Progress

No finished quilt tops this week but I have been making progress on some others.

The last pieced round of "Aviatrix Medallion" is ready to be sewn together and then added to the quilt top.

After this round of butterflies there is another border of background fabric and the quilt top is finished.  Karen is coming down to visit this week, so I'd love to have it finished to give her to take back to her place to quilt.

Some borders have been added to "Gelato".  Next border contains a bejillion Sawtooth Stars, so there will be some tv-watching and chain piecing soon.

Karen is bringing me some FigTree background fabrics then I can start my next FigTree quilt - "Checkerboard Stars" - my version will be scrappy and I hope what I have in mind works out.

For a change from making all those butterflies, I made the next set of blocks for my "Long Time Gone" quilt - Half Square Triangles.

I have three block sets to go - Flying Geese, 60 Degree Triangles and Pineapples, then the filler blocks and sashings to put the quilt top together.  I have a place in The Parlour to hang this quilt and am quite excited about finishing it.  I've pretty much decided to leave off the borders and just have a narrow light grey containment border around the outside edge (same fabric as will be used for the sashings and filler block backgrounds) or maybe no border at all and just grey binding.

Tomorrow I will be picking up some quilts from Jenny (AngelCake Quilting) - Jenny most generously donated the quilting on two of these quilts.  All three will be going to Keepsafe Quilts once the sub-contractor (Mum) has stitched down the bindings.

 

A couple of friends on Instagram were wondering how/where I store my finished quilts.  Some are kept in a cupboard in the grandchildren's bedroom - most of these quilts will be given away and occasionally some are sold.

The quilts I use on my bed are kept in The Parlour in a small bookcase my Dad built for me when I was around 8 or 9.  I currently have three quilts on my bed.

Quilts that are used on couches, the spare bed for visitors or to be hung on the quilt hanger, are kept in the family room.

Had a fun weekend - dinner with my trivia friends at Gail and Chris's home, followed by a game of trivia and then on Saturday little Sweetheart T came to stay overnight for the first time since social distancing came into our lives.  We had a fun time and I so enjoyed her company.  We had lunch with Mum before it was time for her to go home.

Gulliver's birthday is on Friday this week - can't believe he will be turning 5!  These three little people definitely have my heart.

Strawberry Social

"Strawberry Social" is a fun quilt pattern that I've been wanting to make for years but just never got around to it.  During this quarantine time I felt like working on something different to this was it.

I stitched down the binding watching tv on Sunday night (there's been a lot of tv watching lately).

I had no pre-conceived quilting ideas for this one so, again, asked Jenny (AngelCake Quilting) to choose a design.  I love this "Roundabout" design - it has my favourite Orange Peels plus other shapes for interest.

The Riley Blake Designs backing fabric is so sweet - I should have bought more.

I loved making this quilt and may have to make another one day but I'm over red and white quilts for the moment.

Village

"Village" is a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co design (Carrie Nelson) and the pattern was released by Moda as a freebie for a sew-a-long during quarantine.  I already had the pattern but hadn't made the quilt, so I joined in (a bit late).

This is such a great pattern to use up loads and loads of fabric pieces and none of them have to co-ordinate.  I cut out pieces for the roofs, background, walls, doors and lintels and just pieced the blocks with whatever fabric was top of the pile, except if that fabric was already in the house.  Some unusual combinations and some very happy combinations.

I finished stitching down the binding on Sunday afternoon while Mum and I were watching BBC Proms on Broadway.

I asked Jenny (AngelCake Quilting) to use whatever quilting design she fancied and this "Think Spring" design is perfect.

The backing also has a spring feel and I used scrappy binding.

I have a second "Village" quilt with Jenny - that quilt will be going to Keepsafe Quilts, along with a couple of other quilts, when it's finished.

Summer Nights

After making "Wish Upon a Star" and "Red Letter Day" I still had loads of red Bonnie and Camille fabrics left so I bought some more Riley Blake Swiss Dots and cut out "Summer Nights" using up some leftover red Kona Solid for the centre of the stars rather than using background fabric.

The quilt was finished last week.

 

"Orange Peel" quilting always looks lovely although Karen must be sick of using this design on my quilts - I ask for it so often.

Another round has been added to "Aviatrix Medallion"

One more round to go - butterflies, then it can go to be quilted.

A couple more quilt tops have been finished over the last week or so.  These were both cut out last August and I've been taking some time to make them.

"Lemon Meringue" designed by Coriander Quilts

and "Shining Brightly" designed by Thimble Blossoms.  This quilt involved a lot of trimming so I split the blocks into groups by colour and trimmed/sewed them one colour at a time.

Had an enjoyable long weekend - went for a drive to the Southern Highlands with Lynell and Robyn on Saturday afternoon, Mum visited on Sunday and I spent yesterday afternoon with Elizabeth, Matt and the little ones.

Still working from home - no definite plans for returning to the office yet.

Gypsy Girl

"Gypsy Girl" is a quilt I made following a suggestion from a lady who purchased the "Summertime" quilt earlier this year.  I thought it would suit FigTree and Co's "Chantilly" fabrics and it's turned out to be very pretty.

Karen, Quilting on the Coast, used a new design, "Brittany", and it looks lovely on this quilt.

In January 2016 I cut out the fabrics for "Aviatrix Medallion", made two segments of the centre star and promptly packed it all up and put it away in a drawer.

After starting "Gelato", another medallion quilt, I thought about "Aviatrix Medallion" and took it out of the drawer for the first time since January 2016.  I saw why I was so disheartened - this type of star is my nemesis.  I've always found them difficult to make accurately.

I packed away "Gelato" and have been working on "Aviatrix Medallion" since.

This is the first quilt I've made using only solid fabrics.  There are two more borders and then the top will be finished at ~80" square.

On Saturday afternoon I picked up two quilts from Jenny at AngelCake Quilting.  "Strawberry Social"

and "Village".  The quilting designs Jenny chose are lovely.

During May each year Instagram hosts #memadeMay and this year I joined in with one day to spare.  I've had this Echino linen and the "Schoolhouse Tunic" pattern for around 10 years and thought it was about time I sewed it up.  A bit difficult to match the stripes with the splits and pleats in the design.  This will be a lovely top for next Spring.

The start of another week working from home although I did go to the office for a few hours this morning.  Three days' leave this week and I'll be back at work on Friday.