Squared Circles!

I love this little bit of patchwork.  I tend to be more tricky with my piecing because I'm trying new things, but this was really fun to make.

I love that little bit of binding!!

This whole quilt started with those circular patches.  They were part of a larger piece of material that I loved but I couldn't figure out how to incorporate it into a quilt.  The medallions were so pretty, but there was so much white space between them.  And I only had a yard, so if I didn't fussy cut them, I'd lose too many.

So I just cut them out, along with a bunch of coordinating prints and laid them out in a random grid.  Super fast, but I love that they medallions really stand out in all those squares.

The quilting was really fun too.  I decided to put a couple different patterns together.  So the squares are done up with loops, repeating swirls, and leaves, and the border is a repeating S shape.

This quilt is listed in my Etsy shop!

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday!

 

WIP Wednesday

So at last week's WIP update, I had the torso and a sleeve up to the arm, but I decided that the arm was coming out too big.  So I frogged all the way down to the ribbing and started again with smaller needles.  

Luckily, a week in bed sick meant that I had plenty of time to knit, so I'm almost ready to join this sleeve.  Of course, I could have knitted two sweaters by now if I didn't have to keep frogging. 

And I'm pretty keen on finishing up the sweater because I have these pretties waiting for me.  I think the kids need winter hats and mittens.  And I need some soft fuzzy wristlets out of the white alpaca in the middle. 

I almost have this Washi tunic finished. I had plans on trying to add the three-quarter sleeves from Rae's tutorial, but then it got really hot again.  So now it's waiting downstairs for me to make up my mind. 

And my big accomplishment of the week so far is adding some quilts to my Etsy shop.  I'm figuring this is step one on my way to fame, fortune, and rooms full of fabric and glitter, and I'm giving it a big ole checked off!

Linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!