Hello again and finally I have finished this quilt.  I straight lined machine quilted this one with a neutral thread.

 

 

Most of the fabrics used in this quilt top are light décor weight and linen/cotton mix.

 For the backing I used a beautiful soft voile

 

love the horses on this one

 

I now have the mate to this quilt to finish. The original pattern was to make one very big quilt but I decided to halve the fabric and make two smaller quilts.  Both have 100% cotton batting.  Both quilts are 48"x65" so would look lovely draped over the end of two girls beds

 

More photos to come of the matching quilt once I have finished it soon.

 

Both quilts (as well as others) will be for sale at the Bilgola School Fete

 Sunday 26th October 2014

 

thanks again for visiting....



Have started two new quilts with fabrics I got at the recent quilt show in Sydney and have added a few of my own.  Instead of making one very large quilt, I decided to divide the fabrics in half and create two quilts - much easier to handle and quilt.

Both these quilts have some linen blend fabrics as well as décor weight fabrics.
For the backing I have chosen to go with a voile fabric for its softness.
More photos to come soon bye for now...

A few more projects underway, about to start and finished....

my QAYG project using fusible batting was really easy to use, loved not having to baste (my least favourite part of the process).  Quilting individual blocks and then joining them made it so much easier in the machine.

I added to backing after quilting and joining the blocks using straight line quilting to match  the front and the backing material is a lovely voile fabric.

 

bye for now....

 

At last my crazy colourful herringbone quilt is finished.  Its been a while since I did a larger quilt, but I couldn't be happier with the result.  I machine quilted it myself and chose a chocolate print fabric for the backing and binding....

 

 

 

 

 

Hello again I have finished my very bright and funky rainbow chevron quilt.  I decided to hand quilt this one with no 8 perle thread (love the look this qives a quilt) one of my favourite methods of quilting.

this quilt came together really quickly using 2 jelly rolls.

mini rainbow hearts for the backing of course....

pink poka dots for the binding



Photos today of some fabrics I picked up at the recent Craft and Quilt Show in Sydney.  Lots to inspire I hope and lots of future projects coming up.....



Love the soft colours ...                   

  I see 1/2 square triangles for this lot....

 Love the mix in this lot ....very cute

 

Latest arrival of FQ bundle from the Fabric Shoppe - blue this month

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the weather turning cold and windy its been a great time to finish off some UFO's and to start some new ones. 

 

cute baby quilt

 

 

 

 





 

Whipped up a quick quilt for my dad for his 80th birthday this coming weekend.

 

As my dad lives in Goulburn, which gets very cold in winter, I added a wool/cotton mixed batting for extra warmth.

 

 

I really like the fabric and especially the binding on this quilt.

Happy birthday dad I can't wait to see you this weekend and give you your pressie......

 

bye for now.

 



Hello again I had a lovely time at the Berry last weekend with the Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild show.  Some very inspirational quilts on show.  I took lots of photos to keep me inspired and I have included some below.  All quilts shown were made by other quilters and I have included to names if I was able to get them.  My apologies if your name is not mentioned.  I had no entry in the show this year, but maybe next year. 

 

the colours in the quilts were amazing

 

 

I love the blocks in this quilt

 

This quilt was made by Sylvia Clough its called Morning Sunday Paper, one of my favourites from the day.

 

This one below was also a favourite

 

That's all for now





 

Here is a sneak peak at the herringbone quilt I am making at present.  The Pattern is from Maureen Cracknel Handmade blog. http://www.maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/a-herringbone-quilt-tutorial.html

With careful preparation this quilt goes together quite quickly.  I have chosen to use mainly Amy Butler fabrics from my stash, as well as a few others.

                       

 

Also working on hand quilting my Riley Blake mini Chevron quilt with no 8 pearle thread.  This quilt is definitely for a girl.

 

                

 

 

That's all for now back soon....