WIP Wednesday: DYI-ing

Happy Wednesday! It's 80-plus degrees here today and the girls' last day of school is tomorrow, so it seems summer is finally upon us! And it makes me happy. : )

I had very little time for sewing this week, between a visit from my mom, dance recitals, softball games, end-of-school-year volunteering, etc. But here's a little sneak peak at a block I whipped up from Melissa Corry's lovely new book, Irish Chain Quilts: Contemporary Twists on a Classic Design. Making this block has given me a serious urge to do a full-on super scrappy Irish Chain quilt like the one on the cover of the book. I'll be on Melissa's Irish Chain blog hop next week, but the hop is already going, so head over to her blog to check it out.

And as if all of that is not enough, I'm also embarking on a "little" DIY kitchen refresh project. The first step was to take down our existing crown molding, which was super scary. I've never done anything like this and I might be in way over my head! Once I took my pry bar to that crown molding, I felt like there was no going back. But if I can do it as a total 100% newbie, you can too, so I'll be blogging about it as I go. I'll have a full post with more details in the next few days. (Don't worry, the crown molding will be reinstalled when I'm done!)

One last bit of business: I apologize for how late the WIP Wednesday posts have been recently! I usually write the post on Tuesday night, but with the last few months being so busy I got out of the habit. I hope to get back into the Tuesday night groove now that the school year is done. Thanks for bearing with me!

Okay, what are you working on? Let's see it!

LINK-UP RULES:

1. Link up any blog post or Instagram photo from the past week that features an unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).

2. To link an Instagram photo, click the "Add Your Link" button below, then click on the Instagram icon at the bottom of the screen that pops up. You should then be able to select any of your recent Instagram photos. Where it says "Link," use the URL of your Instagram feed (for example, my URL is www.instagram.com/lee.a.heinrich). Please hashtag your IG post #wipwednesday.

3. If you are linking to a blog post, please link back here to my blog somewhere in your post.

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!

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