WIP Wednesday ~ Row by Row ~ What to work on next

Rows from Ontario, and the Maritimes

My mom and her husband came home from their nearly 7 week adventure across Canada with a month spent in Cape Breton.   The visited a number of Row by Row Stores for me!  

Now I'm trying to figure out which row to sew first.   I have two local rows prepped and ready to sew!   I think I'll start there.....  And thinking of what to make with the great license plate from Atlantic Canada ~ Sew Creative!

I have the baby quilt to finish, a guild challenge (I have pieced some English Paper Pieced Hexies....), another row by row.....   or ?

July was a very busy month.  I didn't get my baby quilt finished that I was working on.  BUT I did complete one row by row challenge quilt, and take it to the quilt store.... and I won!   First one completed.  Now my quilt is hanging at Quilted Treasures.

Love the techniques used
on this row!   Very UNIQUE!
Crayons and hand Embroidery

My Certificate

Some more rows, picked up in Washinghton

I find it interesting the differences between the Row by Row Patterns. It has been an Experience for sure. I have been into some great quilt shops, some out of the way, some right on the main highway. Some that I've driven by once a year saying "I must get in there". I've purchased some great kits! Some stores have been madly trying to make kits as I walked in.

Some of the patterns are professional. Others leave something to be desired.   Some are all black and white, some colour, others have great packaging or presentation, others are just copies on as few pages as possible.  Some are scarce on instructions and not intended for a beginner quilter.  Others have great instructions and my 9yo could probably follow with little help.  Some have had scale misrepresentation (stretched photos), copying issues, missing lines, etc.... MOST have been amazing!   Some of the stores have hidden the display in a corner, others have it prominently displayed.  Some have guest books, others don't....

Most from the west coast have been appliqué, with a little paper piecing. But I got a number of pieced blocks from out east.  I'm loving the different techniques that take me outside my "normal" skills....

My Row by Row quilt.
Its hanging at Quilted Treasures in Coquitlam, BC

Quilted, Bound and Labelled.  

I tried to do the Piped binding technique... didn't quite work.
Got a different effect!

My youngest wanted to do one square from
one of the rows.... in PURPLE!

My prizes!

Another Challenge ~ Needle & I Quilting, Burnaby, BC

Another local quilt shop is hosting a summer challenge. I had picked up the pink/purple and black striped fabric in July and before I left on holidays, and was trying to design a quilt for it. I had designed a fully embroidered design, but then didn't want to test out my designs.... So appliqué, prairie points, and thread couching with some detailed fine quilting.... and stash fabrics! Head in to Needle and I during the month of August to vote for your favourite!

Birthday Gifts
My older niece had her birthday this month.... So I made an embroidered, appliquéd hooded towel for her.  I love the French Frills Embroidery Designs!  This is an "stripeless" zebra!

My younger niece has a birthday in the fall.... I'm trying to decide between a frame like this.... or an embroidered hooded towel!

Renovations!

Are slowly progressing!

Highland Games!
After some very warm highland games this season, we finished the season at Enumclaw at the Pacific Northwest Highland Games with a cool and wet weekend.  And the final massed bands included an ever increasing tempo on the march off trying to beat the RAIN!


A great weekend for all competitors.... including RMM3 (my son is the Pipe Major), placed 1st on Sunday!   Finishing their first year in Grade 3 VERY strong!   Congrats to RMM5 for your AMAZING season and aggregate win!

Best of luck to all the Pipe Bands headed to Scotland to compete at the Worlds!

And a list of Vancouver area fabric stores has been posted on Sewaholic.net!