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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Christmas is just around the corner!

I decided to sew a couple patchwork Christmas stockings for my roommate and my apartment this year.  Thimble Blossoms' patterns were on sale last week and I bought the Merry stockings and Swoon patterns.  It's tough sewing this in secret so I can surprise her later with it!  Freshly cut out in stocking form this morning before work:




I'll change one thing when I do this pattern the second time.  The pattern says to cut out 3.5" squares to make the pinwheels, then trim them down a bunch.  I thought that was a little wasteful, so I'd probably make the squares smaller initially.  I'll try it when I make the back of this one and see what happens.



My current list of projects:

Finished!

Being Quilted:

Completed tops needing backings & quilting:
Verna Friendship Braid
Simply Squares Vintage sheets 
Central Park Charming Stars
Hunky Dory Bubblegum
Vintage Sheets Mod Sampler

Tops in pieces:
Sew Cherry Snapdragon Quilt
Cherish Nature Circle in Squares
Hunky Dory Pandora's Box
 
Vintage Sheets New Wave 

New projects this week: 2
Finished projects this week: 2  


WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced


21 comments:

  1. What a pretty stocking! Looks great.

    Mary
    http://www.quiltgenius.com

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  2. What a fun thing to do with pinwheels. Love it!

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  3. Beautiful! Pinwheels are so much fun!

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  4. I really love your Bliss sampler! And I like the pinwheel stocking too!

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  5. What a clever stocking design! hmmmm...

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  6. What a fun stocking! I like that it's Christmas-y without being OTT. Nice work!

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  7. Great stocking! and great blog name! I just saw that movie again last week... such a classic!

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  8. When I saw the mini photo on the link-up I thought that red and green pinwheels would be a great Christmas quilt. I just squealed when I saw it was a stocking. Love it!
    ~Kimberlee

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  9. The stocking looks great. By the looks of your list you sure have plenty to keep you busy.

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  10. Beautiful stocking - your roommate is very lucky :)

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  11. Cute wee stocking, and good luck with your swoons :o)

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  12. What a lovely stocking and what a sweet and thoughtful gift!

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