things I'm working on

Scrappy trip along quilt #1
30 blocks done, waiting to get another Chicopee design roll so I can keep going. Right now it's about 1 part Chicopee, 2 parts stash and I'd rather not dilute it out any more than that.

Scrappy trip along quilt #2
Dubbed the "circus clown" quilt. 12/12 blocks done, just need to assemble the top and get it quilted and bound.

2 doll quilts for my nieces
These will both be English paper pieced and need to be finished and shipped in time for Valentine's day, my eldest niece's birthday. And of course her little sister gets one for her dolly, too!

Lozenge EPP pillow cover
I just have a few inches of hand stitching left for the appliqué and then it's on the washing/drying and squaring up before I assemble the pieces. It will have an envelope closure and will fit a 20" pillow.

Random 12.5" blocks
I have three so far and need to make a fourth before these blocks hit the mailbox and go on an adventure. More on that later. Find a tutorial for the heart block over at modernhandcraft.com (I used 3.5 inch sub squares for mine).

That's my round up of active WIP's. There are a bunch of others but I figure they fall into the UFO category since I haven't touched them in a while and don't plan to any time soon!

Linking up with Lee's WIP Wednesday :D

clowning around with a new friend

I'm dangerously close to finishing up the first scrappy trip along quilt I started three weeks ago. So of course I went ahead and started another one. What else would you expect?

I'm calling it the circus clown quilt, for obvious reasons. I finished all the blocks this morning and I might just get the top assembled tomorrow. It'll make a cute baby gift whenever I end up needing one. People are always cranking out babies.

Yup, that's my new featherweight. Cute, right?! I picked it up at my LQS yesterday. It cost a pretty penny but it was there, I wanted it and it begged me to take it home with me. So I did. There was a brief moment of buyer's remorse this morning as we struggled to get to know each other but we're best friends now, no looking back!

It's a 1951 model 221 centennial edition in really excellent shape. Or at least that's what I'm told. The insides were super clean and the gears look like it's hardly been used. (Jon said so... I wouldn't know the difference!) But most importantly, it's a freaking adorable piece of history and I can take it with me anywhere I go. Worth it!

Oh and Lucy is adorable too, right?
Yeah she is :D