Dwell 2

I forgot that I had also finished off "Dwell 2".  This was made in Bonnie and Camille's last collection collaboration, "Merry Little Christmas".   I made the quilt larger than the original pattern.

I asked Karen to use "Diagonal Plaid" to quilt Dwell 2 - love this design too.

After 3 weeks, I turned on the sewing machine last night and added binding to Flicker from View for Mum to stitch down and tonight I might sew binding on the Churn Dash SAL quilt.

Looking forward to Sunday - spending the day with Vinnie while Jenni and Kurt see "Moulin Rouge".

Starlets

Another Karen friend and I decided to make "Starlets" together.  This is designed by Modernly Morgan and we used Bonnie and Camille's last range together "Merry Little Christmas" - not my favourite of their ranges but I'm very happy with how the quilt turned out.  This is the small throw size.

I asked Karen (Quilting on the Coast) to choose a snowflake quilting design and Snowflake Curls looks lovely.

Most of the rest of the fat quarter bundle was used to make "Dwell 2", which is yet to have the binding stitched down.

Before I went on holidays I sent a bundle of quilts to Karen to be quilted and I'm working my way through binding these.

More Quilt Tops

Still sewing up the stacks of blocks.  "Berry Parfait" is a quilt top I made to test a pattern for Thimbles and Needles - another great, scrappy design that goes together so well.  I love a pattern with pressing instructions.

Last week I sent "Berry Parfait", along with three other quilt tops/backings to Karen (Quilting on the Coast) and the first one is on the way back.  "Happy Stripes" designed by Quilty Love.  This is a baby-sized quilt and I think the texture will be wonderful.

"Dwell 2" blocks have been sewn up and this quilt top is pretty bit (around 91" x 95") - quilting will shrink it a bit.  I'm starting another pile to send to Karen.

"Sewcialites" blocks were finished in June last year but I've been dithering about the layout.  Saw this layout on Sister's Choice blog and liked the look of it.  I think I'll add a white border then it can go onto the pile to go to Karen.

"Fireworks" blocks still to be sewn together then I think I'll be up-to-date but I've been sidetracked by a container of half-square triangle offcuts that I started sewing up and trimming.  These are all sewn and I have one more lot to trim then I'll have the 400 needed to make Thimble Blossoms' 25 HST Blocks - 25 different blocks from half-square triangles (16 per block).

The blue triangles in the photo above ("Happy Stripes" offcuts in "Nantucket Summer") will be made into a "Moda Love" block - might be a cushion cover.

Here it is sewn together. 

Recent photo of our littlest sweetheart that Jenni posted - he is the funniest little fellow.  I'll be spending Thursday and Saturday night with him - can't wait.

Making Quilt Tops

"Starlets" blocks are very quick to make and because I'm making the small throw size, I had the number I needed pretty quickly .  I put these blocks aside to sew together on another day - I seem to do that a lot.

I hadn't kept count when I was cutting out the house blocks for "Dwell 2" and I cut way more blocks than needed - turns out I have enough to make quite a large quilt

Decided it was time I sewed up some of these blocks I have piled up on the spare bed and started with "Swoon", which has the least number of blocks.

Backing and binding fabric for Swoon.

Next up is "Dwell 2" - this is just over halfway.  I'm waiting for some more red fabric to arrive to make another two stars.

I hope to sew up "Berry Parfait" next, then it might be time to send a couple of parcels to Karen.

The laundry is finished

Before

After

but the "new" room (5th bedroom/study) isn't quite done - the skirting boards need another coat of paint before furniture is moved in.  The paint on the skirting boards was damaged when the floor was polished - I painted them a week ago but that didn't quite cover the damaged areas.  Might have time next weekend to paint.  The light fitting is in.  I'd love to be able to afford new white windows in all the rooms.  Still trying to decide on a blind.

Spent Saturday with my friend Lynell packing - after 40 years in her home she and her husband are moving (to my suburb) - it's a big job.  Yesterday I visited Mum then went to a lunch with another friend.  I'm really pretty shy and it's good to meet/chat with some new people.

All Stacked Up

"All Stacked Up" is a Kaffe Fassett design and has been made using mostly Kaffe Fassett fabrics.  A friend gave me two identical bundles of the Kaffe fabrics - I really like the stripes and a couple of the prints but am a bit unsure about some of the other prints/colourways.  I added some leftover Jen Kingwell fabrics and a couple of stripes to the mix.  The quilt is large lap size.

Karen quilted this with "Featheration" - I've used this design a lot lately and it looks good on this quilt.

I'd like to make All Stacked Up again using a different fabric range or enough stripes to have a stripe section in each block. 

A couple of weeks ago I cut into my Bonnie and Camille "Merry Little Christmas" fat quarter bundle. "Dwell 2" designed by Thimble Blossoms.

These houses are so quick to piece.  I cut out way more than I needed, so I'll need to spend a bit of time working on the layout - think I'll need another two stars.

I now have five bundles of blocks ready to be sewn into quilt tops:  Sewcialites, Swoon, Fireworks, Berry Parfair and Dwell 2.  Maybe I'll sew one together next week.

The other quilt I cut out is "Starlets" designed by Modernly Morgan.  I'm making this quilt with my friend Karen (@countrymum3).

Again, these blocks are very quick piecing.  The stars are very cute and there is no need to worry about cutting off the points with this method of making stars.  This will be small throw size so should come together quickly.