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WiP Wednesday: Too many projects to count

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Folks, last night I got to see, for the first time, Ashley @ Wasn’t Quilt in a Day. Can I just say that it was so wonderful to finally put faces to names of some of my blogging friends lately. We had a great time over dinner in NJ, talking mostly about fabric and quilting. I am sure, my Mum, who gracious agreed to dinner (while I am showing her round NY), was thinking I might have a slight addiction issue. At least it is a “healthy” one, right??

P.S. to Ashley, you do know what we forgot to do though….take a selfie for instagram….what kind of social media butterflies are we ???

I have so many unfinished projects at the moment and these are what I stress about. Not what everyone is doing….the pile that is constantly growing. This week my focus is still on this block which I need to sew up and make one more of:
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Finish my Mum’s pillows before she leaves on Saturday – just need to finish the border on the right block and add the back…probably doable on Friday??
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Complete at least another two blocks from my sampler quilt….I have this one done thanks to sew down:
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Linking up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday (see button on right).

Catching up from March

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This week, I am desperately trying to catch up on some of my outstanding blocks from last month. The first ones to concentrate on….the scrap-bee-licious block. Liz over @ beadqueene asked for a couple of star value blocks.

They look great but boy are they small pieces and a lot of them. I didn’t think it would take this long but good news the first one is almost done…..I am sure the next one will be quicker. I hope to have these sent before I head to Nashville this weekend (TWO SLEEPS TO GO!!).

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More details can be found in her post with the tutorial. Linking up with Lee over @ Freshly pieced for WiP Wednesday (see button on the right).

WiP Wednesday: Cutting (ack!!) and Tuesday Winner (yay)

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For the 30 mins for 30 days sewing challenge, I said I would concentrate on my X & + Blocks and try and finish the top. First steps though….cutting, which as you know I hate!! I am going to try and concentrate on 20 blocks at a time so it does not overwhelm me.

Last night, those who saw my instagram pic (ml_wilkie) saw I was cutting…after 1 1/2 hours this was the result; 4 green blocks, 3 blue blocks all ready to be sewn up:
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The other project, I am hoping to finish this month (possibly this weekend) is my initial trial of my paper piecing pattern for the Tapa Star striped block (if you are on instagram you would have seen this):
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Lastly, the winner of Book Review Tuesday is:
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Which is cdahlgren2013. I will send you an email with the details.

Linking up with Lee over @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday (see button on right menu).