Cake Mix Recipe 4

Carrie Nelson is Miss Rosie's Quilt Co - she is a brilliant designer and so very clever.  Carrie has designed a series of patterns called Cake Mix Recipes (12 in all) with each Cake Mix able to be made into three or four different designs.  On Good Friday the Stitching Girls and I had a sewing day at Karen's and we started to make one of these quilts using a pack of Cake Mix Recipe No 4.

This is a very accurate way of sewing half-square triangles and all you need is one layer cake of feature fabric and one layer cake of background (plus backing and binding).  I had seen a star block made up of half-square triangles and decided to use the star for my design rather than one suggested on the pack.

The quilt top was sewn together a few weeks ago

and Karen quilted it recently using a new design called "Featheration" - it looks wonderful.  Even though it's an intense design, it doesn't overpower the quilt at all.

I started stitching down the binding at stitching with the girls on Saturday afternoon and sewed in the final stitch last night.  I love this "Strawberry Fields Revisited" backing fabric.

This is a great way to make a quilt and we're thinking we might make another Cake Mix Recipe (maybe No 9).

PS:  Another little cot quilt has been started - a blue version of the pink one made recently.

Lots of Quilting

My friend Karen has been very busy over the last week or so working on my finished quilt tops.

Cake Mix Recipe 4

Seaglass

Ohio Star Cot Quilt 

Cakewalk

Cot Quilt

 Lots of binding to do over the next while - time to catch up on all the recorded tv shows.

"Line Dried" is together and ready to drop off for quilting.  Two borders have been added - narrow white with turquoise spots and wider turquoise butterfly print.

I'm looking forward to this one being quilted because I'm going to use my scallop/wave ruler on the outer border.

Had a fun day with Gulliver on Friday: Devonshire Tea, Play Doh etc,

then my friends and I went to see the new "Avengers" movie - not really my cup of tea but was happy enough to see it.  Watched The Wedding with Mum and pretty much spent all Sunday sewing to put together the little cot quilt and most of Line Dried.

2 Quilt Tops

Two quilts were started over the Easter break:  Cake Mix Recipe 4 made into star blocks

and "Seaglass" designed by Susan Ache from her book "Starting with Strips".  A great quilt to use up lots different fabrics.  They both have the same "Miss Scarlet" fabric by Minick and Simpson for the background.

I love how this has turned out and can't wait to see it quilted and take some daylight photos.

I've been thinking about making a quilt of house blocks for quite a while.  I have an overflowing box of red and blue fabrics and want to use them up.

This house pattern is a very slightly modified version of Thimble Blossoms' "Winterville" house and the chain block was designed by Fort Worth Fabric Studio.

Caught up on the Bonnie and Camille beehive blocks - this green block is from Thimble Blossoms' "Summer" pattern and is to be sent out in June.

This one is for my sampler quilt

I recently had a birthday and went out for dinner to a restaurant near Elizabeth and Matt's home.  Truffle Pecorino Cheese Wheel - it's the best.

The family went out for lunch on Saturday to "Sublime Point Cafe" - really like this place too.  Beautiful flowers from Peta and Michael

and a birthday present from Gulliver - he said "Happy Birthday Nanna - we can share!" as he was helping me rip open the parcel.

More family time and presents yesterday for Mother's Day - it's a good time of year.

Progress ...

43 x 3-1/2" (3" finished" Ohio Star blocks for Line Dried.

All the blocks laid out - now pinned in groups ready for stitching together.

The borders are on the pink and red Cakewalk quilt.  Once the backing arrives this can be quilted.

Last Good Friday we had a stitching day at Karen's sewing Cake Mix Recipe 4 sheets with a layer cake.

I decided to go with a star block design and was so happy with how quickly and accurately the half-square triangles go together.

The blocks are all made and ready to sew into a quilt top.

I've been watching many episodes of "West Wing" lately while sewing - started Series 7 last night and will, once again, be sad when it ends.

Mum has been looking for a few extra things to do, so I gave her the pieces of this jumper to sew together.  It should fit ChaCha in a year or two but she doesn't like wearing wool and has taken a dislike to buttons, so the jumper might be going to a different home.

Had a busy weekend - picked up ChaCha at lunchtime on Saturday, spent some time with Mum before heading back to my place.  The Stitching Girls came over yesterday afternoon and then Mum and I went to the hospital to visit Mum's newest great-grandson who was born on Thursday.  Another little sweetheart has joined the family.

Easter

The week leading up to Easter and Easter itself were busy but lots of fun and great times with the family and friends.

Early last week I finished sewing "Scrappy Stars" - it's a reasonably big quilt at ~87" square and there was a lot of cutting and sewing to make the scrappy stars.

The backing and scrappy navy binding.

I dropped the quilt off with Karen on Good Friday when we had our sewing day with Paula and Rhonda, making Cake Mix Recipe 4 quilts - the recipe papers help make very accurate half-square triangles using Layer Cakes (I'm using FigTree & Co "Mirabelle" with Minnick & Simpson's "Miss Scarlet" for the background).

The girls working hard:

Karen is making a quilt with flying geese blocks:

Friday night ChaCha came to stay and after she went to bed I removed the papers while watching "Harrow" and "Silent Witness".

On Saturday ChaCha and I met up with Elizabeth and Matt at the Easter Fair in Towradgi - such a great event for little ones:  loads of rides.  Gosh it was hot.

Did a fair bit of cutting out over the weekend as well.

Susan Ache's "Seaglass" using loads of different FigTree & Co fabrics with the same "Miss Scarlet"

 
and an Ohio Star quilt for a customer from her children's baby clothes:

Easter Sunday was mostly preparing for the family lunch on Easter Monday and I also visited Karen to pick up the "Medley" quilt.  Easter Monday was so great - the little ones just love seeing each other and play so well together.  The Easter Bunny visited Primbee and left footprints all over the back yard.  It was The Best Day.