WIP Wednesday: Better late than never ...
Yeah, so last night I braved the 9,000-degree heat to go out with the Milwaukee Modern Quilt Guild ladies, had two margaritas and some gelato (because those things go together, right?), and then went to bed early, exhausted ... and in the process, I forgot all about WIP Wednesday! So why not roll it out at around noon instead? It's the last week of summer, after all.
I spent my time this week working on my retro Modern Yardage quilt, which fabric designer Allison and I have decided to call "Bow Tie Required." The top is finished and I'm so happy with how it turned out. One of those rare instances where it came out looking exactly like the image I had in my head beforehand.
I asked Allison if she had any thoughts about quilting, and she did—she loved the idea of free-motion boxy straight lines. Of course, I've never done anything like that before. But I also knew that she was absolutely right, that was a fantastic quilting choice for this design. So I'm giving it a try. I was super nervous on my first block—as you can see, some of those lines aren't exactly straight! But I noticed definite improvement on the second block, so I'm keeping at it. I think I'll be proficient at it by the end of the quilt.
What are you working on this week? Here are the linky rules:
1. Link up any post from the past week that features at least one unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).
2. Somewhere in your post, you must link back here to my blog. (Or grab the WIP Wednesday button for your sidebar.)
3. Comment on at least a few of the other WIP Wednesday links—commenting on the two or three links directly before yours works well to make sure everyone gets comments!Stay cool out there!