W.i.P. Wednesday

I'm continuing on with my W.i.P. Wednesday posts, even though the link-up is closed until January. It just helps me keep track of progress!

Completed projects

Wonderland Christmas tree skirt - I love how it turned out - non-traditional and all!

If you'd like to see more pics, see here and here.

Giveaway Day project - There's still time to enter! {here}

Ongoing projects
Hollywood Boulevard table runner - The top is done! The pattern is by Atkinson Designs, and though the piecing was slow at first, once I got the blocks done, it went together (and nice!) in no time.

Wrenly hst quilt - no progress. Sad but true.

Upcoming projects  
* Placemats for Christmas gift - really need to get started on these!
* do.Good Stitches December blocks - soon! Due by the end of the month! yikes
* A light box - daughter dear and I both want one. Maybe I'll ask son-in-law. hmmmmm
* Hometown "Wild Thing" - will wait till January

* Pattern for Mango - hopefully in early 2012!
* Quilts for siblings #2 and #3

Alot got done this last week, but still some deadlines to meet!

Ruby X

I fell in love on flickr . . .

1. Mini Cross Quilt for Kerry

1. Pillow Talk Swap, R.6 _Finished

. . . so much so, that I was compelled to make a mini x-quilt for myself. Not finding a pattern or tutorial, I had to figure it out. So I grabbed a charm pack, did the math, then went to work cutting and piecing.

I'm not sure why, but I'm loving these little 'x's!

For her mini quilt challenge, amylouwho had encouraged us to "try something new and break out of our comfort zones". I had already done that by working without a pattern, and decided to really go for it, and try a new free-motion quilting pattern. {Considering I had only ever done free motion here and here, this was a pretty big deal.} But I decided to go for it and did a swirly-ish meander. Perfect? No way. Did my friend the seam ripper help me out occasionally? Yup. But I kept repeating to myself, "I'm supposed to try something new! I can do this!"

And so, here is "Ruby X", 16 X 20" of darling, quilted up with determination rather than mastery. And I'm smitten again.

block fabric-Ruby by thimble blossoms; background-by basicgray;

sashing-KONA coal; binding-stash dots; blocks are 4"

Watch for a tutorial in the next few days! See Mini 'X' Quilt Top tutorial here! Meanwhile, linking up with the mini quilt challenge, {sew} Modern Monday, and Fabric Tuesday!



And adding to the new Modern Mini Quilts group on flickr!