to do than hand stitching.  I think it turned out pretty good.

Since I spent so much time on my garden this spring, I thought you might like a couple of pictures in bloom.

Black Lace Sambucus (ornamental eldiberry)

Humphrey sitting in front of the Corgi garden.

Here are this week's stats:
In-process: (3)
Express Your Love
Layers quilt
Grandma's Quilt
 

New projects: (0)

Finished (1)
Make It Right Challenge

I'm linking up with  Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

 

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

WIPped

I love spring with it's lovely soft colors as new growth emerges. But along with spring comes the Spring Battle Plan....how best to attack the gardens and I do have gardens - I actually even like gardening.

Spring 2012 Garden Battle Plan

Main Garden

Shade Garden

Beach Garden

New shrub, Sorbaria Sorbifolia 'Sem"

Five yards of mulch spread, 1 new tree and 5 new shrubs planted. I'm whipped! But more importantly, I'm DONE! (at least for now). So back to our regularly scheduled quilting!

I finished the tutorial for my Rose Window block

Rose Window Block

I'm currently hosting my second Quilty Embellishment Day linky party with guest blogger Jenny @ Sew Kind of Wonderful. The link is open until next Tuesday (5/22) and every linker is automatically entered to win two spools of metallic thread.

I'm also hosting TGIFF (Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday) this Friday. This is a great chance to show off all of your finished WIPs!  Challenge yourself this week and stop by to link up or just see what everyone else got done!




I'm madly trying to finish my storybook quilt in time for the Spring 2012 Bloggers Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side. If you haven't heard of the Bloggers Quilt Festival you really need to check it out. Bloggers across the quilty blogishere link up and show off one of their favorite quilts. I think last fall there were over 600 entries.

Just need to finish hand stitching the binding.

My stats this week are:
In-process: (9)
FLMQG solids challenge crib quilt (2 out of 9 Urban Nine Patch blocks done)
Purple heart wall hanging ( needs borders, backing, quilting and binding)
Expanding Possibilities quilt (basted, now to be quilted)
Storybook quilt # 1 -   finishing the hand-stitched binding
Storybook quilt # 2 - All embroidery is done
Quokka Quilts QAYGFMQQAL quilt (All 30 blocks are quilted, need to join and bind)
Geneva Public Library quilt - join and quilt (maybe make a block or two to even it out)
Sew Cal Gal's March FMQ Challenge - Need to bind.
Sew Cal Gal's April FMQ Challenge - Need to make into a pillow.
 
New projects: (0)

Finished (1)
QuiltCon Challenge block - Tutorial for TNT Thursday.
 
I'm linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday and The Free Motion Quilting Project for QAL Wednesday

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Sunday in the Garden

I know that this is a quilt blog, but I also know that some of you, like me, are avid gardeners too. I live in upstate/central New York state, zone 5b/6a. Some of the biggest blizzards we have ever had have been in March. Not this year. Look at the difference one week makes.

My Garden March 11, 2012

My Garden March 18, 2012

Lilies

This magnolia tree normally blooms around mother's day!

Humphrey is loving it!

After all, it is his Corgi garden

Snow shovel along side the garden rake and shovel!

This is a really early spring, maybe I had a premonition with my green March mosaic!

Color Me Quilty!


Pat