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Monday, January 21, 2013

Design Wall Monday & WIP Wednesday

My design wall has blocks for three different projects hanging together right now.  I have been working on two of them recently, and am trying to decide what to do with the other one.

 It feels a little scattered to have three different projects going at once, but I like it that way.  If I get stuck on one, I can switch over to another.  Some days I feel like planning and designing a quilt, other days I just want to sit down and sew something.  As long as I can follow through on finishing these quilts, all will be well. And the best part right now--all three of these projects are made with fabrics from my stash!

I should have been cleaning up my sewing room over the three-day weekend, but I couldn't resist these little pink & black Dancing Stars blocks.  I currently have seven blocks together, and they are so much fun to make!  The pattern is a quilt-along at Amy's Creative Side.  They are foundation pieced, and I cut fabrics for another 7 blocks on Saturday.  I am making the blocks as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013, and this month's color is pink.  My goal is to make 10-12 blocks each month in whatever color is chosen for the rainbow challenge, and that should give me enough by the end of the year for a throw quilt based on Amy's pattern.

 I did a little work on my Scrappy Sampler blocks since last week's Design Wall.  I remade one block to get more contrast, and there are a couple more finished bowties.  I also spent some time playing in EQ7 with this quilt's blocks, trying to settle on my color palette.  Other than pulling together more fabrics for this project, I am set until our next meeting in February.


 The other project hanging on the design wall is my Scrap Club Stars from last year.  I have a few more blocks made for this, but I need to settle on my final design in order to know how many additional blocks to make.  It's time to get back to this project and get it finished!




As usual, I will be linking up to Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.  Check out all the great inspiration there.  I am also linking up to WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.


Julie
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11 comments:

  1. Lois (AKA Onnie)January 21, 2013 at 9:04 AM

    Wow! You have 3 beautiful projects going! I think I need to get my EQ out and running to design some borders and/or samplers.

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  2. RuthJanuary 21, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    You have the best projects going! They are all so pretty.

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  3. scraphappyJanuary 21, 2013 at 9:19 AM

    What a nice variety of projects. They will definitely give you plenty of choice about what you want to work on.

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  4. RhondaJanuary 21, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    My goodness, you have been busy with projects. I have two favorites, the pink and black and the red/white/blue ones.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    I love your dancing stars blocks! I am doing them also, just haven't had time to make any of mine yet. Those are on the agenda for this week.

    Your patriotic quilt is gorgeous too! Are you going to add more of the pineapple blocks to set them in?

    Inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

    Bari

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    1. Julie in GAJanuary 21, 2013 at 6:43 PM

      Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I am planning to make 4 more pineapple blocks for the red, white & blue quilt. Also probably 4 more stars, plus a row of smaller stars at the top & bottom.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2013 at 11:06 AM

    Such pretty designs and I have to say the pink and black triangles are really shouting to me. I will have to try it out. Lovely!

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  7. SylviaJanuary 21, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    Love the pink and black! Even though I am not a pink fan, I love it when paired with black.

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  8. Gari in ALJanuary 21, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    This is the way I like to work: several projects at a time. And I love your dancing stars. I think that might be a great project to begin when my Easy Street is done.

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    1. Julie in GAJanuary 22, 2013 at 6:51 AM

      Unfortunately, I did not finish my Easy Street before starting the Dancing Stars and the Scrappy Sampler projects. I still need to figure out borders for Easy Street.

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  9. vexaJanuary 23, 2013 at 2:31 PM

    Great project. I like the stars project but I have to much going on to join in.

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