Catch Up

I had a small pile of squares left over from the Bonnie and Camille Kindness Project quilt, so I went through the crates holding Bonnie and Camille fabrics and cut more squares to make a "Cakewalk" quilt.

I've made this design a couple of times before and really like how it shows off the lovely fabrics.

My stash of Bonnie and Camille fabrics is dangerously low.  Looks like they have a new range coming out later this year and it's very pretty.

Made a little progress on "Shining Brightly" - the pink, aqua and taupe stars are finished.

The second "Village"blocks are made - no Bonnie and Camille or FigTree fabrics in this one either.  Obviously, I have too much fabric hanging around.

"Summer Nights" blocks have been made for a couple of weeks, so they were sewn together late last week.  Still to make the backing.

Two years ago, Elizabeth and her family bought me these beautiful Alison Glass fabrics as a birthday present.  I started making Jen Kingwell's "Long Time Gone" quilt and it's been in the cupboard since December 2018.  I deliberately wanted to take my time making this quilt because I love making all the different blocks and working out which colours should go where, but didn't realise I had left it for so long.

I made some more blocks over the last few days -

Churn Dash

Courthouse Steps

Log Cabin

Blocks made roughly in position.  I am going to LOVE this quilt - the colours are so beautiful.

Working from home is a whole new world of not speaking face-to-face with people for days on end except via WebEx or Zoom or when I visit Mum to take up some groceries or a couple of meals.

It Takes a Village Dwell

Mum finished sewing down the binding on this quilt last week and it's been on my bed since then.  I love this quilt.  Instagram friends Julie and Karen made 5 of the Dwell blocks each, I made 6 and then used a setting designed by another Instagram friend, Anne.

I used the off-cuts from various quilt backings to make the backing for this quilt.

Julie has a long-arm quilting business and she did the "Fantasia"quilting - it looks lovely.

A few quilt tops have been finished over the last week or so.  They will be for donation to Keepsafe Quilts.  Bonnie and Camille Kindness Project Quilt -

FigTree and Company Kindness Project Quilt -

"Village" designed by Miss Rosie's Pattern Co and released for free by Moda Fabrics.

I cut out way too many house blocks, so I have a second quilt underway.

"Gypsy Girl" is together.  I have quite a pile to send off to quilters.

Easter was very different this year.  The little ones had egg hunts in their own back yard and the family joined in via FaceTime then they took part in an egg hunt in my back yard.

Hide and Seek

In early November last year I joined a quilt-along to make Hide and Seek, a Thimble Blossoms quilt.  I fell way behind and finished the quilt on Monday night - only 3 months late.

 

Karen quilted Hide and Seek with one of my favourite designs, Modern Twist.

I used backing off-cuts for the binding.

I'm wishing I added another row to the length and width but I didn't have enough of the Early Bird fabric left after cutting out another quilt (at the same time), Shining Brightly.

The pink Shining Brightly blocks are sewn together

and the aqua blocks have been pressed and trimmed.

Last night I worked on some houses for my Village quilt.

I have enough for 4-1/2 rows; 77 houses to go.  I enjoy making these houses a lot more than I thought I would.

Plain and Fancy

This quilt has been on my wish list for a while - I love Dresden Plate blocks - they are so pretty and lots of pretty fabrics can be used in one block.

Was nice to make a smaller-sized quilt for a change.

The Figtree and Company "Chantilly" fabric is so pretty.

Love this "Filigree" quilting Karen did on the quilt.

Scrappy Trip Around the World

A few years ago I made a "Scrappy Trip Around the World" quilt following Bonnie K Hunter's wonderful instructions.  A couple of years later I saw a low volume with black feature rows and loved it, so made one like that.  Allison Harris recently hosted a quilt-along and I jumped on board to make another one using low volumes again and aqua for the feature rows.

My friend Jenny, Angelcake Quilting, quilted it for me with "Irene's Swirls" - it looks lovely.

 
I really liked the look of the pink sections I'd made for the Kindness Project Mystery Quilt, so decided to do the same with my Figtree off-cuts to make a second quilt.

The Bonnie and Camille quilt top:

and the FigTree quilt top:

Mum is going pretty well with self-isolation, although she has been out to the shops.  I took a quilt up to her to stitch down the binding in an effort to keep her busy.  She's almost finished the Dwell quilt

and I took a second quilt up to her yesterday afternoon - this Bradley Street quilt is beautiful in the Australian fabrics.

This box of half-square triangles has been in my sewing room for a while.  I was procrastinating over all the pressing/trimming that needs to be done.

Thought I'd do one colour at a time, so last night started on pink.

Red Letter Day

Quilts have been returning home from various parts of the east coast of Australia - I've had quilts at 3 different quilters and they're all back.  Two are with Mum to stitch down the binding, two are finished and I have two more to bind.

I've made "Red Letter Day" twice before and decided to make one using only red Bonnie and Camille fabrics after I had so many red fabrics left over from "Wish Upon a Star".

I added extra stars instead of the white square spaces where the blocks meet up and I also added chequerboard borders to make the quilt more bed-sized.

I loved this gift wrapping fabric - I've used it in pink and aqua on other quilts.

Also love the quilting done by my friend Jenny, AngelCake Quilting.  The cables, with the diamonds where they interlock, are lovely.

Working from home full-time commenced on Monday but it's a great temptation to slip next door to The Pink Room.

Two "Village" blocks - had to make a couple to see what they look like.

I've started another donation quilt.  The proprietor of Sweet Treasures in USA has been sharing instructions on Instagram for a mystery quilt.  The aim is for the finished quilt to be donated to a person or organisation in need.

I'll probably start another one in FigTree fabrics.

I bought a new pattern this week:  "Gypsy Girl" by Anka's Treasures.  Using up most of my FigTree "Chantilly" to make these blocks.  It's a very quick quilt to put together and I can see myself making more of this design.

I hope my friends are safe and well.  It's heartbreaking not visiting my children and grandchildren.  I've limited my visits to Mum and am grateful that her village isn't in total lockdown.  FaceTime is a blessing.