Tiny Nine Patch (Figtree)

After I'd finished the Bonnie and Camille "Tiny Nine Patch" I had a look through my Figtree scraps and knew that I would have enough bits and pieces to make another quilt.

So happy with this quilt.

I asked Karen to choose the quilting design - she tried "Breezy", a new design to me and it looks lovely on this quilt.

The backing is from an older Figtree range, "Somerset".  This green goes very well with all the colours in the quilt.  I was able to use stash fabrics for the background and squares:  Figtree Favourites pale taupe pindot for the nine patch background and Figtree "Stitched" for the squares, setting triangles and borders.

While hunting through my Bonnie and Camille box of fabrics, I came across a bag of HSTs and triangles that were offcuts from previous quilts.

Started sewing the triangles into HSTs with low volume, Bella Solid 200 and B&C white-on-whites for the background and ended up with these Broken Dishes blocks.

Cut up some leftover charm squares and squares from stash to make more of the larger blocks

and also some more of the smaller multi-colour blocks.

Added sashing to the smaller blocks and this is the quilt top.

I have so many backing offcuts which I try to use for quilt borders, binding etc.  Decided to sew some of these strips together to make a scrappy backing

and added the smaller monochrome blocks to the backing.

The quilt will also have a scrappy binding.

2025 is definitely the Nine Patch Year.  "Takes the Cake" quilt top has been made and is with Karen for quilting - should arrive home this week.

I love this colour combination.  Perfect in my sewing room.

Moda Bella Solid "Ruby Ice" is the background - it's such a pretty, pale aqua.

I was able to buy a bolt of "Lighthearted" bows for the backing and had a backing offcut big enough to cut for the binding.

More Cutting Out

Once again, my blogging is way behind.  Lots of sewing has been happening and a few quilt tops are finished - some have been quilted and some are waiting for backings to be made.

I've spent a fair bit of time cutting out and have a bagful of homemade "kits" ready to go.

Mainly I've been cutting up my blue and white stash of Thimble Blossoms' fabrics - "Nantucket Summer" and "Shoreline" as well as Tasha Noel's "Simply Country".

Thimble Blossoms' "Cakewalk"

Thimble Blossoms' "Darling"

Quilty Love's "Star Pop"

Cotton Way's "Wish Upon a Star"

Vinnie's "Dinosaurs" quilt top is together and with Sarah (Patchworks Plus) for quilting.

Stegusauruses

Triceratopses

Vinnie and I went shopping for the backing and he chose this fantastic fabric.  He also wants a shirt in this.

Tiny Nine Patch Quilt

The design is by Repro Quilt Lover (@reproquiltlover on Instagram) and she kindly uploaded the instructions as a sew-along.  I didn't participate but made the quilt in my own time.  I loved making this quilt.  Once I started I couldn't stop till it was finished. My nine patches finish at 3", much larger than the instructions.

This container has over 1,000 little squares for the borders.  I wasn't sure how many I'd need.

Ended up with 31 left over after making the first border then the chequerboard.

I asked Karen to use "Orange Peel" and the texture is wonderful.

The backing is the yellow "Shine On" mums fabric from Bonnie and Camille and the finding is from their "Early Bird" range.

Vinnie and Daisy are going somewhere special tomorrow

This is Vinnie at his first Wiggles show - I wonder if Daisy will be as excited.

Astra Quilt

"Astra" is a quilt designed by Zahmco and a customer from USA asked me to make it for her.  The colour-scheme is based on a quilt made by one of the pattern testers.  It's a whopper!  90" wide x 108" long.

Karen quilted it with grey thread using "Square Dance" design - it looks great.

My customer chose the backing from Australian Widebacks and Karen said it was great to work with.

The quilt arrived at its new home on Monday and the client is extremely happy with it.

I have cut out another "Astra" quilt (a smaller version) to make later in the year for my brother for Christmas.  All those fabrics were in my stash.  This one has a navy background.

In March I went through all my Figtree scrap fabrics and cut out strips to make a Figtree Tiny Nine Patch quilt.

I had enough of the Figtree Favourites light tan pindot on ivory for the nine patches and the Figtree "Stitched" fabric for the alternate squares and borders.

The plan was to make this later in the year but, once I started, I couldn't stop.

At the start of April I cut out some blocks for Vinnie's "Dinosaur" quilt designed by Elizabeth Hartman.  This will be my second full-size version of this quilt and I'll have plenty left over to make the smaller size.

I'm using the Robots kit fabrics because Vinnie liked the Dinosaurs rather than Robots.

There is a lot of prep-work involved in Elizabeth Hartman's quilts but once the cutting out is done the patterns are so easy to follow and the blocks go together like a dream.

Next up are the Stegosauruses