Work in Progress Wednesday

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Thanks to Quilts Ole, I have this beautiful fat quarter stack of Road 15 by Sweetwater for Moda.

These luscious prints definitely want to be a house quilt. Bring on the inspiration...

 

 

Here's what I've worked up so far in EQ7. I think I'll scale the vehicles down to a more reasonable size and put their row somewhere other than the very top. I still have a bit of work to do, but it's a work in progress, after all.

Giveaway

What this page needs is a giveaway. Wouldn't you like to win some washi tape and Frixion pens? If you haven't tried the pens yet, I recommend you do. You can use their gel ink to write on fabric, and when you iron it, it vanishes. I especially like using them for marking the center line when making half square triangles.

Disclaimer: Sometimes there is faint, white shadowing where the pen marks used to be following removal. I've also heard marks can reappear in extreme cold, which I can't attest to here in Albuquerque.

I'm new to the washi tape fan club, but if you need some ideas about what to do with it, check out Pinterest. There are plenty of ideas including highlighting your calendar, adorning candles, gift wrapping, and restyling a headband.

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Today's Trend - Scrappy Trip Along

If you can bear the thought of tossing your scraps, you're just the type of quilter that the ever-popular Scrappy Trip Along quilt would attract.

Here's one example from Kirsten of Gemini Stitches.

I love the interplay between the solids and the single, polka-dot fabric in Krista's, which can be found at Krista Stitched.

Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter is working on a holiday version that may inspire a use for my vast Christmas stash.

There's over 1,000 members in the Flickr group here.

If you want to make your own, see Bonnie Hunter's tutorial here.