Thursday, October 23, 2014

October TLP & WIP - all rolled into one!

Once again, I'm running a smidge late the monthly update to The Library Project. I only seem to really get my butt in gear when there's a deadline! ☺ The last couple days have seen me working along on my Honey wall hanging...

I was pretty stumped on how to quilt this one. Where it's small, I wanted to push myself and do something  different with the quilting, but I didn't want to take away from the piecing by doing an overall design. #quilterproblems To get things going, I went for zigzags in the grey sashing sections.
 
It took me a little while to figure out exactly what to do where the three corners meet, but I think I found a good solution! Then it was on to the hexies... I didn't have any suitable thread, so off I went to my LQS.... only to realize I had left the quilt at home. Swiss cheese brain... ugh. So I bought every colour of turquoise-y blue they had. How's that for problem solving?!
When I sought the help of my MMQG guildmates, it was suggested a couple times that I do some sort of echo quilting of the hexie shape... so I did. I can't stand marking complicated patterns... even on something this small... so, I measured and figured out roughly how far apart the lines needed to be to make equal sized echos.
For the large sections of grey negative space, I opted to quilt ghost hexies. I marked where the sashing would have been and zigzagged it and then did echo-style quilting where the hexies would be.
I'm pleased to say that I should have this one finished completely by the end of the week-end! My master plan is to hand stitch the binding at this Saturday's MMQG Sew In. I couldn't be happier to be almost finished my Library Projects. But I do still have another month or two... perhaps I'll try for a bonus round!

J

P.S Since it's Wednesday, I'm also linking up with WIP Wednesday @ Freshly Pieced and Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts. Apparently, I'm a link-up-aholic today!

18 comments:

  1. This is beautiful! I love the look of the top, and the quilting is lovely. I also like your idea of colour matching--perfect!

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  2. Wow, Jenn! It's looking beautiful! I love the quilting you did for it! Hope you have a great time at Sew In :)

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  3. Niiiiiiice! (In that "wow tha't very nice" tone, not in that "mmmm how should i call this, uh nice" tone). Looking forward to see this in person.

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  4. Good call on the quilting. Can't wait to see it.

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  5. Nice quilting solution! And nice to see you post...I was starting to think maybe Double Trouble had decided to arrive a bit early!

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  6. I like the zigzags in the small spaces between the hexies, and I love your solution to finding the right thread color! :) I can't wait to see how all the quilting adds texture to this one.

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  7. I'm sorry, but all i can see is PacMan. Lovely colours though!

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  8. Whew! I was getting anxious for a post ;) I, too, thought Double Trouble might have decided to disrupt your blogging time. Beautiful colours! Love your thread solution (I may be guilty of doing the same with cardstock - in multiples of 3 per colour though!)

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  9. I really like this quilt and the echo quilting, especially on the grey! Good to read you again.

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  10. Looks great Jenn! I can't make it to Sew-In on Saturday so I will miss having an in-person look. Nice to have a finish.

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  11. Great modern design! I loved your idea to do "ghost hexies" with the quilting. I have been working on a Honey quilt, too.

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  12. Loving this project so much! Can't wait to see it in person tomorrow!

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  13. I think your intersection quilting design is very clever, as is your solution to the problem of which thread to buy. I confess that I would probably have done something similar – buy the lot!

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  14. It's look great so far; can't wait to see it completed! I really love this pattern. Love your 'fix' in buying the right thread heehee.

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  15. I love hexagons... well done! Can't wait to see it fully complete!

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  16. Love the turquoise and the hexies! Your quilting is coming along nicely. Thanks so much for sharing all the progress pics. They're scrumptious!

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  17. I'm so in love with this quilt top, it's perfect! You had me at turquoise and hexies!

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