WIP Wednesday: the one where diamonds are a quilter's best friend!

I fear I have done pretty much nothing these last couple of weeks, which is why my WIP Wednesday has been non-existent.

However, this morning, I put some effort in and finally completed a project!

Finishes!

Diamonds Dancing In Rainbows

Finally made up my mind about the borders, and sewed the diamond corners on!

Got them all lined up and sewed together:

And done!

Crappy photography due to crappy light. (And crappy photographer, ie. me!)

I think this one will provide some lovely opportunities for practising my FMQ - I'm thinking some Angela Walters techniques for practise!

NAME: Diamonds Dancing In Rainbows
SIZE: 55" x 59"
NOTES: Kona solids, 5" squares, from the I <3 Kona charm swap run by Alyssa at Pile O'Fabric!

WIPs

Honey Mermaids

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

I bought some grey and some brown as possible borders for the quilt and laid them out with the fabrics - I figured one could be the front and one could be the back.

Now I'm not so sure. I like the brown more than the grey, but not as much as I hoped. So I did another card match and bought some Pure Honey for the borders. I think this will probably work better than either the grey or the brown - the grey didn't feel quite warm enough for the yellows, pinks, and purples, but I'm a bit iffy about the brown...

So I ordered 3 yards of Pure Honey. If that doesn't match, then I'll go with the brown.

And I'm wondering if I can find a match for the Plum Swimming Sisters background, to fill out a little of this strip - it's a bit too narrow, you see, and I'd like to be able to use as much of it as possible...

Incidentally, if you happen to have any Swimming Sisters In Plum (above) or Mermaids In Brown, I'd love to swap some for any of these prints:

I'd be willing to swap 3:2 for either of the Seahorse prints (ie. you send me 1FQ of the Swimming Sisters in Plum/Mermaids in Brown, I send you 1.5FQ of Seahorses).

Scrap Attack {String Fever}

Okay, so the Scrap Attack challenge has finished and I only got 27 blocks completed. Argh. Just couldn't quite get it happening!

They do look pretty in their colour arrangements!

I'll keep going on this - slowly and steadily. It's not a priority right now: I need to get my giftquilts done for the US trip!

Modern Mini: Teeny Tiny HST Time!

Going to try to get something in for the Modern Mini Quilt Challenge over at Ellison Lane Quilts, but no guarantees!

This is what I have so far - the HSTs leftover from my quilt Build Me Up, Buttercup!

They're going to be 1.75" at most. AT MOST. Did I mention teeny and tiny?

I'm thinking a cushion. I pulled out one of those 50L plastic storage containers full of raw cushions (no covers). Quelle horreur! How can this be in the house of a sewist? QUICK! I MUST AWAY TO THE SEWING MACHINE! *swirls cape*

To Do

1-2-3-GO MOMO!

A nice simple quilt, with an oldie but goodie fabric line - Momo's Just Wing It! I've had this FQ for ages, and it's sitting around begging to be used! Consider it done!

Plus, you know, everything's at right-angles. That should make it easy, right? RIGHT?!

If this one works, I might end up using it for the FQ bundle of Kate Spain's Terrain I have sitting around...

Sydney Craft And Quilt Fair

So, it's on now (today!) at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, and while I have won no prizes, I have three quilts in there that look quite stunning. (At least, they look pretty stunning from the photos I've been sent!) I was going to go in today, only I got injured last night at hockey training and am now laid up with a bung knee. It'll heal in a day or two, but until then...limited walking around, I think! I'll go in on Friday instead.

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So, what have you been up to this last week? Have you linked up at WIP Wednesday?