Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Work in Progress Wednesday #15 quilting, spice roll and a giveaway!

It's Wednesday again, and although I seem to have had lots of time for sewing, I haven't found much time for blogging lately, except these weekly Wednesday posts, so I am thankful to Lee at Freshly Pieced for hosting this link party and keeping me regularly (though definitely not enough) blogging. 
I have had a productive week.  I got my Lark baby quilt basted and quilted.  For this quilt I used a feather X design in combination of feather wreaths in every other block to give the look of X's and O's- like you are wrapping your baby in hugs and kisses.  I am very pleased with the result and am proud to have finally conquered a good looking feather wreath- I have been working hard on them.  I just need to get the binding on this quilt and I will be all finished and quite happy to be putting it up for sale in my etsy shop. 







I also got a custom order from my etsy shop this week for one of my traveling spice roll ups.  This was a design I came up with when my caterer friend asked me if I had any ideas of something that would hold her spices when she went to different events.  I thought about it for a while and eventually came across these small glass vials with screw top lids- and I thought I could make a roll up out of these.  I have made many crayon roll ups for child's gifts over the years- but a spice roll up was a new venture.  I ended up making mine like I do my quilts with a layer of batting, some free motion quilting and binding to hold it all together.  This protects the glass vials very nicely.  My customer wanted a roll up to hold 30 vials- and I am quite pleased with the results.   While these vials work great for spices they also could be used in many different ways- they would be great for a beader on the go, or could hold lots of sprinkles and food colorings for bakers- and I am sure you all could come up with even more ideas!  I hope the new recipient really loves their new spice roll up. 




I also wanted to announce a giveaway I am hosting this week.  Mothers day (which happens to fall on my Birthday this year) is coming up quickly and I am giving away any $25 half apron of your choice from my etsy store- which would be a fantastic Mothers day gift.  To win all you have to do is comment below with what you would store in a glass vial (spice) roll up- or follow my blog and enter that in a second comment for a second entry.  The winner will be randomly chosen next Wednesday, and announced here for WIP Wednesday.  Hope all of you had a great week too and Thanks Lee for hosting another WIP Wednesday!

20 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilting!! I"m really impressed with your feathers! Your projects look pretty cool and I think your spice rolls would be great for people to use for camping! :)

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  2. ooooh I would use it for beads rather than spices, is that allowed? love your aprons - so classy!

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  3. Your quilting is beautiful, and I love the idea behind it - to wrap your baby in hugs and kisses - that's so sweet!

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  4. I would store different sprinkles for cookies in each one and take them with me to cookie club parties. (My friends and I get together from time to time to make and decorate cookies throughout different times of the year.) I think they would be impressed with my sprinkle assortment. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  5. I like to make jewlery. Many of the things are tiny such as beads and closures and my little needles. I would put those items in the bottles. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  6. Love your quilting, how cool to wrap a baby in hugs and kisses!
    Hmmm brain fog has descended, I can't think of anything fun and original, but I suspect that it would end up with beads and small notions.

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  7. Oh and I'm a follower :-)
    fingers crossed x

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  8. Your Lark quilt is just beautiful! And what a great idea for the spice roll--many possibilities for its use.

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  9. Love the quilting- it's beautiful!

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  10. I cook in a lot of different kitchens, and I have no idea how many times I've expected to find a spice in someone's cupboard only to be disappointed! I love this idea for spices!

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  11. Well I couldn't think of anything cooler then your idea for the spice roll up, but I did have one idea. If you made a smaller version with seven containers, it could be a pill organizer. Pill cases are so ugly! So any women would love to tuck that into her purse and have the exact pills she needs. Or you could do 14 containers for AM and PM doses. Just a thought. I love your beautiful work as always. And if I win, I will not be using my apron as a mothers day gift. I will be keeping it for myself :)

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  12. You're probably getting so much sewing done because you're not blogging ;o) Cool idea with the spice roll up, I might use it to hold teddy bear eyes and joint hardware when travelling

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  13. What a pretty quilt....color and the quilting are fantastic!

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  14. Congratulations on the feather wreathes. They're hard, and you've done them beautifully.

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  15. The Lark quilt look lovely, great quilting.
    The spice roll is a really good idea, I would use one as well.

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  16. I think your spice jars would be perfect for beading, sequins or any (and many) types of embellishments!

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  17. I am a follower for a second entry. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  18. that spice roll thing could have so many uses.
    haha mad scientist on the run!

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  19. Love your quilting! Well done!

    I wanted you to know that I've nominated you for the Liebster award - find the details on my blog http://handmadebyfarahlin.blogspot.com/2012/05/vote-for-me-and-liebster-award.html

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