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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Spring Break WIP

I am so glad the weather has finally turned and it actually feels like spring outside.  My husband and kids are home for spring break.  I get my turn at home with the kiddos next week.  I really hope there is some quilting in my future.

There are a few works I have in progress that I wanted to share today.

1. Layer Cake Quilt Along with Material Girl Quilts - Each week Amanda posts two new layouts for our half square triangle blocks.  So far there have been 12 blocks posted, I have 6 complete.  I better get moving.  I have loved following everyone's progress on Flickr.

2. Country Stars - I cut the fabrics for this quilt before I had kids and pieced the half square triangles using thangles.  A couple weeks ago I went on a girlfriends getaway and finally started piecing the blocks.  This quilt is going to make a great gift for my friend Sheena who has graciously agreed to watch my kids for the last four months.  I still need to finish piecing the blocks, then join them, add borders, baste, quilt, bind…  Hopefully this one gets done by the end of school.

3.  Rainbow Pinwheels - This is another project I cut before I had kids.  The pinwheels are really coming together, but I am still in the piecing stage for this two.

4.  Triangle Quilt Along with The Sassy Quilter - I have been wanting to make an equilateral triangle quilt for a while.  With a quilt along I finally have the motivation to get it started.  My goal this year was to use up my stash before I spend more money on beautiful fabrics, so for this one I'm using my collection of Winsome by Nancy Halvorsen.  I bought these prints before I had kids, and have used a few of them for gifts, but I'm ready to use this fabric up.  I started starching (something new for me) and pressing this week, I haven't even cut this one yet.  I'm following this group on Flickr too.


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