WIP Wednesday {6.1.2011}

Wednesday already?  This week WIP Wednesday is over at Elizabeth's, how fun is that??  Be sure to stop over and check out what's going on this week!

Completed Projects

Baby Sewing

This past Saturday I attended a baby shower and wanted to put together a fun gift for mom and baby.  I made three of these bibs using this tutorial from sewshesews.  I also put together this fun diaper wreath with all sorts of baby extras, like pacifiers, onesies, and of course little cute toys and soft stuffed animals.

Bee Stuff

Today I sent out what seemed like nine hundred manilla envelopes filled with what else, but fabric!  June is my month to be the "queen bee" in both the Sew Fun bee and the Solids Bee, while this will be awesome when the completed blocks start rolling in later this month, it was slightly headache inducing cutting and packing up 22 different zip lock baggies of fabric!  Needless to say, I'm glad to have this crossed off the to do list.  I also finished up May's bee blocks that also went out in the mail today.  It really does feel so good to get these smaller projects done so I can turn my focus to this...

In Progress

Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Slow and steady wins the race.  That is my motto with this quilt.  I actually had a quick fleeting thought as I finished putting together the first row of "What about a double wedding ring table runner??"  Haha.  No no, I kid, I kid, but seriously, this is by far the most difficult quilt I've tackled yet.  I will say, it is so motivating to start seeing how this is going to come together as I add each block to my design wall. 

These are the next 8 arcs to be attached to the "melons" as the directions call them...and the resulting fabric scraps.  The pattern I am using for this quilt has you paper piece each arc, which does result in quite a lot of fabric scrap, however using this method guarantees that your seams are 100% accurate when piecing all the arcs, which I think is a huge help for me at least.

For anyone who has done a quilt like this, any tips for attaching the rows to each other??  The directions I have aren't overly detailed, which has been ok to this point, but I'm anticipating a possible struggle at that step.  I'm thinking I'll pin each arc, and almost sew each arc separately, instead of the entire row at one time?  Hmmm...I suppose I still have time to figure that part out... 

Quilt tops awaiting quilting

Central Park Baby Quilt
Postage Stamp Quilt

This Weeks Stats

New Projects: 0
Completed Projects: 3
Ongoing Projects: 5

May Bee Blocks
Postage Stamp Quilt
Central Park Baby Quilt
Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Apron Project (cousin's bridal shower)

10 zip pouches (cousin's bridal shower)

Kitchen themed gift basket (cousin's bridal shower)...oh the joys of being a bridesmaid! :-)
June Block Prep
Baby Sewing