tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38551947421142034452024-03-05T08:25:51.195+00:00sewlovetosewmariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-27667131335474220512016-04-01T21:04:00.000+01:002016-04-14T19:55:18.799+01:00Siblings Together Bee quilt 2016My Siblings Together Bee quilt for 2016 is finished (apart from the label which I really must do).
The block I chose this year used the Patchwork Wheel tutorial by Don't Call Me Betsy.
I decided on a scrappy style in colours appropriate for a girl.
As usual by bee mates sent some gorgeous blocks. There's a huge variety of different fabrics in the quilt and apart from individuals using the samemariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-45330116385159863322016-02-26T20:13:00.000+00:002016-02-26T20:13:56.964+00:00Scrappy Log Cabin Quilt for Siblings Together
In
the first year of quilts for Siblings Together I joined a bee
orgainised by Lynne of Lily's quilts. We were immensley lucky to be
donated fabrics by Moda with which to make our quilts. For my month of
the bee we used S'more Love by Cosmo Cricket and I had a few fat
quarters and some scraps left. Last year I decided to make a quilt with
these left overs but didn't have enough to completemariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-21690372013368195072016-01-01T20:58:00.001+00:002016-01-01T23:08:04.138+00:00A quick round up.I've never been one to worry about how many quilts, cushions etc I make in a year but when I looked back on 2015 I was rather surprised, and admittedly disappointed at the small number of completed projects.
The above cushion was started and completed in 2015 and the one below was started in 2014 but finished in 2015.
I made this quilt for my husband, again started in 2014 mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-22977990091903739892015-11-29T17:20:00.001+00:002015-11-29T17:32:13.027+00:00Siblings Together quilt group have a blog!Another big gap since I last posted!
I'm still involved with the wonderful group of quilters making quilts for the Siblings Together charity. I've teamed up with Nicky to form a blog as a base for the group where we can inspire others to make quilts for the charity, share stories of the quilts we've made and much more.
Please go take a look, just click on this link, siblingstogetherquiltgroup,&mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-90652915315064813802015-05-22T23:13:00.002+01:002015-05-22T23:13:32.233+01:00Pretty sewing time.
I mentioned previously that I was feeling the need to do some pretty sewing, so last weekend I did exactly that.
I was surprised when I realised that this cushion was started just over a year ago! It has sat around for ages waiting to be turned into a completed cushion.
The design is by Tacha Bruecher from the book Pillow Pop complied by Heather Bostic.
The little Union Jacks measure mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-16509053182230662712015-05-13T21:06:00.000+01:002015-05-13T23:04:55.845+01:00Sewing for Boys
I really feel like I need to get my hands on some girly fabrics and do some pretty sewing!
Apart from quilting a girl's Siblings Together quilt most of my sewing time over the last few months has been with more masculine fabrics.
I've completed three boy's Siblings Together quilts and I made my husband a quilt for Christmas.
For his work he goes to car racing meetings in the UK and mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-69430718028198023172015-04-30T18:10:00.000+01:002015-04-30T22:24:33.856+01:00It's not EPP!
I recently finished hand piecing my "Jazz hands quilt" and before I start hand quilting it I need to finish hand quilting my Strip bees quilt. Although I enjoy hand quilting sometimes I fancy a change and like to have more than one hand work project on the go at once. I'm sure you know what I mean.
So here is what I've been up to so far.
The blocks are from the digital version of "Hexagonsmariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-646089803402783652015-03-16T21:29:00.000+00:002015-03-16T21:29:53.168+00:00In the Pink.
I started this quilt back in 2013 at a sewing retreat. The pattern is from a book by Pam and Nicky Lintott which I borrowed from the library but I can't recall the title. Whilst I really like the pattern and individually I like most of the fabrics I'm not overly keen on how I positioned the fabrics together in the centre of the blocks. I also ran out of the light border fabrics and had mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-62336901642709623242015-03-07T21:46:00.001+00:002015-03-18T23:48:58.555+00:00More Sewing for Siblings Together 2015
Most of my sewing time in recent weeks has been taken up with sewing for Siblings Together.
I've had the machine in my sewing room set up for machine quilting this quilt whilst I've taken over the dining room piecing on my other machine.
I recently purchased the Machinger's quilting gloves and I'd highly recommend them, they grip the fabric making it easier to move when free motion mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-24057249846754934102015-02-10T21:31:00.000+00:002015-02-10T21:48:35.488+00:00Siblings Together 2015
Anyone who may have stuck with me over the last couple of years may remember that I've been involved with making quilts for a charity called Siblings Together.
The charity works to keep children in England who have been separated by the care system in contact with their Siblings by arranging, amongst other things, residential camps where the siblings can meet up and spend precious time mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-11397265952617387932015-02-04T17:33:00.000+00:002015-02-04T17:33:33.838+00:00Still here.
I can't believe it's been five months since I last posted here so I thought it about time I gave anyone who might be interested an update about what I've been up to sewing wise. There isn't a large amount of stuff to show but I'll do it over a few posts.
First off is a wall hanging I made for my parents for Christmas.
As inspiration I used a Craftsy Class called "Magical Blocks: Out of mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-12396318815012009722014-09-02T21:57:00.001+01:002015-03-18T23:53:02.591+00:00Off to the State Fair.
It's time for a quick visit to the State Fair, although I do live in the wrong country.
I've been enjoying deciding which fabrics to use for the State Fair flowers. It's been fun doing some fussy cutting for them.
The fabrics used for the flowers above and for the top left flower in the first picture are by Nel Whatmore from her Secret Garden range.
Here's how the mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-565146905663847002014-08-17T18:31:00.001+01:002014-08-17T22:29:59.098+01:00Modernising tradition.
Recently I've been thinking about how we decide which quilts we make. For those quilters who read blogs and use Instagram and/or Flickr the choice is often swayed by what patterns/blocks are being promoted by pattern writers, magazines and book authors. It seems to me that many, and of course not all, of these designs which are hailed as being new and the "designer's" original work, are actuallymariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-60896583346095021812014-07-29T21:35:00.000+01:002014-07-29T21:35:54.966+01:00Spiral Strips Quilt.
I'm so pleased to have finished this quilt at long last, it's been in the making since January 2012. The design is "Spiral Strips" from Jelly Roll Quilts: The perfect guide to making the most of the latest strip rolls, by Pam and Nicky Lintott. The fabric is Heirloom by Joel Dewberry. The Jelly roll consisted of fewer strips than that used in the book so I had to add some of my own fabricsmariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-53241558340722835202014-07-07T09:39:00.000+01:002014-07-07T09:39:40.861+01:00Summer Garden quilt.
Many years ago, not long after I started quilting, I made my Mum and Dad a small wall hanging. It now looks rather tired and dated so I thought it was time I made them a new one.
I used the quilt "Garden Party" from the book " Making Quilts" by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession as inspiration and scaled down the size dramatically. The original quilt is made up of a mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-53953239252268035672014-06-25T16:32:00.000+01:002014-06-26T12:11:00.640+01:00Strip quilt detail.
Last time I said I would show in detail, the wonderful quilt top my strip bee friends made. After a year on the road it has returned home having been transformed into a beautiful quilt top.
I started with the row of wonky houses and then sent it off on its journey.
The first stop was with Fran who added a row of sweet little trees. I'm pleased that the houses look out onto a mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-28611545257075903112014-06-23T22:48:00.002+01:002014-06-23T22:48:17.287+01:00Strip Bees reveal all!
Almost a year ago I started an online bee. Six quilters from all over the UK and Jersey each made a patchwork strip which were then sent round the group with each member adding a strip until the quilt tops were complete.
This weekend we all met at Jen's for a wonderful get together where the big reveal took place. None of us had seen what had been added to our strips since we sent them mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-69166882195109667362014-04-26T15:00:00.000+01:002014-04-26T15:00:58.864+01:00Friendship X and plus blocks:April
Yet again the time has whizzed along and it's time to show this months Friendship X and plus swap blocks.
I hope you like them Jane. I can't believe we have only two months left in this fun swap.
I posted previously about the paper pieced Mariner's Delight Compass mini quilt I made following the online Craftsy class by Carol Doak.
It's now finished and waiting to be hung mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-24877612624574752852014-04-09T21:14:00.002+01:002014-04-09T21:14:13.749+01:00We didn't mean to make her cry!
What do quilters do when a friend is poorly? They make them a quilt of course!
As I've mentioned before, a couple of weeks ago Jen was due to host a weekend get together of the Strip Bee girls but sadly for her she had an accident and was unable to host the get together. Jen has been left with an injury which, as she put it, has left her out of action for a while.
We wanted to get the quilt mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-10422236368695957802014-03-28T16:56:00.000+00:002014-03-28T16:56:54.433+00:00Friendship X and plus blocks: March.
The last Friday in March has arrived so it's time to show this months blocks for the Friendship X and plus swap.
This month I've gone with a slightly different fabric layout in some of the blocks with lighter fabrics for the X and coloured fabrics for the background .
I hope you like them dear swap partner, Jane.
A theme of friendship blocks seem appropriate for today's post.
mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-36898421863908046802014-03-24T21:04:00.000+00:002014-03-24T21:52:04.379+00:00Some Paper Piecing.
Over the years I've dabbled in paper piecing, and whilst I've been pleased with what I've made, the process has not always run smoothly, so when I saw that Craftsy were having a sale, and that one of the classes on offer was Mastering Foundation Paper Piecing by Carol Doak I thought it would be a great chance to pick up some tips.
The class was excellent. Carol is an enthusiastic teacher who mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-9868743368484173892014-02-28T20:10:00.001+00:002014-02-28T20:11:20.745+00:00February Friendship X and plus swap.
It's the last Friday of the month so time to show the blocks I made for February's x and plus friendship swap.
Here are many of the blocks we've made so far. We agreed to send them in batches so I haven't received all Jane's blocks yet.
Recently Sonia from Fabric and Flowers UK posted a photo on Instagram of some fabric she had left over from a project and wondered mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-38964602795646879702014-02-01T15:12:00.003+00:002014-02-01T15:12:42.053+00:00Friendship X and plus swap : January blocks.
The last Friday of the month has come and gone which means I should have shown this months blocks in the Friendship x and + swap.
In previous months myself and my swap partner Jane have chosen three colours from our palette from which to make our four blocks.
As we've discovered that there are a possible 20 colour combinations from the 6 colours we've now decided to pick two 3 mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-53908104841360999402014-01-25T15:28:00.003+00:002014-01-25T15:28:28.632+00:00Christmas Trees Wall Hanging.
Last year I bought the book Modern Holiday by Amanda Murphy. I particularly liked the Holiday Forest pattern but it was rather large for what I was wanting. Luckily one day I was looking at one of my favourite quilting blogs, The Sewing Chick, and it's Author Tessa Marie had made a mini version which she achieved by using the templates at the size printed on the page rather than enlarging themmariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855194742114203445.post-46124383713863111842014-01-11T20:32:00.000+00:002014-01-11T20:32:41.521+00:00It's finished now son.
Way back in mid September of last year I wrote a post titled "Where's my quilt Mum?" about a quilt I was making for my son. The poor boy was wondering when it would be finished. At that point the top was pieced and it was waiting to be quilted. Well, being the quicker worker that I am, nearly four months later it's finished and in use! I explain the block design I used here
It's mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080630843633018072noreply@blogger.com10