WIP Wednesday with Freshly Pieced & Sew Fresh Quilts

I thought it is was a good idea to do a work in progress post once a week.  When I read the blog by Freshly Pieced I knew this was the one I wanted to participate in, there are several in the blogosphere, I like hers.

My WIP is a smaller project compared to my quilts and should be done soon.  I was looking on-line for a book I had heard about for free motion quilting when I found this 

Can I just say I decided to buy this one instead after reading about the book, finding her blog Green Fairy Quilts on line and reading about her. Judi Madsen, I LOVE her style and realized its all so simple if you think of it as drawing, not free motion.  What I have never posted before is my favorite class starting with grade school was Art class, drawing and painting specifically.

It's so simple, can I say CLICK, don't you just love when that happens!  So my WIP is a small quilted basket I will be using as a catch-all next to my sewing machine.  I picked one of her quilt blocks, made 3 and will quilt them.  

Now for some pics

 

I drew some stencils on cardboard and used a heat release pen 

I put a different one in each square, I picked items from the fabric

Added some filler

 

I even like it from the back, you won't see any of this once it's done due to the lining. 

I wanted a small project to try out some quilting, but I also wanted to make something I could use.  I don't like practicing on scrap and then not making something with it. 

Linking up with WIP at Freshly Pieced

 

and Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts

 

 

time to sew,
Pam