Works in Progress, 7.18.12

Happy Wednesday!

This week my girls are at an

 Irish Dance Camp every morning,

 which they LOVE,

 and it gives me a little extra time to clean the house sew!

 I'll have finished photos of this one soon!

It's a Swoon quilt made of 4 swoon blocks,

to hang on my sewing room wall.

 Bee blocks for do.Good Stitches

(tutorial is Cracker Scraps by Angela of Cut to Pieces)

Blocks for the Polaroid swap on flickr

(thanks to Debbie for organizing this fun swap!)

 The last 4 Retro Flowers blocks, ready to go.

I will finish this quilt top this week!!!!

Can't wait to get this one done!

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Bella Quilt

This is a long lost work in progress, now finished!

(Hopefully the first in a long list of finishes coming soon!)

A while back I tested Elizabeth's pattern for

the Bella Quilt.

It's a great pattern for using up a charm pack.

I had a Bliss charm pack sitting around for quite awhile --

the pattern walks through how to pair it with some coordinating fabrics

(solid kona snow and pink in my quilt) to create an interesting quilt.

I'd highly recommend this pattern!

Thanks for letting me test it out, Elizabeth!

"Read" Library Tote

Have you been following all of the fabulous tutorials and pattern reviews at Sew Sweetness this summer?It's been amazing!
Here is the bag that I'm entering into the contest:

 My own creation,

pattern available here.

 Fabrics: charcoal grey linen

 & Lucy's Crab Shack,

by Sweetwater for Moda

So bright & cheery for summer!

 Lined with orange dots,

and plenty of pockets for library cards & book lists!

Summer reading program, here we come!

(You can see more versions of this bag here.)

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Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of a copy of my new pattern!  I drew a number randomly and here is the winner:

AnneMarie said

Congrats on your first pattern!! The tote looks lovely in all your testers colorways.

Great bag!

I'll be sending you an email shortly, AnneMarie!

Happy 4th of July!

I love making these wonky stars.

I have a stack of reds, whites, and blues,

all ready to be made into a summertime quilt.

But I have finished 2 quilt tops recently,

and should really get them quilted!

The one above is a do.Good Stitches quilt,

made by the ladies of the Peace circle,

using my Scrappy Asterisk tutorial.

The one below is a (partial) Swoon,
using old Amy Butler prints & dots. 

Four blocks is the perfect size

for a wall hanging for my sewing room!

 I don't like the actual basting and quilting

as much as I like starting new projects, though,

 and so this week I had to make another
"Read" Library Tote!

Pattern available here.

Giveaway post here!

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