TGIFF - Finding Dory

Welcome to TGIFF @ A Quarter Inch from the Edge! If you're new to my blog, I hope you'll take a little time to explore. Check out my past projects on the tabs or read a little about my  love of obsession with Kona under the Kona Love tab!

This week's project sprang from last week's trip to the South Shore of Nova Scotia. While wandering in lovely Lunenburg, I popped into The Lunenburg Makery and picked up a kit for their row of the Row by Row Experience. One of my MMQG pals was working on it at our last Sew In and I fell in love! And buying the kit was the only way to get the wee Dory Shop sign. I was hooked!

Here's my wee finish - just  13 by 9 inches! 

I opted not to do the entire row this time (or to use my treasured Dory Shop sign). I liked the idea of one happy boat next to what I think of as a fishing stage. You can read a little more about the making of of this mini quilt on this Wednesday's WIP post or on my Instagram feed (@quarter_iInch_from_the_edge).

Taking the paper off is so much easier when you actually remember to shorten your stitch length! I highly recommend it!

 I had such fun quilting the different textures. Here's my start on the woodgrain for the dock.

And the water was pretty fun too! In case you were wondering, that's a traditional Nova Scotian dory. Not just a Disney character, they were used for fishing. When I was a kiddo, my grandfather had a big one he used to row on the lake, often with a gaggle of grandkiddies on board! I might just have to make another in barn red as a reminder of that fine craft!

Now that I've done a few matched bindings, I don't know what I ever worried about. They're nowhere near perfect, but they achieve the seamless visual I'm going for!

I intended to give this mini away, but the more I look at it, the more I want to keep it. One just never knows!

Now it's your turn! Link up your finished projects and spread the TGIFF love by including a button or hyperlink in your post. You can get blog buttons here. Don't forget to pop over to some of the other great finishes this week!

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Thanks for stopping by! Hope you'll come back on Thursday, August 4th for the one year anniversary of Throwback Thursday, my monthly link-up to showcase projects from our dark quilty pasts!

J

WIP Wednesday - Because quilting doesn't suck...

Some days I get a little down on myself. So I decided to do more activities that don't suck in an effort to bolster my mood. Given that quilting doesn't suck, I've been doing as much of it as I can for the past few days. It's amazing what one can do when they get in the studio for an hour or two!

After last week's jaunt to Lunenburg, I couldn't resist getting started on my version of The Lunenburg Makery's Row by Row quilt. I kept the yellow and light blue from the kit, but subbed in some Konas: Medium Gray, Silver, and Prussian.

 I love this little fishing stage and it came together quite quickly!

There's always that point in paper piecing when you think, "Oh. This is going so smoothly. Look at me... paper piecing rockstar!" And then you do this. Grab the seam ripper.

I found a dory! Hee hee hee. For those of you not from Nova Scotia, these little boats are called dories. They're a classic style here in Nova Scotia. They even have races with them in lovely little Lunenburg Harbour. It's a big deal!

And since I've finally embraced a shortened stitch length for paper piecing, the paper came off like a dream!

I also made a pile of progress on the doll quilt to go with the recent baby doll basket for DT's Sam & Stella.

And I worked away on my low volume 16 patches... or were they 25 patches? Apparently I should have looked at my previous blocks before making more! *Update - they definitely should have been 16 patch... grab the seam ripper again!*

Setting my Q3 goals for the 2016 Finish-A-Long was also a kick in the pants in the WIP department. If I ever want to finish my Technicolor Galaxy, I actually have to work on it. Go figure. After tidying my studio, ironing my freshly washed purchases, shuffling my WIP cubby... okay, flat out procrastinating... I finally got down to work.

 Getting these first two together felt momentous!

 And I felt downright triumphant when I got to this point!

 As of this afternoon,  I had six of twelve spokes of the wheel done. Yay me!

Here's hoping I can keep up this level of productivity! I'm linking up today with the lovely Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social, as well as with the Canadian Needle and Thread Network. I'm also trying out a new (to me) link-up, Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrications. If you pop back on Friday, you'll see a finish of one of these projects and you can link up your own finishes as I host TGIFF! Hope to see you then!

J