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Barn Door QAL – Week 1 Progress

January 13, 2014 by Michelle

Here’s my progress for the first week of the barn door qal. It took a few tries with the seam ripper to get things lined up but I’m really liking the direction this is going.

Barn Door Quilt 1

Barn Door Quilt 2

Barn Door Quilt 3

Lack of light and crummy weather makes me do crazy things… like pretend my quilt is a wall hanging. Actually, it would be a pretty cool wall hanging.

Barn Door Quilt

I was all jazzed to work on this again tonight, but our power is out so I’m sitting in a coffee shop, drinking sugary things and checking my email way too often. 🙂 Hopefully tomorrow!

Filed Under: Work-In-Progress

Comments

  1. Sarah Schraw says

    January 13, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    It looks like an amazing flag / wall hanging in that last pic!

    I completely love it!!! Such beautiful colors. And your points are lining up just right. 🙂

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:09 am

      I’m seriously considering making another as a wall hanging. My walls are so empty! It took a few tries on getting the points to line up, but I think I’m finally in the groove 🙂

  2. Willit says

    January 13, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    It’s looking great. Keep up the good work (when you have your power back).

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:10 am

      Thanks!!! Our power is back now, so I’m hoping to get more done tonight. Hooray!

  3. Lorna McMahon says

    January 13, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    I feel for you with the power outage. A lot of that going around this season. Your progress is fantastic! Love the fabric choices! Hope your power is restore soon and you can get back at it!

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:14 am

      Yah, this has been a bizarre winter! Luckily the power’s back now. Last year we had a storm that knocked out power for 2 weeks! I hope that doesn’t happen again, but I would make a lot of progress on my epp if it did 🙂

  4. Fran says

    January 14, 2014 at 1:29 am

    Fabulous work, so precise!

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:15 am

      Thanks Fran! The secret is lots of seam ripping 😉

  5. Kelsey says

    January 14, 2014 at 6:39 am

    This is looking beautiful! I’m loving the colors and how the darks and lights play off each other. Also, the chambray 🙂

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:18 am

      Thanks Kelsey! I’m a bit obsessed with these colors right now. And especially the chambray! I actually made myself switch to Kona navy for a few stripes for fear of diminishing my chambray stash too much… I’m becoming a hoarder 🙂

  6. AmandaK@whatthebobbin says

    January 14, 2014 at 8:14 am

    Love the colors you’re using. Can’t wait to see it all come together 🙂

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:21 am

      Thanks Amanda! 🙂

  7. Kimberly @ RobotMomSews says

    January 14, 2014 at 9:04 am

    Ooooh I love this!!! It’s gorgeous!!!

    • Michelle says

      January 14, 2014 at 10:26 am

      Thanks!! I’m super excited about it! 🙂

  8. snips says

    January 15, 2014 at 5:56 am

    I love this, it’s so gorgeous! I wanted to take part in this QAL but i just don’t have the time for anymore projects. Seeing what you have going on makes me think i should dump one of my projects and start… must resist!

    • Michelle says

      January 15, 2014 at 11:00 am

      hahaha, Sarah and I are going to keep tempting you to join in! I’m doing a baby version. I don’t know if that’s any faster but in my mind it is! But really, your list is usually a mile long and I don’t want you to stress 🙂

  9. Jess @One English Teacher says

    January 19, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    I love the colors that you’re using! Like, love, love, love them 🙂 You were so diligent to make your points match up and they look great! I’m afraid by the time I’m done with my version of this quilt, I might title it “An Ode to Imperfection.”

    • Michelle says

      January 20, 2014 at 10:08 am

      Thanks for the visit Jess! I am super excited about my colors as well 🙂 It’s the first quilt I’ve made that’s really felt like “me”. I spent a lot of time with my seam ripper on this one, although I have started slacking off a little and saying things like “will anyone notice this from far away”? 🙂 I can’t wait to check out your project!

  10. Daisy says

    January 25, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    Yep. Totally works as a wall hanging. The baby won’t miss it. Let it hang!

    • Michelle says

      January 26, 2014 at 11:15 am

      Haha, the baby’s not born yet, so I could totally steal it without him knowing 🙂

  11. Whitney Leonard says

    January 28, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    Did I mention that I am LOVING this?!! The chambray is inspired. Can I have one to hang on my wall too? Great job with your points as well!

    • Michelle says

      January 29, 2014 at 12:02 pm

      Thanks so much Whitney! I want to use Chambray in every project now. I’m so in love. Haha! I wish I had time to make another one for a wall hanging.

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