WIP Wednesday

Sad to say, not a lot to SHOW for what I’ve been working on this week.  I’ve gotten a tremendous amount of work DONE, but there’s just not much to show for it.  This quilt from last week now has it’s binding sewn on.  It’s waiting now to be hand sewn to the back and then it’s read for a glamor shot  (that’s what I now call the photo shoots I have for the quilts that will eventually end up in the shop.) 





I really, really cannot wait to see this quilt finished.  I’m debating keeping this one for my youngest son.  It’s been a joy to work on – I just love it.   


This is one whopper of a pattern to write.  It’s about half done – just the cutting instructions alone were one night’s worth of work. Sheesh.  I do have the pattern cover done though.  Wanna peek?


 



This week I also finished my Dino Fractals pattern and it’s listed in the shop now.






Oh and I did some actual SEWING this week too!  Here and there I’ve had just a few minutes to sit and add to my pile of nine-patch blocks.  I first started this project back in mid-September.  I love that this quilt doesn’t have a deadline – it’s just for fun and I can just work on it here and there when I have a minute. 






I’m linking up

A New Pattern

My newest pattern made it’s way to the shop (finally) late last night! 


I created the original quilt waaaay back in January and finally got around to writing the pattern.  I called it Dino Fractals.  The inspiration for this quilt is a strange one (for me, anyway.)  You can read more about it here.  I really love this dinosaur fabric (Dino Dudes from Michael Miller) by the way. 




The pattern includes instructions for three sizes of quilts:  54x54 (a generous baby-size), 54x72 (throw size), and 72x90 (twin size). 


I love pdf patterns.  I love them because I don’t even have to print them out.  I open the pdf on my laptop and just refer to that as I work.  So nice!  Of course, there was one pattern that I did print because I wanted to make some notes on it.  I’m thinking that in the future I’ll add a “notes” section to each of my patterns.  Whaddaya think? 

A Pattern WIP

My WIP this week is a new pattern!  I’ve had several requests for the pattern for this quilt and I’m finally getting around to it.  When I created Jack’s quilt, I just used a diagram and a couple of pages of scribbled notes.  Last week when I pulled out my notes to start drafting the pattern, I had vague recollections of some of my measurements being off somewhere.  Of course, I couldn’t exactly remember though.  Grrrr.


Just so I could be confident that my measurements were all correct, I decided to make another quilt – this time using fabrics from the Going Coastal line designed by Emily Herrick.  Love this line. 

These two prints caught my eye immediately and I built the quilt around them. 





The quilt is all pieced and this afternoon I finished quilting it.  Tonight I begin writing up the pattern, and tomorrow the quilt will get it’s binding. 

I’m linking up: