Wip Wednesday - #18

Good Morning.  I haven't updated my WiPs in a couple of weeks so it feels good to sort through and figure out what I have completed and what needs to be worked on.

Finished:

I finished both of my donation quilts for 100 Quilts for Kids.  I loved participating in such a special event.

 The boy quilt - blogged here.

The baby girl quilt - blogged here.

In Progress:

Kitchen Windows - I have all the center pieces of the blocks together but I still have to attach the sashing and complete the top.  

Dead Simple Quilt - All 320 squares are cut and I have assembled 4 rows but I still have 12 more rows to go.  They sew up pretty quickly though.

I made myself two charts to refer to while I am assembling this quilt, one in color and one with the color name written in the block.  There are so many shades of purple and green in this quilt that I kept getting them confused so it was necessary to print the color names and put a label on the stack of squares so I could be confident I was choosing the right color to attach to it's neighboring square.

Bottled Rainbows - no progress made on this one lately.  I have all 16 color frames made but I need to sew them onto the batting and let the fun of attaching the ticker tape scraps begin.

Begging for Binding:
My Loulouthi Quilt is waiting so patiently for a binding.  I will do it before Monday so I can take it to show & tell at my quilt guild meeting.
Hooty Hoot - STILL sitting in a pile waiting for binding.

Begging for Backing:
Single Girl - I wish I hadn't lost interest in this quilt.  It will be such a cute little quilt.

New Projects:
I'm happy to report that I haven't started any new projects this week.

On the Bubble:
Even though I haven't started any new projects my mind is swirling around with some ideas for making some little handmade gifts for Christmas.  I would like to make a couple of small bags, pot holders, mug rugs, and dish soap aprons.  There are a lot of ideas floating around in the quilting blogosphere to provide lots of great inspiration.

At the long arm quilter:
Summer Sampler

Linking up to Lee at Freshly Pieced.  I know there's a lot of great inspiration from some very talented quilters on her linkup page.  Hope you have some time to check it out!

Dead Simple Quilt

I am in!  100% in on making a Dead Simple Quilt with Lynne.

A while back I showed this palette that I have been completely enamored with and still haven't quit thinking about.  I love love love this palette from Design-Seeds.

That was my starting point to gather fabrics.  I knew I wanted to add some shades of gray and more greens and purples so this is what I came up with.

I tried a million times to get it larger and then I just said phooey and decided to post it anyway.  

The basic premise of the QAL is to focus on a color palette, not the actual pattern of the quilt.  The fabrics will be cut into squares and then sewn together.  Nothing fancy about the pattern but the effect coming from the colors chosen.  However, I have been wanting to make a plus quilt for quite a while and once I decided on a palette, decided to use solids, and would be cutting charm squares for the quilt,  it just made sense for me to kill two birds with one stone and make a plus quilt.  After making my Summer Sampler and loving working with those solids I just feel drawn to use more solids right now.  I am excited to start cutting this fabric and get it all sewn up.  I love the design so far!  It might just be my new favorite quilt.

I am once again amazed at just how much usable information is available by means of google.  I mean, seriously.  Between this post and google, I was able to come up with a palette, and a layout for my Dead Simple quilt.  Then I was able to convert the Word files into PDF files and then into JPG files to post here on my blog and on Flickr!  I just love learning new geeky/techy things.

Happy Thursday!