Finish-Along Q3 2017

 

1. (Q2 2014)  I've made good progress with the hand quilting on this quilt (my Christmas Cherry quilt, based on the Made In Cherry pattern by Sarah Fielke), and have now quilted all four background triangles and two of the (four) background squares.  I'm going to continue working on this when I'm able, until it gets too warm to sit under!

2 and 3. (Q1 2016) Mam and I need a bag to take our cutting boards and rulers to workshops.  We don't usually go to the same one so we can easily share a bag rather than having one each.  (I'm not quite sure why I've been landed with the job when she takes her board far more often and will probably use the bag much more!)  We got this off-cut (with an extra 30% off!) just before Christmas (2015) and I'm just going to make a simple bag (French seams, no lining, short handles) for the board (item 2) and then a padded pouch for the 24" x 8.5" ruler (item 3).  I'll use the curtain fabric for the mat bag and the canvas for the ruler bag, unless there's more fabric in that bag than I think.  (That's right, I haven't even opened the bag!)

4. (Q4 2014)  This is a cushion kit which I won from Kerry/Seamstar.  It's been on my list for a while now and I have made some progress since this photo was taken: I've ironed all the fabric!

5. (Q3 2015)  A friend bought me this lovely embroidery outline a while ago and I'd love to make it into a pouch.  (Yes, another one!)

6. (Q3 2015)  I'm making a low-volume and turquoise version of a scrappy trip around the world quilt.  Although I won't finish this quilt this quarter, I'd like to start the piecing!

7. (Q4 2015)  This table runner (block pattern by Reene Witchard - find it here) is now ready for quilting. 

8. (Q4 2015)  This is also going to become a table runner for my new coffee table, once I can bring myself to cut into the embroidered (not by me!)  table cloth!

9. (Q1 2015)  Oh, this poor quilt!  It's been on several of my FAL lists and was, briefly, a finish.  Then I realised that there was a problem with the quilting (the bobbin thread keeps snapping) and I've been meaning to replace the quilting.  I've done one line (with different stitch length and tension from the first time) but, I'll be honest, it's mind-numbing work.  I'm going to change my plan slightly and replace the lines where threads have snapped and then leave the rest but quilt in the ditch of all the sashing strips.  That should be enough to stop the bias stretch on the quilt, which, I think, is exacerbating the problem with the quilting.  If it doesn't, I might quilt in the ditch round the grey block borders.  I have to be careful not to add too much quilting as it's already bound but I'm hoping I'll get away with it...

10. (Q1 2016)  These are the last remnants of the grey and yellow fabric that Mam bought to make her sewing machine cover and I'm hoping to cobble something together to use them all up.  Two pieces have wadding fused to the back (the result of a miscalculation) and I'm planning to make a storage basket with these last oddly-sized bits.

11. (Q1 2016)  At the end of last year, Hadley had a 'win my WIP' giveaway in order to foist her hexies onto someone else pass on a lovely project and I was the lucky winner.  I'm going to turn these into (yet another) table runner, once I've quilted it.  I've layered it and marked the first set of quilting lines.

12. (Q2 2016)  I have been planning this quilt since at least 2013 and would like to at least make a start on prepping blocks.  I have a range of backgrounds can't decide whether to go scrappy or not, which is why I have quite a lot of some of them) and some gorgeous Oakshott (Scandinavian, I think).  The block pattern is in the photo and I've already completed a test block.  (See the fabrics third and fourth down from the stack of grey/white background fabrics?  They're supposed to be the same colour...)

13. (Q2 2016)  If I don't get the pointy points quilt started, it would be nice to make progress on my ET quilt instead.  I have two blocks pieced and pieces cut for more blocks (but not enough background to make a whole block).  One more completed block would be nice!

14. (Q3 2016) I need to turn this piece of embroidered ticking into a pouch (with detachable strap) for my ipod.

15. (Q3 2016) I'm going to knit myself another pair of socks, using a standard top-down pattern from Regia.  I now have two identical sets of dpns so I can start knitting both socks at the same time, in an attempt to get them matching!

16. (Q3 2016) I've started a bag for me

17. (Q4 2016) I'm going to turn this pink pin cord into a round neck pinafore version of the Kate dress:

18. (Q4 2016) This black and white lawn is going to be a Kate dress

19. (Q4 2016) This rather 80s winter sports print (it really could be from then as it came out of someone's loft!) is going to become a version of the Kate dress, possibly with a v neck and long/elbow length sleeves.

20. (Q4 2016) I started these jama bottoms in 2013 - they're made from an old quilt cover.

21. (Q4 2016) I'm going to make another pair of jama bottoms from this rather snazzy fabric, which I think my mam bought my brother in the early 90s when he made himself a few cushions for his room.

22, 23 and 24. (Q4 2016)  More socks!

25. (Q4 2016)  A friend bought me this lovely fabric to make a drawstring bag for my knitting.  The one Jan gave me is really handy, so I'd like another about the same size.

26 and 27. (Q4 2016) I bought this yarn in a sale to make a couple of friends a feather and fan scarf, maybe for Christmas 2017?!

28.  (Q1 2017) Mam bought me four balls of baby cashmerino to knit a scarf.  It's hopefully going to be mine, but if I can't wear it (I struggle to wear most yarns, even completely acrylic ones), then she'll get it! I'm going to use the zickzack pattern.

29. (Q1 2017)  I need to make a business card holder for my sister-in-law, who makes the most wonderful wedding stationery.  These are her new cards, and the fabric is a table runner she used to have out at Christmas but which has wax splodges on it.  If this fabric isn't suitable for all of it (need to work out how to stabilise a press stud or some sort of fastening), then I'll try to use a bit of it as a feature strip.

30 and 31. (Q2 2017) The middle fabric in this pile is going to become my second Everyday Blouse, and the top fabric is going to become a Kate dress:

32. (Has been so long in the making that I don't remember when I started it.) This is another project that I won't get finished this quarter (or next!), but I want it back on my list.  I'd like to get the pieces cut for the nine patches which will alternate with the embroidered blocks.  (I may even finish writing the stories behind the blocks, you never know!)

33.  (Q2 2017) I want to make a Christmas quilt (yes, another one!) from these pieces of Winterkist.  I'm going to make a version of Sarah's Stained quilt, with navy sashing (thanks, Salley! (Watch out for the photo of the enormous spider at the start of her feed - you have been warned!)):

34. (Q2 2017) This Italian lawn is going to become a top version of the Kate dress:

35. (Q2 2017)  This gorgeous Sevenberry cotton/linen mix is going to become a Kate dress (with the crochet trim round the hem):

36. (Q2 2017) I'm making a mini quilt for a friend and am keeping the details a surprise.  The block(s) will be from page 226 of the book and I'm making them the same size as the template, rather than enlarging it.  I'll be making a few of the blocks, I'm not saying how many!

37. (Q2 2017) This will become rabbit for a friend's daughter (pattern is Clover by Jodie Carleton):

38 and 39. (Q3 2017) Mam has asked me to finish off these two cushions for her:

40. (Q3 2017) I've started another Kate dress and just need to add the binding at the neck and then hem it:

Oh, look, I've retained my membership of the #ridiculouslylongFALlist gang this quarter!  Now there's a surprise!  


And, because I've always included Archie in every blog post, but will no longer have any new photos to share:

I can see you...not working on something that's on your FAL list  *tuts*  Come on, chip chop, I've got a job to do and I'm determined to see it through!