Another WIP Wednesday!

I’m having fun reviewing what I’ve done in my sewing room each week! I expect things will slow down once I return to work next Monday. What a luxury it has been to have had this time to heal, contemplate and create. In some ways, one could say that I have been quilting my way to wellness.

So…last week I made four new squares for Nora’s Constellation quilt. I am really enjoying putting this quilt together. I’m not following a pattern, simply making a variety of 12″ star blocks in fun colours entirely out of my stash. I have fun browsing the internet and my books looking for ideas and tutorials for the different stars. Here are the newest ones:

And today I finally made the March block for the Treasure Chest BOM (block of the month)! I have been putting this one off because it looked so intimidating, and I couldn’t really visualize it from reading the directions. However, March is nearly over, and I couldn’t procrastinate any longer. So I bit the bullet and dug in. It turned out not to be as difficult as I anticipated. In only took me 3 hours (in contrast to the entire day the January & February blocks took!). I learned a valuable lesson….follow the directions! Har!

Here’s what it looked like after I made the cuts:

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And the finished product (Mexican Star):

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Over the weekend I got started on my summer lake project (or multi-summer project, more likely!) – appliquing an orange peel quilt using the needle turn method. Each biscuit is appliqued onto a 5″ Bella Solids charm square. The biscuits are cut randomly from my stash. I will need to make over 300 of them to complete the quilt. It’s going to be gorgeous!Here’s my start:

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Interested in seeing what other Canadian quilters are up to today? Check out WIP Wednesday at The Needle and Thread Network and Freshly Pieced!

Happy creating!