Another Finish

I have finished my quilt top! This one came together really easily, but it was the lack of enough fabric to make it like the original pattern that had me stumped for so long. I found this quilt in this book:

I love Cheryl's style. So I picked out a quilt from this book I got for Christmas to start my new year.

 And after changing the layout to accommodate the fabric I had, and really really wanted to use, I came out with a new layout. It took me a bit to really like it with the polka dots since that wasn't in my original plan.

But now I am happy with it and have already been planning how to quilt it. This one is going to be a cutie!  Linking up with Amanda Jean today.  Have a great weekend.

WIP Wednesday

Here it is, Wednesday again and I am still stitching away from my stash. Proud to say, even though there are a few things I would like to have, I haven't caved yet.  Here is this week's progress:

 This little sweetie is going to be a table topper for a small round table in my living room. All made from charms I collected and pin basted and ready to quilt. The border print is from Malka Dubrasky's line, Stitch in Color. I have been looking for something to do with this for a long time. I even mitered the corners!

 Here is my Flags quilt top. This is from Cheryl Arkison's book A Month of Sundays. I changed the layout to be able to use the fabric I had chosen, even though it wasn't quite enough. I have decide to put a thin row of dots in between each row of flags. Still trying to find my way through this one.

And last, but not least, this is the back of another small quilt. I am pin basting this today. I am not ready to show the front off just yet. This is for the Mosaic Tiles Quilt Along on Craft Buds.  Hope you are having a great week. Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced. Talk to you soon.

WIP Wednesday

So it's a vacation week for me and I am trying to do as much sewing as I can. I know once this week is over, it will be back to 30 minutes sewing here and there. And I am going to share lots of it here, I hope. So today, it's WIP Wednesday here.

I have about 5 or 6 projects in motion, but today I am focusing on this one:

 I asked for a few quilting books for Christmas and Santa didn't disappoint. This one has been on my list since it came out. I love Cheryl's style and this book is more than just quilts. Beautifully done.

 My goal is always to use these books and not just read them and stack them aside. This quilt really spoke to me for some reason, so I chose it for my first one from the book. (Sorry for the crappy lighting in the sewing room)

 I have been wanting to use these lovelies since I bought them and this seems the perfect project for the first cuts. I am trying really hard to sew from my stash this year. This pattern is supposed to be paper pieced, which I have to admit, I still have never tried. I wasn't ready to try it with this one yet either. I used my Tri Recs tools rulers which happened to be the exact size I needed for these.

I have been saving this yard of Wordplay for about a year I think, and decided it would be perfect for the background. Trouble was, I needed another yard to do the layout in the picture.  I put out a plea here and on flickr to see if someone had another yard they would be willing to trad, but alas, no takers. So I set out to reconfigure the layout and make it work. I tried adding several different fabrics for a more scrappy background, but I just didn't like it. So my little quilt will be even rows of 5 flags each. It should finish at about 42 inches square, instead of the 42 x 54 size. I am still going to love it.
Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced. Talk to you soon.