Pillows and some WIPs

A couple of things finished that have been waiting for a 'wee while' (let's say no more!) Am joining up with my favourite linky parties:

• Crazy Mom Quilts' Finish It Up Friday  
• Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday  
• Quilting Reader's Garden WIP Party 
• Sarah's Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?  Thanks for the opportunity to share!

I had used some panels for quilting practice or to use up leftovers 
from projects and have finally turned them into pillows/cushions:

11" pillow: Made use of a couple of large scraps to practice a spiral...

12" pillow: Used a few more large scraps to try out some
FMQ designs before doing a larger quilt...

14" pillow: Used up some leftover charm squares 
for some more FMQ practice...

...backings made using Amanda Jean's tutorial...

And my current works in progress...

some leftovers for pillow fronts...

Using blue/purple toned Kate Spain 'Terrain' charm squares
for a Me & My Sister pattern: Easy as 10...

Using bright toned Kate Spain 'Terrain' charm squares 
for a Me & My Sister pattern: Easy as 10...

I really should be working on quilting up the flimsies that are on my Finish Along Q3 goals list, but with the school term underway, I can't really use the machine too much in the evenings (as it is in the corner of the living room and in the evenings 'my boys' are usually watching TV), so I instead look for patterns/fabrics I want to do projects with and do the cutting - which is quiet and then leads to doing the sewing in the ad breaks - much easier than trying to do FMQ, which can wait until the weekends) 

And anyway, all the quilting will have to wait until after I return from my trip to watch the Netball World Cup in Sydney! Go the Silver Ferns! Behind you all the way!!

Finished flimsy - 'KYSS Me By The Garden Wall'

A pattern from So Fresh Quilts made with two 10" stacks of Riley Blake's 'Fancy Free' and some yardage (not sure what it is).  I will use the yardage as backing as well (have found more of it in my stash, and am trying to use fabrics from the stash rather than buy new ones..)

I love the bicycle bricks!

Linking up with Crazy Mom's Finish It Up Friday...and Sarah's Can I Get a Whoop-Whoop!...and Quilting Reader's Garden WIP.

WIP Wednesday

Have sewn the 'bricks' together on this Kiss Me By The Garden Wall quilt, made using a couple of 10" stacks of Riley Blake 'Fancy Free' that have been sitting in the stash for a year or two.

Have found a gorgeous orange and pink Sugar and Spice chevron and spots print to use as the fat yardage strips that go between each block of four rows of bricks...watch this space!

Joining in with Lee's WIP Wednesday! Come back next week and see if I get it finished!

WIP Wednesday

Getting started on my Finish Along Q3 goals...

A small Folk Art Christmas lap quilt...

A Sweet Jane pattern 'Jumping Jacks' lap quilt using a charm pack of Fandango...

A massive head cold has struck my energy levels low, am just debating about finding yardage to make borders to make the quilts a bit bigger....