Tuesday 27 August 2013

Fall is Coming!! WIP Wednesday

So waaaaaay back in June, when it started to get warm, I pulled the winter duvet off our bed. It had definitely seen better days. It was over 10 years old, discolored beyond even bleach's abilities and was clumping/losing feathers daily. I brought up the idea of throwing it out to my husband. "Will we buy a new one?", he asked. "Oh no!" I replied. "I will have a new quilt made for us long before it gets cold again!" 

Guess what folks? The nights are starting to get cooler. There have been a few mornings when it's felt downright chilly in our house. And that promised quilt is nowhere near done.


 Some of you may recall my restriction of one block per week on said quilt while I worked on more pressing deadlines. But this has now moved itself up the priority list. A lot. Instead of making one block at a time, I've switched to chain piecing. Much better, by the way. In the span of a week, I've gone from 3 finished blocks to 23 finished blocks, fitting in only 30-60 minutes a day.


I think I better get back to the sewing machine. 77 blocks left!


Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced.

7 comments:

  1. This us such a great start! Great simplicity. Awesome!

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  2. Beautiful! I love the red and white--looks like a really nice shade of red. From the photos, it looks like you made your pluses using a nine-patch block. I am contemplating a quilt using a plus block and I've been wondering if the center bar could be a solid strip instead of three squares in the same color. Do you think that would work?

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  3. Really pretty quilt. I love the visual impact the two color quilt has. It's quite "in your face" and simple at the same time. Great job.

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  4. I love this quilt! Do you have Swiss roots? I have to say that despite living here I never thought to make a Swiss Flag quilt, but this has certainly set the cogs in motion. Thanks so much for sharing
    LPC

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  5. This is the kind of quilt that is a bugger to make (monotonous!) but so stunning when finished. Big payoff. I'm excited to see it.

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  6. LOVE this quilt! I am currently working on a cross design as well! You can beat fall/winter's sting! GO GIRL! ;)

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  7. This is lovely! I can never get enough of red :)

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