WIP Wednesday: A New WIP
This week I find myself in need of a couple of quick baby quilts. So I started with the one for the baby whose gender is already known. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Gender-neutral baby quilts are no fun. Mothers who want to be surprised: I totally get it, and I'm sure baby quilts were of very little consequence in this decision, but your surprise is highly inconvenient for quilt-making. LOL.
So anyway, I've been sewing up HSTs for a baby girl quilt. The cool thing about this quilt is that the baby has two older sisters, both of whom have their own quilts that I made. So I can't help feeling like this quilt should kinda sorta coordinate with the previous two. Or at least look like it belongs in the same family. Since it will literally belong in the same family. It's a fun design challenge, and it's also fun to think about this quilt going to live with two older sisters of its own.
Other than that, I've been trying to bust out the Christmas decorations. I'm still working on my knitted stockings. Charts and color work are super easy for me, but increasing and decreasing and slip stitches and all that nonsense? That's where knitting starts to lose me, you guys. So as you can see, I've finished the fun part, and now I'm toe-deep in scary things like forming a heel. Wish me luck.
And then there's the tree. In the past we've always put our Christmas tree in the front window of what is now my sewing studio. But since I moved the studio into that room, the tree won't fit there anymore. We're contemplating actually moving a leather chair out of the family room to make way for the tree this year. But in the meantime, I decided to splurge on a smaller fake tree for my studio. And it's white!! I've been wanting a white Christmas tree for years. Now it just needs some decorations. That's another of this week's WIPs, I guess!
What are YOU working on this week? Here's how to link up:
1. Link up any blog post or Instagram photo from the past week that features an unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).
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4. Comment on at least a few of the other WIP Wednesday links, either IG or blog—commenting on the two or three links directly before yours works well to make sure everyone gets comments!