Quilt ADD in therapy

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Other than my family, the passion of my life is quilting. An eclectic, I love a wide variety of styles and techniques encompassing both machine and hand work. I am a longarm quilter who can work for you. I enjoy any style, from pantographs to all-over to full custom, ranging from traditional to modern. I love bringing vintage tops to life and am willing to work with a challenging quilt top. Instagram: lyncc_quilts

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

WIP Wed - 14 Nov 2012 - Let's Get Santa Scooting!



I'm busy at work on the patchwork border for my Once Upon a Star project. 



^ Those are going around this:


And I've started a brand new project!!!  I am so very ready for something NEW! And this is totally new, not from my UFO list.

 It's qualified, though. I'm on a serious mission to sew up the 400 Gazillion projects I already have, so I have a strong rule about buying anything outside of what is needed for current projects. But somebody had this totally cool Santa scooter fabric at their Etsy shop when I was purchasing a sweater for our freezing cat, and there's a very special reason why it had to get to our house. So I bought it under strict conditions. The rules: It MUST become its destiny this Christmas; It MUST be used ONLY with existing stash; and the project MUST break a quilting "rule."


So I mulled over a design and then combed through my holiday tub. The black and just a smidge of gold will frame off the scooter fabric and make some other design elements. 

These greens will create a rule-breaking background. The burgundy-red is actually a fine-wale corduroy for the back. Not exactly rule-breaking, but unusual and warm. No way I'd use it if I were going to free-motion quilt this project. But I'm planning simple organic lines with a walking foot for almost all of it, so it should be OK. The metallic gold-gridded black will be used for the binding.

 The whole thing on paper is rather reminiscent of Santa's belt and buckle somehow. Just wait 'til you see it in a week.

 SOOOOO antsy to get this sewn up!!  :D


Thank you to Lee and this week's host for facilitating this motivational link-up!
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced
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11 comments:

  1. Stacey NapierNovember 14, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    I'm intrigued and can't wait to see what you whip up. Good luck!

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  2. heatherNovember 14, 2012 at 6:28 AM

    Interesting!
    I love the Christmas quilt all together.

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  3. LindaNovember 14, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    That Santa scooter fabric is one of my favorites, and it's getting hard to find (I also bought some on Etsy). I made placemats out of it-- can't wait to see what you do with it!

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  4. ShannonNovember 14, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    I love all those wintery animals on your quilt. Soooo lovely. Can't wait to see it finished.

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  5. KateNovember 14, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    Wait, wait - a sweater for your cat??
    The scooter fabric is awesome - can't wait to see what you come up with!

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  6. landscapeladyNovember 14, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    The fabrics on your top photo are making me drool, so nice! I did some of those McKenna Ryan blocks as small wall hangings - doing the whole quilt was to daunting so I admire you for doing it. And can't wait to see what you d with that scooter fabric - awesome!

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  7. Karen@littlebirdiequiltingNovember 14, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    The snowy penguin Christmas quilt will look great with those fabrics for its borders. I am visiting from the WIP link, for the first time, and saw on the sidebar of your blog that you are doing a Dear Jane quilt- me too, but it's one of those 10-year projects for me!

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  8. FreddieNovember 15, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    Love the scooters.
    I am not sure why your fabrics are rule breakers. I clearly haven't read the rule book. :-)

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  9. Darling Jill QuiltsNovember 15, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Good luck with your borders. Love that scooter fabric!! :)

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  10. Nat at Made in HomeNovember 16, 2012 at 2:16 AM

    The scooter fabric is amazing!

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  11. RoslynNovember 17, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    Love the fabrics in the "Once Upon A Star" project they re yummy?

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