Saturday, 14 July 2012

3rd Quarter Finish Along

3rd Quarter Already!?! How did that happen!
Soo what do I want to get finished off...

1) Is my Lonsdale Dress (Not sure if this counts Rhonda as its not quilty?! If not then ignore it!)
Here is a sneak peak. This isn't far from being finished. I just need to finish the zip, decide on a length and hem it. 

Lonsdale Dress

2) Wiscasset Quilt
Yea still no progress on this yet. Maybe this quarter!
wiscasset blocks


3) Dresden Circle
Yea I need to find this... its somewhere! :)

QAL - Dresden Circle - Inner Pieced! 

So thats mylist for this quarter. There are some new things I want to start too so plenty to keep me entertained! Good Luck this quarter everyone! :)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Finally a finished quilt!

Yep I have finally finished my Pinwheel Sampler Quilt, yay!
I am honestly so glad to have this finished. I was getting kind of sick of it lying around in my sewing space! And I am guessing you are all sick of the sight of it too! Don't worry only these last two photos and then you don't need to see it anymore because I will be busy snuggled up under it trying to keep warm!

So here it is!
(Ignore the lack of sun and the waterlogged garden! They do not make for very pretty pictures!)

The front....
Pinwheel Sampler Quilt

And the back...
 Pinwheel Sampler Quilt 
(How fantastic is the new flickr upload thing! Love it!)

 I think I may have decided that ALL my future quilts need to be backed in flannel... it is just so much better for snuggling under!! And no its not puckered in real life I think thats just the quilt attacking me with help from the wind! (I know there is no label... I am debating whether to bother because I like the plain flannel backing.)

The quilting started as big diagonals and then evolved from there. At the time I wasn't all that happy with it but now that it is finished I really like it, so alls well that ends well!


I know I have said this before but I made this following Rachel's Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Along so if you want to make your own go here for the quilt along posts.

I am also linking up to Rhonda's finish-a-long as this was on my quarter 2 list. My first finish too! Yep I am that slow!

I did lots of sewing in my two weeks off, (ie all my time was spent on stitchy activities but I am still a total slowcoach so I don't have very much to show for it!) meaning that this got finished and my dress is getting there. You will all be pleased to know I'm sure that I finally decided to jump in and chop up my pretty fabric so that is a good start. I am hoping to have the dress finished soon... 

I also went the the Abakhan preview sale with my sister last week and picked up a bit of fabric! Did anyone else manage to get any bargains?!