WIP Wednesday - customer quilts

 

On Monday I expected to have five customer quilts to work on this week. I decided to start with the smallest of two quilts delivered on Sunday. I chose the pantograph Splash of Love by Anne Bright. There were hearts in several of the blocks which I spotted when choosing the design. Also it is designed to be  gifted as a baby quilt.

Next was a larger hexagon quilt which was quilted with a classic Baptist fan. It has turned out beautifully and both are now ready for collection.

Two quilts were delivered yesterday even though I was only expecting one quilt. No deadline for these but I’d like to have finished at least once before two more quilts are delivered on Friday. I also needed to find my December UFO. It was at the bottom of a storage box and surprisingly finished. I have bought a frame which I hope to paint before our group meeting on Saturday.

Monday make - Christmas quaker

 

It's so nice to have a finished project at last but I now need to decide how to mount it. This is Christmas Quaker by Primrose cottage stitched in Weeks Dye works Candy Apple.

My December UFO is Autumn Squirrel by Barbara Ana Designs. My first job today is to locate the project. I know I have worked on the dress and face of this project so it may not take as long to complete as it looks.

I have finished a long outstanding customer quilt which is being collected this afternoon. Two customer quilts were dropped off yesterday, the smaller of which I plan to work on today. In all I will have three more quilts being dropped off this week to work on before Lizzie arrives in just over a week. No pressure!

Sunday stash

 

Last Wednesday we spent in Leamington spa and Warwick with our son Matthew who was celebrating his 29th birthday. Not sure taking his parents shopping was top of his birthday list, but he did receive an advent calendar from us.

Matthew was excited to share a new discovery with us - Sostrene Green which he thought I'd love. He's not wrong as when I'm in London and Liverpool I usually find my way there for a quick mooch. I bought these illuminated mushrooms and house which survived the journey home.

Driving through Warwick on the way to Leamington Spa, I spotted the shop front of Quilter' Den who I have followed on Instagram for some time. We returned there later as it would be rude to not support local businesses! I also bought some more cute heat erasable pens from Ryman.

I use a lot of red and white spotted fabrics in my Christmas quilts so that was a quick choice, and the stripe was a bargain from the sale shelf. You can never have too many striped fabrics.

We left England on Thursday afternoon and now we're home we are so grateful that we didn't stay any longer as flights both yesterday and today are all cancelled due to storm Darragh.

I persuaded my husband to make a smallish detour via Guthrie and Ghani on the outskirts of Birmingham and picked up the dark blue version of Chicacheetah, I already have a metre of the same design in pink. Also, The Edit fabic by Nerissa is in the same colourway as another design of hers that I have in stash so I thought I could combine the two.

Friday progress

 

We have just returned from a flying visit to the UK to see Lizzie in Leeds and Matt in Warwick. The Leeds Armories weren't open on Monday, which was our only full day in Leeds, but we decided to visit on Tuesday on the way to Warwick. The Japanese exhibits were fantastic, but I let my husband roam around the exhibit and attend a talk, whilst I sat myself down in the cafe an enjoyed some carrot cake and stitched on my Primrose Cottage Christmas Quaker. 

I am using Candy Apple red and have almost finished the second of three skeins. Though there has been some unpicking, so fingers crossed, I have sufficient to finish the piece.

My December UFO is Barbara Ana's Autumn Squirrel which I will recommence after this piece is finished.