Windy City Days - finally a finish!

It feels like forever since I've had a proper finish to share, but today I am so happy to have a completed project to write about. Enough with all the WIPs already!
Det føles som en evighet siden at jeg hadde et fullført prosjekt å dele, men endelig er dagen her!

Lo and behold - the Windy City Days baby quilt:
La meg presentere - Windy City Days babyteppe:

The quilt was made using the Windy Days Quilt tutorial from Moda Bake Shop. I've renamed my quilt Windy City Days, because it may go live in the windy city (Chicago). I just need to make sure the new mom approves of these colors for her baby girl.
Mønsteret fant jeg her. Mulig teppet skal sendes til Chicago (med kallenavn windy city) - må bare sjekke om den nybakte moren godkjenner fargene.

The fabrics used were a charm pack of Oh Deer! by MoMo for Moda and two charm packs of Moda Bella Solids in Snow (which is not the same as Kona Snow - it's darker). Yes, I was a lazy girl and went all pre-cuts on this one.
Teppet ble sydd av en charm pack (42 5"x5" ferdig oppkuttede biter) Oh Deer! og to charm packs med Moda Bella i farge "Snow". Ja, jeg var lat og kjøpte ferdig oppkuttede firkanter!

For the back I used up the rest of the charms - not a square to spare (yes, that is a Seinfeld quote). The colored "border" on the back are various prints from my stash. And the binding was the remaining orange fabric from the back with a little aqua added to make it all the way around.
På baksiden brukte jeg opp resten av 5"-lappene og lagde en bord av diverse stoff jeg hadde liggende. Lukkekanten ble lagd av de samme stoffene (måtte skjøte med litt turkis i det ene hjørnet).

For quilting I did wavy lines every 2" - very quick and easy. I had intended to do some free motion quilting but chickened out/got lazy. Free motion quilting makes my shoulders so tense - I need to practice a bit more before I get comfortable with it.
Jeg quiltet teppe med bølgende linjer med ca. 5 cm mellomrom - veldig enkelt og raskt.

So that was one item crossed off my 100 Day Huste to-do list. Many more to go...

Oh - on Thursday the Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop is stopping by here. Eeeek! I hope to have a fun tutorial for you by then. Here are the stops on the blog hop for this week:

Oct 9
Amy from Sew Incredibly Crazy         
Foster from Foster Reviews It
Oct 11        
Chrissie from madebyChrissieD        
Marit from Sew, love, live


Linking up today with:

Weekend hustle

What did I do this weekend?
Hva gjorde jeg denne helgen?

Joined The 100 Day Hustle hosted by Kelsey of Kelsey Sews. If you want to join this work-along towards the end of the year (only 98 days left now) write up your to-do list and link up by end of the day tomorrow (Tuesday).
Meldte meg på 100 Day Hustle (100 dager med hardt arbeid) - en samling med bloggere som oppmuntrer hverandre til å få unna gjøre-listen sin innen utgangen av året.

Finished my Windy (City) Days baby quilt top. It is finishing at 36" square. I like a borderless quilt, but do you think 36" is too small?
Fullførte Windy (City) Days babyquilttopp. Den er ca. 1 kvadratmeter. Jeg syns det er fint med teppe uten bord, men er 1m for lite?

Sewed up September's Mystery BOM from Fat Quarter Shop. One for momma (me) and one for babygirl.
Sydde sammen september Mystery BOM. En til mamma (meg) og en til lillejenta.

What did you do this weekend?

Hva gjorde du i helgen?

Linking up today with:

Do the Hustle (do, do, do, do-do, do-do, do, do)

Can you believe it is only 100 days left of 2012? And that means about 92 days and counting until you have to be done with Christmas gifts (for those who celebrate Christmas). Eeeek!!!

Kelsey of Kelsey Sews is hosting The 100 Day Hustle, a supportive work-along for all us stressed out list-makers. Well, at least I get stressed out... So please give me some support!

The initial link-up is open September 22-25 and you can find the full schedule here. Did I mention there will be prizes? Yes. And you don't have to finish your list to win - how great is that?!?

So... On to the list making. I know my list is too long, and it will probably get ammended during the journey. But that is OK. So here goes - sorted by project type and kind of in order of priority...

QUILTY STUFF

1. WIP: finish Vintage Holiday quilt

2. Table runner with AMH feather pattern - thank you gift for my grandparents (waaay overdue...)
3. WIP: Finish California Cherry Blossom quilt top, send to professional quilter?
4. WIP: Finish Windy City Days baby quilt
5. Jack Attack quilt
6. Baby quilt for brother's baby due mid-December (gender a secret - boo)
7. Christmas tree skirt using some Joy charm packs in stash

GENERAL SEWING

1. Tote bag and key fob for Mouthy Stitches 2 swap DUE 10/20
2. Something (still a mystery to me) for the Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop DUE 11/12
3. Kenwood Mixer cover DUE 11/27
4. Minky/flannel blanket for brother's baby (same baby as above)
5. Hot pads/oven mitts (Christmas gift)
6. Zakka style nesting boxes (Christmas gift)
7. Cushions or tote bags for 2 nieces and 1 sister (Christmas gifts)
8. Christmas stocking for babygirl
9. Sewing machine cover (for ME)

CLOTHING (not high priority, but have all materials ready...)

1. Baprons for babygirl using laminated cotton
2. Christmas dress for babygirl
3. Liberty scarf (with crochet lace on ends?)

KNITTING (to get myself out of my sewing room, but not high priority)

1. Chunky cowl for myself (maybe crochet)
2. Red Christmas dress for babygirl (maybe...)
3. Green sweater for babygirl (have yarn)
4. Purple dress for babygirl (have yarn)

OK, I think I will end here. There are 23 things on my list. That gives me 4-5 days for each. Ummm, yeah. That's probably a bit unrealistic. I'll be lucky if I get half of these done. And I probably want to add some more Christmas gift items as I come up with more ideas. And this is only my CRAFTY to-do list. I do have other things to do... Time to crank up that sewing machine!

Now, what do YOU have on your to-do list?

Love, Pin, Win with Moda Bake Shop

If you are a quilter, you have probably visited the Moda Bake Shop - a site full of great tutorials for all those awesome precuts that Moda makes. Well, I'm a fan at least.
Hvis du quilter har du mest sannsynlig besøkt Moda Bake Shop - en nettside full av gratismønstre for alle Moda sine "pre-cuts". Jeg digger i alle fall siden.

And now they are having a contest where you can win the ingredients for one of their "recipes" by pinning the projects you love (rules can be found here).
Nå har de en konkurranse hvor man kan vinne ingrediensene til en av deres oppskrifter ved å "pinne" dine favoritter til Pinterest.

In no specific order, here are my favorites:
Mine favoritter, i tilfeldig rekkefølge:

I think the reason I love these the most is the way the prints stand out against the clean background using classic, clean designs. I am actually making the Windy Days quilt using an Oh Deer! charm pack. Will be sharing with you soon!

Grunnen til at jeg valgte disse er måten de mønstrede stoffene fremheves av den lyse bakgrunnen ved bruk av klassiske, rene design. Jeg er faktisk i gang med Windy Days teppet. Skal dele med dere snart!