Some quilts are quick and some are slow

This one was started at the beginning of March and was actually finished, quilted and everything by the beginning of April, although I only just got round to photographing it.

The block design is known as a 'Bento Box' and it'll be available as a pattern and a workshop very soon!

This one was made from six specific fabrics, plus the neutral, as it is a Wedding Present and needs to fit in with the bedroom colour scheme, however I have worked out how it can easily be made from a Jelly Roll and a Charm Pack.

Here's a close-up of some of the quilting....

The next one is my Mariner's Compass Quilt which was started to accompany a workshop about 18 months ago (or maybe longer). In fact I finished the piecing by this time last year and took it on holiday with me to Italy which is where I started the quilting. Then it got put on the back-burner for almost a year. I just got it out the other week and finished off the quilting.

And a quilting close-up......

Quilts and Embroidery - Uttoxeter

Just had a busy weekend at the Quilts and Embroidery Show in Uttoxeter meeting old friends and making new ones.

 

We were able to put faces to a few names, as some regular mail-order customers came and introduced themselves, and it was great to be shown a photo of a finished quilt by one of my Block of the Month students.

We were happy to be sponsoring the Children's Category once again; glad to see that there were a few more entries this year and pleased that the winner was a young man. It was lovely to see last year's winner and her Mum sporting their 'Pocket Bags' made from the pattern that was given as part of the prize.

We're just about sorted out back here at home; taking the opportunity to Spring Clean in the workshop before we brought all the fabric back in.

Progress at last

I have finally put my Kaleidoscope Frenzy together and I'm in the middle of mounting it onto it's background, hence a few loose threads still showing at the bottom of the picture.

I've also had a successful attempt at making my Christmas Cracker sample ready for the Fabric Gifts and Treasures class on Tuesday.

Wild Flying Geese

This wall hanging started with a free-form design of swoops and swirls.

This was enlarged and reversed to create the master template. Some of the sections were filled in with Flying Geese-type designs.

The Foundation Pieced sections were constructed first, then the large background areas were cut out using Freezer Paper templates.
Joining the pieces together, with all those curved seams, involved lots of pins!

And here's the final result........

Another Kaleidoscope Frenzy

I know I've posted a picture like this before, but that was just a try-out, and in fact I got the sizes wrong.
Now I've made another 16 blocks. Here they are all laid out together, although I really plan to space them out with some plainer blocks in between. Then I think I'll do a plain black border, with some little Grandmother's Flowers appliqued all around.

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Tumbling Blocks cont'd

And here's the first few hexagonal blocks laid out, just to check that I'm getting the desired effect. I'm happy so far!

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Tumbling Blocks

Inspired by one of my students, Rose, I decided to have a go at a full Tumbling Blocks quilt, not just a block in a sampler quilt, which is all I've done with them up 'til now. Here's a box full of scrappy diamonds, tacked over freezer paper and sorted into lights, mediums and darks.

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Quilting Holidays in Italy

Alistair and I spent a week in Italy in June sorting out the details of the Quilting Workshops that we'll be holding in Umbria next summer.

Click on Quilting Holidays in Umbria Italy if you are interested in joining us or would like further details.

All Churned Up

Just finished number 2 on the list. Quilt top only; not layered and quilted yet. Made from a Layer Cake - Hope - using the Churn Dash block. Pattern coming soon.

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One down - ten to go

Started off today with eleven things on my to-do list. Just finished the first one which was to put together these four blocks, which will eventually be a cushion cover for the guest room.
They were made using the Freezer Paper method of Applique - one of the Alternatives that I teach as part of my Block of the Month class.

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