Magpie Quilts

What is a WIP?? In my quilting world, a WIP is a work-in-progress. To get onto my WIP list, fabrics and maybe a pattern have been chosen and the fabric has begun to be cut into the pieces needed. If it's just a pile of uncut fabric and a pattern, it's not making the list!  Yellow Lady's Slipper and Sashiko border (2010) Hexagon tea cozy (2015) Rug Hooking Pansies (2017) Blue Sky Libby's Log Cabin (2017) Frog pond with Sashiko Pizza Box Blocks Rainbow 9-patch Good Fortune Mystery Tea Cozies Through the woods I think I've made good progress at getting the older projects off my list. Some I actually finished, others were repurposed into other projects, and one or two I gave away. I've probably got at least double this many projects that are piles of fabric with a pattern or an idea and those I'll get to when I can.  Ten is a manageable list for me and I love to make lists, just for the sake of being able to cross something off when it's...

Fabrics from a tiny human are deconstructed and cut up and reconnected in a memory quilt. Adult clothing is much easier as the pieces can be larger and the patterns are generally a little more toned down than children's clothing.  Auditioning possible layouts. I wanted to keep some of the pieces as big as possible, so the details wouldn't get lost in the busy quilt. I also added grey squares that formed paths through the quilt and gave the eye somewhere to rest, kind of like a path in the middle of a flower garden.  Cutting, piecing, adjusting until the whole layout was complete.  Still playing with the layout.  Filling in the last spaces. Adding a grey border to finish everything and contain the chaos!  Quilting by Marie Lingwood of Blueberry Hill Quilts in Chestermere. As you can see, there's everything from baby blue pastels to bright yellow and orange and even Christmas fabrics in this quilt. And I'd love to show you the complete...

So excited to show the finished quilt! Zoom in for a close up! In progress post here!  Love, love, love how beautiful this turned out. For those of you who have a fear of scrappy quilts, here's what can happen if you just go with the flow. All are fabrics chosen from my stash with no regard to matching other than we needed a stack of cool colors (blue, green) and a stack of warm colors (yellows, red, orange, pink) Quilted by Marie Lingwood of Blueberry Hill Quilts in Chestermere, Alberta. --Ann