Loveliness Quilt

"Loveliness" is a very sweet quilt designed by Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts.  I used all Bonnie and Camille fabrics for this quilt as there is a great assortment of colours available and all the ranges mix very well.

This is another quilt binding finished off watching the figure skating at the Olympics.

I asked Karen to choose the quilting design for this and she tried out a new design - "Fancy Hearts".  I love it and the texture is wonderful.  Will definitely keep this design in mind for future quilts.

Eva Dress

I had just enough of this pink/navy check plisse fabric to make an Eva dress for Jenni - I would have preferred to add sleeves but there just wasn't enough fabric.  The fabric has been in my cupboard for years and was in a friend's cupboard for about 20 years before that :)  This is such a comfy design to wear.

Three quilts are back from Karen (Quilting on the Coast) and the binding has been attached ready for sewing down while watching the Olympics.

"Floral Bouquet" with "Flowers for Linda" quilting

"Loveliness" with "Fancy Hearts" quilting

"Shine On Sampler" with "Modern Twist" quilting

Two quilts have been cut out:

"Castle Gardens" designed by Sarah Fielke

in her "Enchanted" fabric range,

and "Star Pop" designed by Emily Dennis in Zen Chic's "True Blue" fabrics with some added from my stash.  "Star Pop" is all sewn up and ready to be sent to Karen for quilting.

I had loads of cut out fabric left over and decided to add a border rather than making more blocks.  The border design is based on the "Stripe Me Lucky" quilt pattern designed by Michelle McKillop.

The backing fabric is a lovely toile wideback.

Way behind in my blog posts.

Quilt Tops

After the dressmaking finished I started piecing "Master Plan", a quilt designed by Carrie Nelson, Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.  I've had this cut out for a good while.

Spent a couple of days piecing 113 flying geese blocks (456 units) and 225 four patch blocks.

This quilt top has to be sewn together in rows so they need to be laid out before sewing all the pieces into rows - my design sheet isn't big enough so I think I'll do it in sections.

I was soon tired of all the pressing and trimming so thought it might be time to sew together one of the stack of blocks into a quilt top.

First up was "Shine on Sampler" from Bonnie and Camille's "Quilt Bee" book.

The quilt top together:

I moved around some of the blocks in the lower right-hand section so that the colours and fabric designs were more mixed.

Backing and binding:

Next up from the pile of blocks was "Loveliness" designed by Corey Yoder, Coriander Quilts.

I was walking by the quilt in The Pink Room when I noticed that one of the hourglass blocks was out by 90 degrees - it's fixed now.

Backing - the binding will be scrappy Bonnie and Camille fabrics.

Before I tackle the next pile of blocks I'm starting "Joyful" - this was cut out last October.

I think this will be pretty.

Next blocks to sew into a quilt top will be "Floral Bouquet" - they are already set out on the design bed.

Backing for this arrived today so I hope to sew it up soon and pack it up with the other two to send to Karen to quilt.

Think I'm up-to-date now ...

Time's Flying

Time is flying so quickly and I'm a bit behind in my blog writing.

The Dinosaurs quilt top for Little H is finished and is with Sarah for quilting.

The pattern contains a small and large quilt.  The kit from The Next Stitch was very generous and there was plenty of fabric leftover to make the smaller version of the quilt as well.  I think I could stretch out the coloured fabric to make another small quilt and use a different fabric for background.

I finally machine embroidered towels for Vincent

and a couple of other new babies.

Cheeky chops Vincent has been standing up in his cot for a couple of weeks - the base has been lowered - and he is pulling himself up to standing wherever he can.

A friend asked me to piece a quilt for her - "Hannah's Garden" designed by Treehouse Textiles.  She sent a starter pack of fabrics put together by Treehouse Textiles - so pretty.

All the blocks for "Loveliness" have been made and these have joined the other 4 stacks of blocks to be sewn together in to quilt tops.

I bought myself a present.

So happy with it.  Lots of space to spread out my stuff.

Last Week

Most sewing over the last week or so has been "Blueberry Kisses".  Some more rows to add and it will be ready to go to the quilter next week.

Two quilts are on the way back from Karen - "Electrolite"

and "Feathers".

Looking forward to seeing them quilted.

Saturday week ago was "National Jelly Roll" day and during the week before I cut into a hoarded "Breakfast at Tiffany's" jelly roll to make another "Floral Bouquet" quilt - this will be the third I've made over the years.  

These are great chain-piecing blocks and go together very quickly.  I'll get back to these one day. 

While I was having a break from "Blueberry Kisses", I cut out another quilt - "Loveliness" designed by Coriander Quilts using loads of Bonnie and Camille fabrics.

So I'm back to making a few hourglass blocks each day.

When Gulli was here for homeschooling in July, we visited an online Australian fabric shop recommended by my daughter - Material Difference.  Gulli chose fabrics for his three cousins and himself and they arrived on the weekend.  These fabrics are individually printed for orders and are french terry so they'll make nice spring-weight clothes for the little ones.

A close-up of Gulli's fabric.