Wednesday, January 18, 2012

WIP Wednesday #5 - Star Wars, RSS

In Progress - Sweet Star Wars
So, it goes. For anyone just tuning in, this is my first applique project ever; and I have picked a fairly ambitious design. I found adorable Star Wars art online, and I am trying to recreate the characters mostly Kona Solids. Here's who I've got so far:



Yoda and Chewie are just ironed on and not stitched, but I did get brave enough to try blanket-stitching Leia this weekend! She turned out better than I expected, although I am still glad I am not a perfectionist. Click the little photo below to see the detail of my stitching.



I'm also glad to say that I have finished cutting everyone out (7 characters total), so hopefully now things will move much faster.

Bound, but not Complete - Ready, Set, Snow
I finished the hand stitching on this, but discovered an unpleasant surprise: I missed a little bit of the top when I sewed the binding on! Augh! And of course I couldn't discover this *before* I hand-stitched that part, no: it was probably the jostling of the quilt as I sewed the other side that caused this particular ~2 inch segment to come loose


Said segment is on the bottom slightly right-of-center, so I think my best bet might be to just cover it with an applique. If anybody has any other ideas, I am all ears, though.

Binding - Eclectic Garden
More on this later; just started the binding this week.

No Progress:

Planning
-Trick or Treat

Piecing
-Christmas Traditions

In queue for pro quilting
-Froggin'

And, for proper linkage:

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced


Chewbacca: For the Link-up

7 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, those are so cute, and you applique is great!

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  2. I <3 ur chewie! What a fun project!!

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  3. What a fun project, these look so cute.

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  4. Those are so great! Chewie caught my eye right away on the WIP page :)

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  5. I LOVE these! I'm sorry I'm just tuning in -- what's the larger project? If you ever want to guest post on my blog (nerdysewist.wordpress.com), I would love it - this is the perfect nerdy quilty project!

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  6. I *love* your Star Wars quilt. They are adorable.

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  7. These cartoon characters are so adorable ya just want to squoosh them to pieces. Great job, anxious to see your assembly and sashing ideas next.

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