WIP Wednesday: With guest host Cindy from Hyacinth Quilt Designs
Hi! I'm Cindy and I blog at Hyacinth Quilt Designs. My husband came up with the name - you can read about the origin over on my home page - he's easily amused!I'm so thrilled to be guest posting here today. I'm a huge fan of Lee's WIP Wednesdays and honored to be right on the home base. I've found some of my favorite bloggers from the linkies - so be sure to check them out!Okay - down to business. It's a busy time of year and like me, many of your WIPs may fall into one of two categories: holiday gifts and decor, and finishing up some projects by the end of the year.I made a resolution at the beginning of 2013 to finish the year caught up on my quilt top pile. For some reason I would rather sew 2 pieces of Anna Maria Horner fabric together than quilt straight lines on my top, so the tops tend to pile up easily. Who still remembers their yearly resolutions by December? I sure don't, but was reminded of this one when Amanda from Westwood Acres posted a challenge on Instagram. Start 2014 with a clean slate. And to make it enticing she offered some weekly prizes! It was all the motivation I needed, so I set out get the last 3 tops on my pile quilted. I love a clean slate - or whiteboard in my case.I tackled the biggest one first and finished the binding over the weekend! The pattern is Thmbleblossoms On A Whim done in Florence by Denyse Schmidt.
In the binding stage is my second and the one that's been sitting around the longest - at least a year. The quilt is Superstar, a pattern in Elizabeth Hartman's book, The Practical Guide to Patchwork. I don't know why it took me so long to finish it! The quilting was super simple - organic {purposely uneven} lines - that took no time!
And just this weekend I started quilting my Round and Round quilt. This is also a Thimbleblossoms pattern and started for a quilt-along hosted by the designer, Camille, on Instagram {can you tell I like Instagram?}
When the shoulders can't quilt any more, I'm slowly piecing this pattern, Starlight, another Thimbleblossoms pattern. I'm a big fan of using the stash and mixing lines, and this is a perfect example. Can't wait to see it come together!
I'm betting some holiday decor is on everyone's list nowadays! My book, Simply Modern Christmas, was released in August and I decided to remake the tree skirt from the book in a mini size for my mini tree. Those strips finish at 1"!
And of course some handmade holiday gifts: flannel nightgowns with knit leggings, a couple of notebook covers and a potholder.
So the end of 2013 is feeling good! Nothing like a clean slate to start the new year. It's a good thing because I've splurged on some new fabric and hope to be sewing some of those aforementioned Anna Maria Horner fabrics together soon!
So, what are you working on this week?
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!