Today I am going to share my design wall with you.
I am lucky enough to have space for a design wall that is 8' wide and goes from floor to ceiling.
When we installed it, my husband wondered at it's size. Now he admits that I've made great use of it!
Here is the view today...
Too many sewalongs....I know, I know!!!!
There is the latest block in the Harry Potter QAL, Hagrid, hosted by Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts...
Here are all the blocks, so far...
I wasn't sure of my fabric choices for Dumbledore, but I've grown to love him...even though he looks like he has a booger hanging out of his nose...
There is the Hand-pieced SAL....still keeping up...
In the above picture, you can also see three blocks for the Dear Jane sewalong that begins this month. I have to admit, I'm still nervous about this one....but the blocks are so sweet!
There is also the 52blocks52 weeks, that the Canadian Quilters' Association is hosting this year...
There is a block (the orange and green diamond block) that won't make the cut. I used a vintage fabric that I like and it turns out being too dull for the cheery 30's reproduction prints in the other blocks.
I considered letting this project go....but it's only one 6" block per week so I'll keep at it.
Here is the area where some of my I Am Enough quilt is hanging out...
My One Monthly Goal for February had been to get three more components completed for the I Am Enough. That did not happen....I just got the Around the World section done.
My goal for March....I think it will be to get two more sections done for I Am Enough. Wish me luck!....I'm going to need it!
In the above picture, you can also see my February row of my Temperature Quilt entwined amongst the other "stuff". I'm not sure if I can get much sewing done today, but I will finish off the February part of the Temperature Quilt. I don't work on it daily, I find it easy enough to do it every five days or so since the blocks are simple.
I think that about sums up all I want to say about the state of my design wall today...even though I've left a few items out.
I am linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal, and also with Elm Street Quilts for the Hand Pieced QAL.
Have a great weekend!
I don't know what it is about "snow days"....on Tuesday the schools were cancelled again due to bad weather (not that this means anything for me at this point of my life!), and my husband didn't have to go to work.
For some reason, snow days make it difficult for me to discipline myself to work on the longarm.
So....I got a bit of sewing done!
First off, I needed to catch up on my Temperature Quilt....
I like it even more now that the second row (February) is being added.
Then I worked on this week's block for the Harry Potter QAL. The block this week is Luna....
This block took all the concentration I could muster. I kept thinking, "done is better than perfect"....but in the end she turned out just fine.....whew!!! Like I mentioned on my Instagram post, I love the block, but I'm glad there is just one Luna in the quilt!
Here are my blocks, so far...
I'm quite happy with them!
I also sewed this week's block for 52blocks52weeks, hosted by CQA....
I was wondering whether to continue with the 52blocks52weeks sewalong, as I seem to have so much going on....but it's such a small commitment every week I've decided to keep playing :)
In November of 2016 I posted about a quilt I was excited about starting, the Chapman Coverlet. You can read about it HERE.
I had started off by appliqueing two of the tiny 2.5" blocks, as you can see in the post. Well, that was about it for that one, it promptly got forgotten about. Although...from time-to-time it would whisper to me and I would promise to get back to it one day, as I still liked it.
Even this past week, while I was tidying a bit, I came across the two lonely blocks again....and thought, "someday".
Then something funny happened....someone commented on the Instagram post regarding my Chapman Coverlet asking if I had kept it up, even though she noticed the post was from 2016.
That's all I needed, I guess, a kick in the pants. I chatted back and forth with this woman on Instagram and looked at the pictures of her Chapman Coverlet....and got inspired.
These blocks are small and quick....I can work on them frequently and not take time from bigger projects.
This will be a glorious, scrappy quilt!!
That's all for now. It's actually another snowy, blustery day in my neighbourhood, but I will make my way up to work on the longarm....discipline in action!!!
Please, stay warm and safe....maybe you can have a sew-day???
I am linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers.
I am also linking this post to the first Harry Potter Linky Party hosted by Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts.
Today I thought I'd share a picture of how my design wall is looking. Last weekend everything had to come down and now it seems a bit refreshed for some reason.
It also reinforces what I know....that I can never seem to resist a sew-along! Surely I'm not the only one?....lol, I know I'm not!!!
I'm still loving the temperature quilt (along the top of the picture) and am looking forward to February, when I'll start adding a second row.
The large block on the right is a new sewalong called Miss Lizzy Blooms. The blocks are 18", nice and big and cheery.....there will be one block per month.
Below that are my first two blocks for the sewalong offered by the Canadian Quilters Association....#52blocks52weeks. I'm using my 30's prints because after all this time I still really love them.
There are a number of my Farm Girl Vintage blocks on the wall. Doing eight blocks of that quilt is my One Monthly Goal for January and it looks like I may be able to accomplish it. This was a sewalong a couple of years back and I'm sorry that I fell off the rails on this one because it results in a pretty sweet quilt.
My "braid" is on the design wall to remind me to get back at my I Am Enough quilts.....I'm pondering this being my goal for February.
And, finally, there is my Harry Potter block!!!
I love it!
This is the very beginning of a quilt-along that Lorna is offering at Sew Fresh Quilts....we've just started, so a great time to join in!
A quilt that has fallen by the wayside is my Simple Folk quilt. It is a BOM that was offered in 2018 by Sarah Fielke.
I don't know why it's been months since I've worked on it, but I did prep a block a couple of days ago and have been poking at it.....I still like it and want to keep at it. I wonder if it's back on my radar because Sarah's new BOM starts next week????
So cute!
And, a bit of a tip here.....you'll notice that I fussy cut the bird in such a way that the pattern in the fabric will kinda represent an eye where the bird's eye should be?....well, that was a design choice instead of having to applique a very small circle/eye. I was going to use the opportunity to try to use the Appliquick tools that I bought a long time ago....but I chickened out once again :(
Today I am linking up with Lorna for Let's Bee Social (hopefully we'll see a few more Harry Potter blocks!), and with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers.
Well, it looks like a messy morning out there and I have to get ready to go out in it. Hopefully you get to stay inside and do a bit of sewing!
