BluePip Designs

All the snow we've been getting has made me lazy - case in point, I finished stitching up not one but TWO cross-stitch projects in the last two weeks, one a monthly stitch-along from 2018 and one a Christmas design that hadn't been touched in about 13 months.  As soon as I finish them, I'll share them here.  It's been hard to motivate myself to go downstairs and sew, although I generally find that once I'm down there I don't want to leave!  Here's some of the progress I've made sewing in small chunks. First, is my scrappy trip around the world.  I'm six blocks in and loving the way all the fabrics are playing together.  I found a backing for this quilt in my stash (bought for a different project online but didn't match it well enough once it arrived) which makes me more excited to work on this.  The picture doesn't quite do the snow we've gotten justice - it was reaching the top of my boots today, which is about 12" from just la

I'm celebrating with this adorable mini version of the I Heart You pattern by Pen and Paper Designs .  I made this quilt for a swap - my first swap in over a year!  I over-committed in 2017 and swore off swaps in 2018, but I couldn't resist this quick and cute one!  Happy celebrating to you!

My goal for this month is to work on number ten on my 2019 goal list : the Paper Round quilt!  I made all of the curved pieces in January as part of an Instagram challenge and now I just need to piece them together into a complete top. Normally my goal is to finish the entire quilt, but this month I am going easy on myself.  February is a short month and I don't know what I want to use for the back of the quilt yet, so I am keeping the goal reasonable (plus, there are a few new quilt alongs that are calling my name.  Ice cream quilt , anyone?) I'm linking up my goal with Elm Street Quilts !