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.

Bradley Street Quilts

 A dear friend of mine in USA asked me to make a little quilt featuring Australian birds for her new granddaughter, whose nick-name is Birdie.  I've made "Bradley Street" so many times because the blocks show of fabrics.

I had plenty of fabrics, so I also made a larger version of the quilt for my friend.  I didn't take any photos of the finished larger quilt.

I don't know the name of this quilting design - I know there are gum leaves in there.

I love the poison green colour as the highlight in this larger quilt.

The flannel flower backing fabric has some linen in it.

These quilts were finished around 17 September 2023.

Cot Quilts

 A couple of Jenni's friends had baby boys last year - I was a bit late making their cot quilts - they were finished a couple of months ago.

Once again I used the "Bradley Street" pattern for one of the quilts.  The fabric range is "Delivered with Love" and this is so sweet for a baby boy or baby girl.  The colours are lovely.

Kept with favourite "Cloud 9" quilting - love this for cot quilts.

The second quilt is Sawtooth Stars made from some cute jungle animal print from Nerida Hansen.

"Rainbow Hearts" quilting for this one.

Tula Pink Butterfly

Last week my Tula Pink Butterfly quilt arrived back from Sarah (Patchworks Plus Shop) in Tasmania - Sarah has quilted a wonderful feather design all over the quilt - I love the little hearts hidden among the feathers and also how the feathers fill in the large blank spaces of the quilt.

I spent yesterday afternoon with Mum and stitched down two sides of the binding and sewed the other two sides last night while watching tv.

This is a pretty big quilt - 86" x 92" - quilting always "eats up" some of the quilt.  I love the colours in Alison Glass fabrics and they suited this pattern so well.  I belong to an on-line quilting group called "Stashbusters" - each year we make a quilt and this was last year's quilt.  An absolute joy to make.

For the backing I used a wideback called "Geo Design" - ít's a cheater patchwork design and reminds me of Jen Kingwell's "Halo" quilt.

At the moment I'm participating in Moda Fabrics' "Scrappy Celebration" sew along designed by Lissa Alexander (my favourite scrappy quilt designer) using fabrics from my Figtree & Co scrap baskets and fat quarter bundles.

Week 1 - select fabrics and cut out

Week 2 - Blocks A and B

Week 3 - Blocks C and D

Week 4 - Blocks E and F

Week 5 - Blocks G and H

We make our blocks on Mondays.  Blocks I and J to be made today then one more set of blocks next week before it's time to put the quilt top together (maybe over Easter).

I'm also working on two cot quilts for Jenni's friends - the babies are now a few months old.  Sawtooth Stars in the cute animal print Nerida Hansen fabric I used for Vinnie's pants

and a small version of "Bradley Street" (my favourite cot quilt design for a quick quilt) using two charm packs of "Delivered with Love" designed by Paper and Cloth for Moda Fabrics.

Bradley Street

 One of my dearest friends married an Englishman and has lived in England for over 40 years.  In August her first grandchild was born so a quilt needed to be made.  Fortunately I had a load of Aussie-themed fabrics already cut into squares and enough teal solid for another Bradley Street quilt.

All the print fabrics are Jocelyn Proust designs from Spotlight of May Gibbs designs from Nerida Hansen Fabrics.  The backing is a cute koala Jocelyn Proust print.

Jenny from AngelCake Quilting used the Wattle design - it's so lovely.

The quilt has arrived in UK.

I also made a cushion cover for Jenni and Kurt and Jenni quilted this too.