WIP Wednesday: Guest-hosted by Bethany

Hello! My name is Bethany and I blog over at Make Me A Quilt. I'm so excited to be the guest for this week's Work In Progress Wednesday—a big thank you to Lee for having me! :D

I live in Holland, Michigan with my fiance and our two cats. I work full time as an industrial designer for an architectural company. It's a fun job—some of our buildings are even manufactured with (huge) fabric roofs. It isn't quilter's cotton, but it's still pretty cool!I made my first quilt two years ago, and it was kind of a disaster so I took some time off. Eventually I figured it out and I've been quilting away for about a year now. :)

WIP #1

I love patchwork. I started a patchwork quilt a couple of weeks ago and decided to try something different. I've always loved The Sometimes Crafter's Retro Flowers pattern. Put those two together, supersize it, and this is what I came up with. Halfway done, and I'm loving how this one is turning out!

WIP #2

I made some elongated/half log cabin blocks without knowing what I was going to do with them. This past weekend I added blue fabric, with the intention that I will have some more elaborate than usual quilting with colored thread in that area. I have more half log cabins to add to the right side, but I'm not sure how to finish it. Maybe repeat the design, but with a color other than blue (maybe orange?).

WIP #3

This crazy mess is my EZ Dresden challenge quilt. It's a really tough one to photograph - it's nicer in person, even if it does look like I've spilled my stash all over the floor! I'm glad to say the top is finally done. :) I'm planning on straight line quilting it in the shape of an 18 degree wedge. It's going to need a bright color for the binding to balance out all that dark gray.