BluePip Designs

My goal for November was to slow down and focus on the joy of sewing and I hit that metric!  Slow sewing isn't all that blog-able, so I saved it all for one recap post.  Maybe you'll recognize some of these old forgotten projects. First, I finished a mini pillow.  This block was the start of a quilt-along that never got off the ground for me due to too many other projects.  The book pattern is called Tall Tales and lots of fun to make! Then I decided to make a paper-pieced block, so it was back to my Rainbow Blossom quilt .  I accidentally pre-ordered this Cipher fabric from two separate websites so it seemed like the perfect fabric to make the word "Inspire" with.  Once I had the block done, I went ahead and sewed all the blocks I have made together. Next, I went back to another quilt-along, the  Scrappy Trip Along !  I made two blocks for this, which brings my total up to 11 (I need 16).  The small watering c...

Are you ready for Christmas?  Target is, so I decided that was the most logical place to take a picture of my most recent quilt finish!  I went in right at 7am and one of the employees was nice enough to take this for me.  I'm calling this quilt Holiday as a nod to the fact that the front is made entirely of Alison Glass' Holiday line . I also took some pictures outside with a pine tree, but I think the Target ones adds the bling that was missing from this one - I'm not quite ready to put up the decorations at my own house yet!  This quilt is my version of the Ultimate Beginner Quilt-Along hosted by the Fat Quarter Shop . I made up my own setting for it - the "holly balls" in the center just break up the green a little bit since I'm not a huge fan of borders.  It may look complicated, but it was pretty easy - cut two strips of your background fabric that are 1.75" wide and one strip of the contrast color that is 1.5" wide.  Sew the stri...

It's been a busy few months around my sewing room - after not finishing a quilt since June (when I finished both Trinket and Tula Pop ) I finished three in October ( Paper Round , Sweet Treat , and Kinship ).  Remember my flying geese fussy cutting tutorial ?  That quilt is done too, and will get its blog post later this week.  So, how to top that?  The answer is to slow down! I'm really loving seeing my WIP list shrink - I haven't even started a new quilt project since June!  But with all these big finishes, I've been neglected a list of smaller things I want to get done. While I want to do all of these things, I've decided to make my goal be only the one I want done most - the Harry Potter mini.  This was hanging on my wall forever until the painter's tape just gave up and it fell to the floor.  I miss it and instead of just taping it up again I think it deserves to be a finished mini!  Here he is in all his wrinkled, tapey gl...