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Wip Wednesday

Cutting into 2 inch pieces

Sorting 2 inch pieces into 9 patch pieces.

Sewing them into 9 patches

Sorting the 9 patches.

Sewing the 9 patches together.

I have sewn on borders and now I am waiting for my round quiltingframe to find some tutorials and hand quilt this.

xx Kirsten - linking up to

Finish it up Friday

I found these pillow covers before christmas - all that was missing were the bindings. To big ones and two small ones. I couldn't find the insides for the small ones - I might be mistaken in thinking I have pillows for them even - so I will buy new ones.

I love the size of pillows to test out ideas both for colors, design and quilting!

 I love to handstitch bindings infront of the television in the evenings.

Linking up to Amanda Jeans Finish it up Friday!

xx Kirsten

Progress in january and Small blog meet

January is already over and my goal to finish things before starting new projects is on going. I haven't started anything new and I've made progress on several projects, finished some small projects.
Right now I have these projects on the go:
1.  House wall-hanging

2. Madrona road bag

 

I started this bag before chrismas and I love the fabrics and the pattern - but it's tedious work getting the lining to square up inside. Next time I will sew the corner seams together and put bindings on to cover the seams - I think that should do it!

3. Table runner

 

I was going to make the Vintage Memories BOM - but these two blocks were all I made before I realised it wasn't my cup of tea - and it was so much work for something I didn't like. So I'm making this for my mother and the rest of the fabric I plan on using in a quilt pattern I have been wanting to do for some time!

This weekend my goal is to quilt the wall hanging and the table runner , attach the lining and make the handles for the Madrona road bag.

In january I have  also been good at not buying new stash - exept some fabric - using my christmas gift from my in-laws. I am going to continue to use what I have in february - only buying if it's needed to finish ongoing projects.

I'm linking this up to

And as I have fewer than 50 followers I'm also linking up to the small blog meet which Lily is so nice for hosting!

xx Kirsten

Finish it up friday - quilt (shopping) list folio

I have a small finish this week - and other finishes that I am sewing the bindings on.

I found this Shopping list folio from lark crafts on one of my trips on the www... lol. I surf and download and get ideas all the time - I wish I could do it all. This was one of those projects that I printed and put together 50% before it got lost in the crowd of ufos... But when I found it again last week I put it together in a whim and I was happy with it - except I wish I had stitched something clever on the linen top front of it. I put filing cards inside so I can have info on all my ongoing and UFOs and take to the store if I need something to move on. So this is my quilt list folio!

 

 xxx Kirsten

Linking up to Amanda Jean's Finish it up Friday!

Ufo finish and WiP

Last week I started sorting through my Ufo's and fabrics and I selected a few for our quilt guilds UFO lottery. We show our UFO's (or some of them) at a meeting and for every one we finish before the April meeting we get a lottery ticket in a raffle for prizes.

I have already finished one, we have a worn out plastic bag - bag:

And this one is our new one - which was very simple to make - I found the instructions online - but I cannot find it now.

As I continued sorting my fabrics this week I found these blocks:

And these unfinished blocks - which I am finishing now :

I wondered what they had been for and looking through my blog, I found a picture of a quilt top I made in a class a long time ago:

I need to find this top and finish it.

Ahhh I am so much better at starting things than finishing them....


xx Kirsten

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Baby it's cold outside!

As it is cold out right now. I knitted a sweater for our dog Alina.

She did not however understand the consept of the photoshoot, she was just wondering what I was looking for... lol.

xx Kirsten