WiP - En-deer-ing!

At some point, I'm going to run out of puns for this quilt, but it hasn't happened yet! It's so kitschy, I can't resist!

So even though I didn't have all the blue strips cut, I took advantage of the first ever MMQG Sew In to get started this past week-end. We definitely had a room with a view... not that you can tell so much from my blurry photo! Our sewing space looked out on Halifax Harbour and, on a sunny winter Saturday, it was lovely!

I started off with his deer ☺ little face. Can you see it? It's okay if you can't... the black square on the left is half of his nose and the other black square is his eye!

And the blocks just kept on coming... this one doesn't look like much, but it's part of his considerable set of antlers.

 

The blocks aren't too tough to put together, but having a whole table to myself helped since I had piles 18 piles of blue, brown, and black strips spread out everywhere!

It was driving some of my MMQG pals a little crazy that I wasn't making the blocks in order. I wouldn't normally work in such a haphazard way, but where I didn't have all the blue fabric, I wanted to make sure my various prints end up well distributed. I was glad to have my design wall (read as fuzzy backed picnic tablecloth!).  I used my trusty green painters tape to number the blocks.

Nine down, just eleven to go! Yesterday saw me headed to my LQS to pick up (even more) blue prints... is it bad when the staff notice that you've come in all by yourself instead of with your rowdy quilting pals? On the up side, they also know me well enough to let me know that there's a new shipment of quilting cotton coming next week.

I'm doing my usual and linking up with WiP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced!

Hope you found some time for a little WiP action this week!
J

Somethin' new.... on a Sunday!

So, a while back I discovered the exciting world of link up's. I've been looking for one on the week-end that doesn't have me rushing around on a workday getting my post organized! Enter Sunday Stash hosted by Molli Sparkles! Sorry Fabric Fasters out there, but today I'm sharing some fabric (and other fun things!) that made it into my stash this week.
This landed in my mailbox on Thursday. Came in the mail? That looks like a quilt, you say?

Nope! It's a computer case for my laptop, featuring a pic of one of my very own quilts! If you're intrigued, check out Caseable. They'll make all kinds of cool accessories for your tech devices. And this was a gift, not a sponsored post! ☺

And more custom stuff! This time it's my very own quilt labels from Mommie Made It (Etsy). Who knows what these might lead to?

And just one more non-fabric thing to show you... a phone case. But doesn't that pattern seem familiar?

That's because it's one of the fabrics from my Toes in the Sand quilt I don't know that the original intent was to use fabric in it, but that's what I'm doing! I used some freezer paper to give it a little body and to make it easier to trace and cut the shape of the cover. Doesn't Himself find good stocking stuffers?
I ordered some lovely fabric from Tactile Fabrics (Etsy) during the post Christmas sales and had it delivered to the Rents US address. But then I had to wait... oh, the waiting. I wish someone would develop a way for the fabric to just shoot out of your computer once you've ordered it. How Jetsons would that be?
First up, the browns! These were intended for Young B's Oh Deer quilt, but it would appear I overshopped for this one. Oh well. Guess I'll have to use that Lucky Penny, Semi-Sweet Pearl Bracelet, and Hot Chocolate Honeycomb for something else!

Then some Glimma from Lotta Jansdotter.  in the clearance section, no less! I've been admiring these prints on-line for a while and the prices were too good to pass up!

Then there's my random pile - Stof Uno Rain (in grey), more Pearl Bracelet (in River Bend), and Felicity Small Circles (in blue)

These are all whirling away in the washer as I type. Oh what will I make?

I'm linking up today with the wild and fabulous Molli Sparkles. This blog is a new one to me, but if you're looking for a unique quilt-y point of view, you gotta check out this one.

J