Finish Along 2014 Q3 List

Well its happened again - some items to carry over from the Q2 list although they are a bit further forward - so here is my Q3 list

Number 1 - Stairway to Heaven - pattern from Geta Grama - I have now cut out two sets and partly pieced them with just the small task of  layering and quilting left!

 

 

 



Number 2 - Half square triangle star quilt - As this is slowly coming together I can see that it will look really good when finished.

Number 3 - On A Whim duvet cover - I am adding the borders which have to be wide to make a king size cover.  This is one of those 'not sure how it is going to turn out' type project.  Making it up as I go along.  I do have a problem in that it seems to be quite heavy for a duvet cover.

Number 4 - This is my last Marcelle Medallion - ever!  This just missed being finished in Q2 so it should be an early finish in Q3- if it is not I will hang my head in shame.  I have sewn this a bit a**e about face.  When I finished FMQ the outer borders I sewed the binding on and then carried on sewing in the middle.  The theory behind this is that if I finish the binding it will stop the flappy edge of wadding annoying me and getting caught up everything- so I need to sew that down then!  Miles and miles of hand sewing...




Number 5 - Supernova Leftovers -This is a paper pieced pattern and I have printed out some papers so no excuses now.  (Also an Australian pattern like below)

Number 6 - Culture Blend - with an attempt at more interesting photos which blend cultures as well - Australian pattern and Chinese Bamboo.  I have even bought a 24" 10 degree wedge ruler.

Number 7 - Skirt, Trousers and Top - I have the patterns and fabric (for skirt and top) just need to muster up the enthusiasm.

I will be making the top

 

 

Number 8 - Super Tote - Noodlehead.  I have some laminate Echino  Stag Deer with glasses in pink on its way from Hong Kong so I need to overcome my fear of bag making!  With some bag patterns there is such a long list of items required - I don't know what half of them are - usually starting with the word Pellon. - how many blinking types of Pellon can there be?

 

 

 

So there we have it - a very ambitious list but here's hoping...

Enjoy your summer stitching wherever you are , whatever you are stitching
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Giant Vintage Star Finish

Number 4 on my Finish Along 2014 Q2.
The Giant Vintage Star quilt is now finished and living in Kendal, Cumbria.  Luckily my friend loves it.  I used the free tutorial from  In Color Order

 

 

 

This quilt top was a very quick and easy make but looks great although it is quite large so a bit of a pain to quilt.  I kept it simple as my dodgy FMQ would have shown too much.

Overall I am more than happy with how this turned out and it was a present for a dear friend so all more for the good.

 

Happy stitching whatever you are making.

 

 



Medallion Finish

Number 2 on my Finish Along 2014 Q2  list is finished.

A Marcelle Medallion with a V and Co Kaleidoscope centre block looked like this

and now by magic it looks like this

 

 

A medallion style quilt is perfect to practice FMQ as there are lots of small areas to quilt and the scrappy fabric look hides a lot of not so perfect attempts at patterns.  Not all my piecing is precise either as everything seemed to come up larger so I had to cut in half a few triangles but hey ho!

The recipient has no sewing experience whatsoever so was very very pleased with her quilt.

So a success all round and I am very happy to be able to tick one of the list.

 

Happy sewing.

 



Swanky New Peg Bag

As all quilters know the post delivery can be the highlight of the day or even as in this case the highlight of the month.  I was part of a pay it forward type thing (I think that's what its called!) and Mrs Soy Amado of Little Island Quilting made me a peg bag.  I did not want a coat hanger type one so the bag Alison made was just the best.

So this is what I had

Now I have this

I have added a tag so I can clip on a carabiner and clip it to the line. 

So all in all the best sort of parcel.
Now I need some sunshine.

PS Click on the Flickr button on Little Island Quilting and be amazed with a riot of fantastic quilts
made as a collaboration with quilters worldwide and Alison.

Zebra Tote can earn Brownie points!

As well as the Lucky Stars quilt I made for my mum for Mothers Day I made this cheeky little tote bag.  I followed the reversible tote bag pattern from Skip to my Lou.  I used quilted panels for the front and back and made it slightly bigger but that was the only changes I made and the instructions were totally great even for a pattern following scaredy simpleton like me.

 

I think he's gorgeous

Finish Along 2014 Q2

Well its not good to be starting a new quarter with 4 items out of 6 from the previous one going at the top of this one, but that is the sorry state of affairs happening around here.
So to start we have the...

1. Marcelle Medallion - progressed to layering and quilting

2. Frankenstein Marcelle Medallion - still needs some borders

3.  On A Whim duvet cover - needs some stitching together and then working out how to make a proper duvet cover - all professional looking!

4.  Giant Vintage Star - still  ready and waiting for some machine quilting.

And to finish we have some that were not carried over - making a list of 6 again.

5.  HST quilt - needs piecing onwards.

 

 

6.  Geta Grama Stairway to Heaven - need to think about starting! This photo is awful so have a look at Geta's blog - stunning quilt patterns.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

 

Finish Along 2014 Q1 Lucky Stars Finish

At last I finished the Lucky Stars for my Mum and it was delivered on Mothers Day.  I started in early 2013 with Don't Call Me Betsy's BOM Club 2013.  I have also added a couple of HST blocks and a block pattern by Lynne of Lily's Quilts featured in Love Quilting and Patchwork.  The fabric was Kate Spain and mostly the Cuzco collection.  The Lucky Stars blocks are all paper pieced and I love the technique but it does waste a lot of fabric which I hate doing.

 The first photo shows  Lynne of Lily's Quilts block which looks great with the peacock in the middle.

 

 

So I managed a grand total of 2 out of 6 - not bad for my first time.  Must try harder, must try harder, must try harder x 100 lines.  My original list is here.

 

I am linking this to the Littlest Thistle Finish Along 2014 Q1 page. 

Thanks to Katy and all the sponsors for the great incentives to do better next time!