I feel like I've spent every spare minute of the past two months sewing quilts. As I look back over what I have made it's probably not too far from the truth!
Kelly's quilt
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Kelly's quilt ready for the binding to be stitched down
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Since my last quilting post in April I have all but finished Kelly's quilt - it's just waiting for the binding to be hand sewn in place. A job I have left until I am at home recuperating after my operation which is scheduled for the 6th August.
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| Quilt top made from the leftover blocks from Kelly's quilt |
I had a lot of blocks left over from Kelly's quilt so I have made them into a smaller quilt top which is sitting on my new quilt ladder waiting to be backed and quilted.
Quilting ladder
I love my new quilting ladder! I had been wondering what to do with all my quilts that I had on the go - each at different stages of being stitched. I decided to ask the guys in the Men's shed at work if they would be able make me a ladder - to my delight they happily made me a ladder for my quilts.
Quilts for sale
I was asked to make a quilt to sell at a fundraising auction for my work. I ended up making two quilts, a small cot quilt made from lovely bright red fabrics with beetles on it and a single bed quilt. For the single bed quilt I used my 'retro' fabrics that I had brought at the January sales earlier in the year. It was exciting and a little scary watching people bid on my quilts. I was worried that no-one would bid or if they did, that the reserve prices wouldn't be met. I need not have worried as lots of people bid and the reserve prices were exceeded!
One of the things I was encouraged to do was to put a label with my name and the date on each quilt I make. A friend made me a couple of labels to use but it's something that I need to look into getting made to sew onto the quilts I make for other people.
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| My 'Retro' fabric |
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| sewing lots and lots of strips for 9 square blocks! |
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| finally coming together... |
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| my name label |
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| The finished 'retro' quilt |
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| my red beetle quilt sold at auction |
Owl Quilts
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| Charlie checking out Andrew's quilt |
Andrew has his first quilt!
After making Edna's 'Owl' quilt I decided to make another one just because I liked the fabrics. I had hoped that someone would like it enough to want it so I was really happy that Andrew asked if he could have it for himself.
The quilt is now hanging on the wall above his bed where it will stay until he sells his house.
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| Andrew's Owl quilt hanging above his bed |
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| Helga's 'Owl' quilt |
With the left over fabric I made up another (my 3rd!) 'owl' quilt. This quilt was brought by a lovely lady, Helga. Helga calls it her 'wisdom quilt' and has it sitting on a chair in her nursing home
Heidi's Quilt
After finishing the quilts for the auction I was asked to make a quilt for my bosses 40th birthday. This was to be quilt for her partner to give as a gift. Apart from only having three weeks to make the quilt I had to work out the pattern and colors. I found a lovely range of fabric by Moda called 'Pure'. Time, or lack of it was a major factor in deciding the design of the quilt. I decided that squares were the fastest to cut and easiest to sew and machine quilt. I decided to make six inch squares and alternate them with four square blocks.
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| Some of the 'Pure' range from Moda |
The design suited that fabrics but I didn't take into account just how many three inch squares I'd have to cut! With the 200 three inch squares and 50 six inch squares cut I spent every spare minute at the sewing machine. I machine quilted the quilt with a simple 1/4 inch shadow stitch around all of the six inch blocks. After a lot of long days of sewing and late nights I finished the quilt just in time for the birthday
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| Blocks laid out ready to sew together |
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| Heidi's quilt |
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