Wentworth County Quiltworks

Yayy, I'm posting a work-in-progress update and it's still Wednesday!!  Woohoo!   I fell behind when I was sick for a few days (I'm feeling much better, thank you!) and for the past two days I've been trying to play catch-up.  I think I'm just about there finally! I don't have a lot in the way of photographic updates, but I did complete the cross-stitching on block #1 of my embroidered quilt WiP.  That's one block down and 17 left to embroider, before beginning the hand quilting process! Think this quilt might take a few years to complete, LOL?

I also had Amanda from Ruby for Women, which is a social networking site for Christian women that I belong to, approach me about writing monthly updates on my Bible block quilt progress for their ezine!  I jumped at the chance, you betcha!

I also managed to get Wentworth County Quiltworks.com up and running, but the site's still a little sparse!  I want to add photographs, tutorials, and one day, a little Quilt Along community to it, or maybe some BOM stuff - we'll see what happens over time!  I'm open to suggestions and all the help I can get!

Speaking of quilt alongs - I've also been preparing this week to participate in my first ever QAL over at Don't Call Me Betsy's!  I'm really looking forward to it but that'll have to be a topic for another post!  Stay tuned....

For more Wednesday Works in Progress, head over to Lee's at  Freshly Pieced!

And don't forget Esther's WOW (WiP on Wednesday) feature here.

Things are moving ahead with the antique Sunbonnet Sue quilts!  It may not look like it when this completed 20-block quilt top:

has become this pile of 20 individual blocks cut through the sashing:

But sometimes you have to backtrack before you can move ahead!  In this case, the top sashing was ripped and couldn't be fixed, and I have my reservations about the sturdiness of the sashing, period.  Since there's no point quilting something that may not hold together for the long term, I decided to take this quilt top apart and redo the sashing before I quilt it. This pile of fifteen Sunbonnet blocks pressed and squared up nicely!

They originally looked like this - crooked and limp!  The plan is to put them together first in a quilt-as-you-go style.  Then I'll finish taking the sashing out of the other twenty and put them back together.

 

Also, I'm almost done block #1 of this Rose of Sharon cross-stitch, for my embroidered quilt:

Happily, it's been a productive week!  For more Wednesday Works in Progress, head over to Lee's at  Freshly Pieced, which is really at Don't Call Me Betsy's this week.   Esther also has a WOW (WiP on Wednesday) feature here.