More Catch Up

We had lots of huge storms in March - so much thunder and lightning.  One Saturday afternoon we lost power for a few hours so I lit some candles and cut out Thimble Blossoms' new "Picnic" quilt, mostly from my Thimble Blossoms scrap bags.

I have some Bella Solid 200 on order and will cut out the background when it arrives.

Around 6 years so when making a quilt, I'd make an extra block in Bonnie and Camille fabric and when there was a stack of blocks I'd sew them together into a sampler quilt.  I came across a bag with some blocks, HST offcuts etc and thought it was time to make another sampler so started making blocks based on the quilts I've recently finished and my current sewing.

Making the blocks fit does my head in.

Had to add a border or two.

The backing is a fabric I bought on fantastic sale from Bella's Patchwork and I'll use a scrappy Bonnie and Camille binding.

In late March there was lots of chain piecing to make Four Patches and Flying Geese for "Master Plan", a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co design.  These were cut out in February.  I've put them away for a while.

Definitely entered my Flying Geese phase.  In May last year I cut out Cotton Way's "Wish Upon a Star" quilt in Navy Bonnie and Camille, Thimble Blossoms and Tasha Noel fabrics with Moda Bella Solid 200 for the background.  I've been sewing the block components over the last couple of weeks and they're slowly coming together.  It's school holidays here and there hasn't been a lot of time for sewing.

Seven more of these large blocks to assemble.

Easter Sunday was a lot of fun - the little ones had a great time hunting for eggs and Vinnie decorated cupcakes.

Catch Up

Lots of sewing to catch up on:

Thimbles and Needles released two new great patterns and I immediately had to make both - fortunately I had what I needed in my stash.

The first pattern is "Nine Patch Chain" and I decided to make this in a limited colour palette of blue, green, grey, aqua Thimble Blossoms and Tasha Noel fabrics with Silver Kona Solid for the accent.  Should not have used this as it was background for another quilt I had cut out (I had forgotten about it) but fortunately I could buy some more from Patchworks Plus.

Lots of nine patches sewn earlier this year.

I added some Thimble Blossoms and Tasha Noel low volumes for the sashing strips to use up these fabrics and also add some variety to the quilt top.  I ended up using on Bella Solid 200 for the outer pieces.

The backing is from Thimble Blossoms' "Nantucket Summer" and the Silver Kona Solid will be the binding.

Jo's second new pattern is called "Olive and Nell" - another nine patch block quilt.  I had a new fat quarter bundle of Thimble Blossoms' "Summertime" and had been looking for a pattern to encourage me to use it.  Instead of a white background I used the rest of my Moda Bella Solid Ruby Ice fabric.

Some test blocks.

Large nine patches

Small nine patches

Corners and setting triangles

Quilt Top

Backing and binding are also from the "Summertime" range.

Last December there was also a bit of dressmaking.  As soon as I saw Style Arc's "Yvette" design I loved it and wanted to make it using stripes as in the pattern.  Bella Patchwork Fabrics was having a sale and I picked up the "Summertime" stripe to make the first dress.

I called in to Spotlight to have a look at the linen fabrics - I wanted pink and was very happy to find a pink linen with white stripes to make the sleeved version.  I couldn't make it as per the pattern because of my big arms but am very pleased with how it turned out.
 

Another Bradley Street

One of my son's closest friends recently welcomes a longed-for baby to his family and I wanted to make a quilt for her.  Baby Goldie's big brother has a Bradley Street quilt and I had loads of Jocelyn Proust fabrics in my stash to make a similar one for her but with more pink and gold for the flying geese.

I went to Spotlight to find some backing fabric but there was nothing suitable - the range of Jocelyn Proust quilting fabrics is severely reduced BUT the sweet Snugglepot and CuddlePie fabrics were on super special so I bought pretty much all of it in pale pink and pale blue.  I used the pink to back this quilt.

Karen used eucalyptus leaves and wattle for the quilting.  The quilt has a lovely texture.

While I was cutting out this quilt, I kept cutting and also have a full-size "Bradley Street" to make one day.  I hope the Kona "Regal Purple" looks ok when the quilt top is together.

Edelweiss

 

This is a great quilt to make.  "Edelweiss" is designed by Camille Roskelley (Thimble Blossoms) and is made using her "Nantucket Summer" and "Shoreline" ranges with Moda Bella Solid Navy for the background.

Qulting on the Coast used "Modern Loops" this time - always loos wonderful.

The backing is from Thimble Blossoms' "Summertime" range.