wip wednesday

Progress on the Tokyo Subway Map. Nice and slow... 5 out of 10 or 5 out of 25?

And dusting off my oldest wip / ufo:

inspired by Aneela's quilt- a-long I pulled these out of their storage. I need 5 more blocks before starting to put them together. This was my first project using 30's fabric. I purchased several charm packs, and had a great selection to play with. Before I ran out of steam and put them aside. (The red squares are just temporary, they will not be used)

Thank you, Aneela, for the inspiration to dig them out!

sunny september sunday

Two new quilted pillows, using the quilt-as-you-go technique from Penny's quilt-along. Inspired by the season and the new to me term Wabi-Sabi from Rossie's lecture on modern quilting. They are both 20" square.

Hope you'll enjoy some sun, today!

september finish

My Pippi Langstrømpe finished at 40" by 54". I used Hobbs Heirloom 80 % cotton 20 % polyester batting and some straight line quilting. The label is stitched to the side of the quilt with the binding. That's a first for me, and I'll see how I like it over time.

madness ...

Madness in a good way - I hope...

Some friends from my guild is planning a trip to Tokyo for the 2011 Quilt show. They were lucky enough to have a workshop with Yoko Saito in Norway this spring, and now they are preparing for their next big adventure.

I would love to come along.

But, since that is not likely to happen, I though I like to help them out with their planning. A map of the Tokyo subway would be handy - don't you think?

; )

How very convenient that Elizabeth of Oh, Fransson! is sharing her wonderful creation:

Tokyo Subway Map.

25 blocks of 64 pieces equals 1 600 little (2") squares to be lined up.

That's the madness part of it. Or the perfect opportunity to work on improving my 1/4" seam allowance. I made one adjustment, using 2.5" squares, aiming for a 64" by 80" top, with a back-up plan of 32" by 80" wall quilt.

Somebody once asked me if all my corners match. The answer is a definite NO. I can assure you there's no chance they ever will. Not all of them, anyway. Is that a reason not to make this great quilt?

In my opinion, it's not.

So far, so good...

Inspired by this very quilt, I made my first block for Kerry in the Ringo Pie patchwork bee:

Kerry is the first host and her theme is collecting / hoarding. So how can I relate to that, what am I collecting? You guessed right - fabric! I managed to put a few favorites into the mix of 36 2" squares.

I am so much looking forward to play with all of the creative ladies and their choice of themes!

Back to the madness part. Is it about collecting fabric?

Or is it about starting something new? When you have lots of wip's and ufo's.

Not sure. Maybe a bit of both?

Have fun with your fabric...

; )

wordless wednesday

wip

Still working on my hex love...

Building a back from stash: one big courthouse steps block. Four 1/2 yrd pieces of Kaffe Fassets shot cotton compliments the various Heather Ross prints.

A sleepy kitty...

And a bedtime story. Written with my Pigma pens. Taking advice from Cathy, and soaking away the blue guide lines...

Basting with those long, zig zag stitches that I have learned to like...

And quilting by hand - slow pace, enjoying the pretty prints...

Considering adding the second diagonal direction of quilting these hexagons...

Have fun!