Wednesday, August 26, 2015

WIP Wednesday

Linking up to WIP Wednesday and Let's Bee Social

I have been blessed enough to sneak in some quilty time this week.

First up was the quilt for Baby Matt. I originally attempted a variegated thread and concentric circles around each square but the variegated thread had some purple in it and it just looked too odd. After about a dozen squares I tore it out and opted for white thread with pebbling and yay! I am so very happy with the result. It will take a long time to quilt but its GOR-geous! 


The other project I have been working on is the Scattered! quilt. I filled in all the sides with blacks and grays from my stash. I think I'm going to sneak in one more column in the center to give my self a slightly larger quilt and more appealing ratio. It will currently finish at 58.5" x 81" and one more column will put it at 63" x 81" or roughly 3:4. I *know* it doesn't really matter except I will be happier with it if I add another column. 


As far as the belt flags that I said I was going to work on last week - well I did. And they didn't get done because I kept getting bird nests beneath the stitching. Still working on it, I'll let you know if I make any progress.

10 comments:

  1. The quilting looks great, white was a good choice. Love your scattered quilt.

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  2. Beautiful quilts! You made a lot of progress.

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  3. Visiting from Let's Bee Social. Your quilting looks great. You have a lot of patience!

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  4. Pebbles do take a long time don't they? And use a lot of thread! It's funny how you sometimes just have to do something - for you - otherwise you'd not be happy with the finished article. Looking forward to seeing Scattered when it's pieced.

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  5. Wow, that's a lot of bubbles, and a lot of time! I think I am a little too impatient for so much quilting, and take the easy way out with straight lines. Two really fun WIP's!

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  6. Your scattered (Stonehenge?) quilt is looking good. I hear you about personally pleasing ratios, because I cannot bring myself to make a square quilt. ;P We do what we must!

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  7. I don't think I understood before how creative the quilting part of a quilt could be, and how many options there were to stich it. The pebbles look really neat and show up great on the colored squares!

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  8. Both your projects are looking fabulous, Kaelyn. Love those bubbles!

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  9. The texture pebbling adds to a quilt just can't be beat and your quilt is looking fabulous! It takes a ton of time but in the end, SO worth it! :)

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