Quilts

More Projects?? Must Be Spring

March 13, 2013 Elizabeth E.5 Comments

What is it about spring that makes us open up our windows, welcome the sun and add more projects to our already stacked lists? I played hooky from my stacks of grading by heading down to Sewing Party in Orange County and breathing in the delicious fragrance of a new quilt shop. Well, new-to-me. (Bet you thought I was going to say wildflowers, or something.)

It’s in a business park, so look for the sign.

One of my Instagram pals had mentioned the Sewing Party quilt shop in her comments, then followed up with an email; I was interested in a class they were offering: The Bostonian Bag, which is really a small satchel with some flair. Sewing Party is a modern-oriented store, with lots of favorites, plus some Kaffe, Kokka, Moda, and others.

I indulged in a couple of pieces, plus a few bits from the Comma line of fabric–all good basics.

Cecile (the owner) really knows the way to a sewer’s heart: this is the kit for the Bostonian Bag all in its little bag. Very slick.

She made an exception for me and let me choose the fabric I wanted for my satchel. This Prints Charming canvas print (see selvage below) caught my eye, and she coordinated the stripe for me for other bits and pieces of this bag. She has the vision.

Love the spelling. (Kind of reminds me of the stack of Fiction Tests I just graded.)

What else am I working on? Well, I finished sewing all the moving pieces of my English Paper Pieced quilt together, and have one more border to add before I’ll show it off here.

I do believe this is the latest I’ve ever posted on WIP Wednesday over a Lee’s Freshly Pieced blog. Here’s a shot of our spring Daylight-Saving-Time moon to prove how late it is.

WIP and FAL are real motivation!

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 Elizabeth E.5 Comments

I’ve been doing Lee’s Work In Progress Wednesdays for a long time now, and I love participating and reading her blog. Head back there to see more of what others are working on.

And Leanne’s Finish-A-Long has certainly focused what I’m working on. I’ll get back to posting up Road to California pictures next post, but here’s what I’m working on today.

I’ve finally figured out the outer pieces of my EPP quilt. And the border after this, too. Now just to sit and watch something interesting on television, so I can finish it up. What to watch now that Downton Abbey’s all finished, and the Oscar broadcast is over? I do have some interesting Netflix coming. By the way, if you like quirky movies, I can recommend Moonrise Kingdom.

And I finished appliqueing all the pieces on my Lollypop Tree Border Blocks. Now I have to cut away the backs of those that have freezer paper in them, pull out the paper, then press them. When that happens, it means that all the components of the Lollypop Tree quilt will be ready to be put together. I first saw Kim McLean’s pattern on the blog for Material Obsession–a blog you should defininitely have in your Reader.

A few of my favorites. Happy Quilting!

EPP · Giveaway · WIP

Quilting Along

October 2, 2012October 2, 2012 Elizabeth E.12 Comments

This is a picture of my latest start of my hexie blocks series, taken in my super-duper photo studio: a piece of batting laid down on the kitchen counter, making sure that I don’t put it near the dishes, or onto any stray bits of gravy. Other times my photo studio is a bigger piece of batting, laid down on the guest bed upstairs, or if it’s medium-late in the afternoon, I can smooth it out on my pinwall, drag in the torchiere from my husband’s den, prop the other light up on the small stereo speaker on my desk, and make sure I turn on the camera’s flash.

Actually, considering my week, this is a stupendous output. You know, some weeks are GetMoreDone and some weeks are BarelyQuilting.

Now you know way more than you want to about how things are at my house, but I do want to thank Lee of Freshly Pieced for hosting us on WIP Wednesday, where we all scramble to get something done–or partially done–so we can post it up here and say Yes! I’m still quilting along! (I love WIP Wednesdays.) Click on her name to head back to her blog to read about others who got way more done.

But don’t forget to enter the Almost to 100 Followers Giveaway, on the post just below. I’m giving away two sets of fat quarters–in black and white–perfect to rustle up some Halloweeny quilting!

EPP

EPP, the Sixth

September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 Elizabeth E.10 Comments

Finished up tonight, while watching Doc Martin on Netflix (recommended). The first date I have on this project is February 21, 2012, so obviously I started sewing these at the beginning of the year sometime.