Headed in a New (Awesome) Direction

Happy Tuesday!

As you can probably tell I've been head to toe deep in quilting lately. Well I'm finally ready to announce why I've been utterly neglecting my stitching in favour of this 'hobby'. A hobby no longer, I've taken the plunge and opened an ETSY shop!!! 

I present to you the Wayward Needle!

I decided to call my shop the Wayward Needle because you never quite know what you're going to get when you put needle to fabric. Quilting is much like a journey. There are plenty of times that I had a plan for a project, got it all together and when I finished at the sewing machine, voila! it's not quite what I was expecting, yet just as lovely and exquisite. 

The sewing process always manages to find some way to surprise me. Whether it is an unexpected challenge or that just the slightest alteration can change something to make it awesome. I can honestly say when I am finally able to take a step back and look at my finished quilt it's almost like magic. From tiny pieces of fabric, to the thread in the needle, it all comes together to make a finished product that is ever so cool. 

One of my goals this weekend was to finish the quilt I've been working on over the past number of weeks to get my new business started!

Here it is!

While stitching will continue to be my first love (gotta get some of those WIPs done!), I'm going to keep on chronicling my quilting adventures here. I have another couple of projects on the horizon, and I cannot wait to continue sharing it all with you!

Ciao for now!

Melissa