No WIP Wednesday

Oops—no WIP Wednesday today, sorry! That's because a) I forgot and b) I don't have anything to show anyway, after being gone most of the week.

But come back next week for the usual link-up. I've decided that this is going to be the Summer of No Commitments. I'm just going to spend time with the girls and sew exactly what I want to sew. I've got a few last things to finish up this week, and then the Summer of No Commitments begins. So I should have lots to show in WIP Wednesday for the next few months at least!

Have a wonderful week.

WIP Wednesday: Off to Portland

I spent this week working on a project that I can't show you yet, plus I'm leaving later today for Quilt Market, so I've been busting my butt getting my family ready for my absence. Which all adds up to ... a photo-free WIP Wednesday. Sorry, guys. It really was one of those weeks!

But I promise I'll Instagram some good stuff from Portland to make up for it. And you should link up your projects anyway. : )

Here are the rules:
1. Link up any post from the past week that features at least one unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).
2. Somewhere in your post, you must link back here to my blog. (Or grab the WIP Wednesday button for your sidebar.)
3. Comment on at least a few of the other WIP Wednesday links.

Have a great week!

P.S. If you're at Market, come see me at Martingale's Schoolhouse session for Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe, Thursday at 3:10 p.m.

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Bloom Bloom Pow: Show Off Your Finished Quilt!

It's time! Time to finish your Bloom Bloom Pow quilt and show it off! : )

I'm so pleased with how this quilt turned out! It really did come out exactly how I pictured it. That doesn't happen all that often. : )

And I want to thank everyone who quilted along with me! It made it even more fun than it would have been. 

And I am SO very impressed with the Bloom Bloom Pow quilts you guys have come up with! Here are just a few of the gorgeous quilts that have popped up in my Flickr group recently:

By no hats

By Ms. Midge

By Laurelar

 

By Molli Sparkles

 By Kelly Vetch 

By KathieW28

By Peggerss

As always, I love seeing how a pattern of mine served as a jumping off point for others' creativity. : )

But of course, these aren't the only cool BBP quilts out there! Link up your own Bloom Bloom Pow quilt using the linky below. This way, we can all enjoy each others' creations! The linky will remain open indefinitely, so no worries about hurrying to finish. And your quilt doesn't even need to be completely finished in order to link up—I'll leave it up to you when in the process you link up. All I ask is that you link up ONLY ONE TIME. And yes, you can link to a Flickr photo if you don't have a blog!

Thank you again for making this quilt-along so much fun. Enjoy your Bloom Bloom Pow quilts!

Bloom Bloom Pow Quilt-Along schedule

March 21 - Introduction

March 28 - Design strategy

April 4 - Cutting your fabric

April 11 - Strip-piecing instructions

April 18 - Cutting the triangles

April 25 - Piecing the triangles to complete the top

May 2 - Quilting and finishing

May 9 - Wrap-up and link-up

WIP Wednesday: Still Plugging Away

I feel like a broken record lately, since I seem to be working on the same projects, week after week.

But I'm nearing the finish line on two of them:


I settled on this soft neutral Pearl Bracelet print for the binding on Bloom Bloom Pow, and am busy hand-stitching away right now! Bloom Bloom Pow is headed for Spring Quilt Market in Portland and needs to be shipped tomorrow, so I've got to wrap it up!

And I'm still slowly chipping away at the quilting on my Diamond Tread quilt. I finished the angled lines going in one direction and marked the lines going in the opposite direction with painter's tape. I'm hoping the end result will be kind of a plaid look. Can't wait to get back to this when Bloom Bloom Pow is finished.


And I whipped up a couple of flags for Boston, which I'll post about in the next few days. I was so thrilled to read that these flags will be displayed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts! What an amazing display that will be.

What are you working on this week? Share your WIPs! Here are the linky rules:
1. Link up any post from the past week that features at least one unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).
2. Somewhere in your post, you must link back here to my blog. (Or grab the WIP Wednesday button for your sidebar.)
3. Comment on at least a few of the other WIP Wednesday links.

Have a great week!

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