52 Weeks, 52 Lists: Week 1

Kellie at On the Brink of Something Beautiful started this great idea....52 Lists in 52 Weeks...1 per week. I came up with a cool way to do mine, since my handwriting is wretched it had to be digital. Here goes!

Ok, so technically I'm a month behind the start on this one, but here I am, catching up in earnest. I present to you, my first list.

WIP Wednesday

I'm so excited to finally be participating in WIP Wednesday! I've been admiring everyone's updates for a while now and I finally got it together to make my own update.

I definitely don't have as much going on as everyone else, but am up to my eyeballs in my current projects. You see, when I start something and am super into it, plus it's actually acheivable, I pretty much get obsessed with it until I'm done. And here we go...

Jeni's Warm Cool Quilt Along immediately grabbed my attention! I absolutely adore her and her blog (plus little bunny foo foo, George, is adorable!). I've apparently gone crazy and committed to the twin size. I have a thing for quilts I can snuggle under...especially since the hubs pumps the a/c at 72 degrees! Yikes!

I've trimmed about 120 of the 352 blocks. Yeah, don't remind me.

Here's my other project, the LouLouThi Tiles Quilt Along from Stitched in Color. I cut out and labelled all my pieces, and stuck them up on my new design wall. (More on the wall another day.) I've been giving this one some attention, in between sewing, ironing, and trimming blocks for the Warm/Cool. It gives me a nice break. This one will definitely be a monster....almost queen size!

How are your WIPs?

Postage Stamp Quilt Along :: Top Finished!

Here's my completed quilt top! (Finally!!)

This is just a few months behind from the Postage Stamp Quilt Along over on PS I Quilt. I let it sit for a while and finally powered through it the last couple of weekends.

Now I'm stuck! What should I do for the backing? I was thinking a solid piece from the Weekends collection, but those are pretty busy prints. Also, the binding....maybe a solid purple to frame out the stamps?

What do you think? Backing? Binding?

Warm Cool Quilt Along :: Color Stacks

I'm so excited to be joining in with Jeni on her Warm Cool Quilt Along. Seeing as I'm still finishing up my blocks from the Postage Stamp Quilt Along I did in January, I seriously need to buckle down and follow along this time....it IS a "quilt along" after all.

Here are my stacks. I've got warm on the left and cool on the right. I need 22 of each. This is definitely a first pass, and I'll be giving it another look tomorrow. I think it could use some editing. Is it just me and my stash, or is there a lack of purple in the world?

So, what do you think? Any ideas/suggestions for my stacks? More or less of a certain color?