Here
is my first UFO of the year, my husband's Christmas gift. I wrapped a
picture of the pattern and put it under the tree, with a note saying to
look on my design wall. I would have had lots of time to finish the
quilt, if I wouldn't have kept changing which pattern I was going to do!
This is going to be the biggest quilt I've ever made, at 94" square.
I'm pretty sure my husband will see the finished quilt by next
Christmas! I'm in the process of piecing a gazillion squares for the borders (slow progress with the redo happening). Most of the fabrics were purchased online from
Hamel's Fabrics.
They had a fat quarter frenzy sale and the gals hand picked 50 perfect
fat quarters for me, an assortment of Civil War reproductions and muddy,
taupey fabrics.
While we were looking at the quilt on
the wall, he mentioned that during his holidays he may have time to get
a small project done if there was something I wanted, but no
guarantees. I can't remember what I said I wanted because the little
project has turned into a sewing room REDO!! I am so excited!!
My
old design wall was removed from this closet and shelves installed
(funny, I seem to remember a few years back asking to have the shelves
removed and a design wall put in, hmmm).
Some
of the shelves are just plywood at the moment, using what we had on
hand. Eventually they will get replaced with melamine shelving. Two
sliding basket units were added, and some empty space was left for
larger totes, sewing cases etc. While admiring the setup, I thought the
empty space for totes made it look like a desk area. In one of my very
rare lightbulb moments, I realized that my existing sewing table setup
would fit into the space. So the closet now looks like this!
The
beautiful maple set of drawers was made for me by my husband last year
:) The sewing table top is a piece of melamine with a cutout and
platform for my machine. I have got a lot of work ahead, organizing the
shelves. It doesn't show in the picture, but it is a war zone in the
other half of the room.
Tomorrow
I will post pictures of the new design wall. It's 92"h x 107" wide,
much bigger than the previous one. I just need to buy new batting for
it. I can't wait to see all 49 blocks of Todd's quilt on it. I am also waiting for a special delivery for my space, but more
about that later!
I'm linking up to
Work In Progress Wednesday at the Needle and Thread Network. Check out what my fellow Canadian Bloggers are doing! I've also linked up to
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced. Lots of inspiration!
Happy Stitching
corina
The
beautiful maple set of drawers was made for me by my husband last year
:) The sewing table top is a piece of melamine with a cutout and
platform for my machine. I have got a lot of work ahead, organizing the
shelves. It doesn't show in the picture, but it is a war zone in the
other half of the room.
