Star Drops

The only machine sewing done last week was sewing bindings onto quilts and they've been stitched down over the last few nights.

"Star Drops" is a very pretty quilt designed by The Pattern Basket.  I've used lots of FigTree and Co fabrics in this quilt and, except for some of the backing fabric, was very happy to make the quilt entirely from my stash.

Karen quilted this one with Filigree - a design I've quite a bit over the years.   Had enough "Strawberry Fields Revisited" fabric for the two borders and "Gypsy Rose" fabric for the binding.

The backing is "Sundrops" designed by Coriander Quilts.

The cot quilts are finally on their way to the new (and not-so-new) babies.  Finished this one a few months ago but it took me a while to get organised to put it in the post.

I love this hearts/clouds quilting design on cot quilts.

Mum has welcomed three great-grandbabies this year and there will be another born early next year.

Abel was born in May and is the happiest little fellow.  I used "Frolic" by Cluck Cluck Sew for his quilt

and asked Karen to use my favourite Clouds quilting.  The Peter Rabbit fabric was a lucky find on a rare trip to Spotlight.

Finn was born in September and is a very sweet little baby.  The body of the quilt is "Next Up" designed by Carried Away Quilting.

Very cute animal print for the backing (found on the same trip to Spotlight) and more Clouds quilting.

On Saturday I started the annual pack-away of nick-nacks, pictures etc so I could ready the house for Christmas decorating.  The little ones are coming to stay at the end of November and I want to have the tree up for them and Mum to decorate together.

Stitching with the girls on Saturday afternoon - it was lovely to just sit and chat (and knit) in the air conditioning.  Afterwards I spent some time in The Pink Room cutting out a few things for the little ones.  Will be nice to do some dressmaking for a change.

A new twirling dress for ChaCha

Frolic

"Frolic" is a quilt designed by Cluck Cluck Sew and has been almost finished for weeks.  Stitched down the last 6" of binding last night.

The fabrics are also called "Frolic", designed by Me and My Sister.  Went to a class with these girls a few years ago - they are a lot of fun.

 Karen quilted Frolic with a star/cloud design.

The backing is the purple ladybug fabric from Frolic and the spotty binding is from an earlier Me and My Sister range.

Wrinkly "Star Drops" top is ready to be quilted once I make the backing.

Two "Strawberry Revisited" fabrics have been used for the borders.

Mum, Jenni, ChaCha and I visited Sew and Tell in Berry recently.  Was very restrained and bought wool for one cardigan/beanie.

Orange "Sugar Plums"

This quilt was cut out in June and put away for a couple of months.  The pattern was designed by Camille Roskelley, Thimble Blossoms, and I've used all fabrics from my stash to make it.

The quilting design is called "Pearl Swirls" and is really pretty - doesn't overwhelm the piecing.

I have three little quilts to bind over the next few nights -

"Checkerboard"

"Frolic"

Jacob's Ladder

These are all cot-sized and have been made in Me and My Sister fabrics.

Not sure what I'll be doing over the weekend - might make some more "Star Drops" blocks.

Quilt Tops

The quilt tops using Me and My Sister fabrics are done and waiting to be quilted (when Karen is home from her holiday).

"Checkerboard" designed by Lori Holt

"Frolic" designed by Cluck Cluck Sew

"Jacob's Ladder" setting designed Corey Yoder

The orange "Sugar Plums" blocks are all sewn together and ready for quilting.

The rest of the "Summertime" blocks have been made (plus a few extra to use up the rest of the fabric and make the quilt a bit larger).  Need to purchase setting triangle fabric then the quilt top can be sewn together.

"Snippets" pieces have been made for over 4 months and this week I've been sewing them into blocks.  I love the red spot background. Another 8 blocks to make (64 in total) then I can have a play with the layout.

And Another One ...

... just because I could :)

"Frolic" designed by Cluck Cluck Sew using "Frolic" fabrics designed by Me and My Sister.

The spotty fabric should be all gone by the time the three little quilts are finished.

New Starts

Lots of orange sewing last week to finish making "Sugar Plums" blocks.

Felt the need to work with some other colours so made a few "Summertime" blocks - I love these FigTree & Co "Coney Island" fabrics and decided to make the quilt larger so cut more fabrics.

I need a couple of smaller quilts to give away and have been inspired by some quilts I saw on Instagram:  "Checkerboard" designed by Lori Holt

and this layout for Jacob's Ladder blocks

My stash of Me and My Sister fabrics is perfect to use up in the fun designs.  I have one more design in mind using a charm pack of Me and My Sister's "Frolic" fabrics.

Weekend plans changed at the last minute and it turned out to be a fun weekend with little sweetheart staying over on Saturday night along with Jenni and Kurt, then Sunday lunch at a first birthday party followed by "Mama Mia" with Mum - I loved the movie (had tears streaming down my face from start to finish - I'm such a sook).  Great choreography and lots of fun. I'm looking forward to some Gulli-time on Friday.

Another Frolic

Love when a plan comes together quickly and easily.  I wanted to make a quilt for a very special little boy, knew he loves Mickey Mouse and had recently seen some very cute fabric that happened to go with a small jelly roll I had at home of navy/red/black/white spots and stripes.  So, another Frolic quilt came about with Mickey Mouse fabric as the feature rows.

Karen quilted it with very cute Mickey and Minnie heads and I sewed the binding on a couple of nights ago.

Finished stitching the binding down last night while catching up on some recorded tv shows after delicious roast lamb dinner Jenni cooked.

I have another 3 quilts to bind then I'll be caught up.

Frolic

Finished stitching down the binding on pink "Frolic" last night.  This is a great quilt pattern from Allison Harris (CluckCluckSew).  I've made a few of Allison's patterns and they are all very well written, fresh, modern designs.

The quilting was simple ditch-stitching with the Bernina running stitch outlining the plain fabric zig-zags 1/4" in from the seam on both sides.

 
This is a great pattern for using up lots of 2-12" squares/scraps and 2-1/2"x4-1/2" little strips.  I made a slight change to the original pattern by leaving off the top and bottom borders and adding setting triangles to the sides.  It's a great cot-sized quilt.

I love the backing fabric - it's one of the patchwork prints from the Whitewashed Cottage range.

The quilt will be posted off to a precious new baby born last week.