Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Fresh Sewing Day & Small Blog Meet

We had a little burst of productivity, chez nous. Here's what October looked like.


I'm happy to say that I finished my King sized voile quilt, and have been sleeping under it almost every night since. It adds the perfect extra layer of warmth over our duvet on chilly nights, but is warm enough on its own on not-so-chilly nights. This is for sure my favourite finish for October.
I also made some simple backpacks for goody bags to give out at my son's birthday party, some long-overdue cushion covers, and trick-or-treat bags for my kids.

I continued hand stitching T-Hex, estimated date of completion: June 2013!

I'm so happy that I tried a cathedral window pincushion, it really lit my fire to make a cathedral window cushion cover.

On the yarny side, I pulled out some WIPs from last winter that I want to complete - beautiful fiddlehead mitts. And because two sets of unfinished mitts is not enough, I started another pair for the baby-daddy.

I also started some Japanese x and + blocks, maybe one day destined to be a table runner.

The Pirate quilt made a reappearance -- every time I worked on a different project my six year old would raise his eyebrows and ask why I wasn't working on his quilt! His guilt trip was apparently successful and I got back to work.

I made up the little shark guy on the bottom (the pattern will be available to download next week if anyone needs a shark!) and still need to add some more elements and then maybe an HST border.

Thanks so much for visiting -- I look forward to seeing what y'all have been up to, too!

Lily's Quilts

Lily's Quilts

 

19 comments:

  1. Wow - it has been a productive month to say the least!!! Lovely makes, Yzo. Your son's pirate quilt is looking great and hope to see more of your hexies and japanese x and + progress...

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  2. Oh my what a wonderful month of finishes! I can't decide which is my favourite! But I just adore the pirate quilt, and that shark is fabulous, he looks far too friendly to eat anyone ;-)

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  3. I love the mittens, starting on those soon...

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  4. I can't get over the pirate quilt! But I also love the king size voile, and I can only imagine how lovely that must be to sleep under! :)

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  5. you have some great finishes there and especially that voile quilt

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  6. Your finishes are fantastic! Sleeping under your bright beauty must be a delight. ;-D

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  7. Wow! you HAVE been busy!

    I gotta say, I'm in love with the beware and mini skull and crossbone fabrics you used in the pirate quilt. I'm imagining myself in dresses made of them (if I can find the fabric for myself) :)

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  8. Your pirate quilt is great! (as are all of your finishes!) Where did you find your fabrics? I searched high and low for pirate fabrics when I made mine and didn't find too many out there. Now most of my pirate print is gone but the requests keep rolling in for pirate pillows and such.

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  9. Very productive - I adore that pirate ship!

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  10. Wow - I love it all but that voile quilt - it is fantastic! I really like the pirate ship as well!

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  11. Wow you have been busy. I love, love, love the pirate quilt!

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  12. Oh man, the skull fabric on your pirate ship is awesome! What a great improv quilt. Your son is one lucky kiddo.
    cheers!
    -k

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  13. The pirate ship is amazing! And how cool is that shark. May definitely have to try paper piecing when your pattern is available! Fabulous.

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  14. Some beautiful work, love the voile quilt- i'm always too scared to use it in a quilt as it seems so lightweight and slippery to work with, how did you find it?? Ange : )

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  15. Oh my gosh! That pirate block is amazing!

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  16. You had a very productive month. The pirate block is amazing. So detailed.

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  17. Oh my gosh, Yzo, your projects are gorgeous! That ship block is incredible, and I'm in love with your voile quilt. Beautiful, beautiful work!

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  18. That voile quilt is lovely, gorgeous colours. And the shark? Excellent work!

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  19. OMG! I LOVE the pirate ship! It's so cool.. and those skulls are adorable. :)
    Carol

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