Pumpkin Quilt for Friend

Quilt has been picked up! Quilted it for a friend and added a label, name blurred out.

Backed it in orange woodgrain that looked like pumpkin. Pattern is Twist and Shout from Curve Appeal book, but instead of breaking up the pumpkin print, I decided to cut plain blocks, also added to the borders.

Patchwork and backing is Benartex, double fold binding in the pumpkin print. Batting is cotton flannel. Quilting serpentine stitch in Gutermann thread beige 722.

I also sewed a Halloween quilt for Mr W's friend.

Recycled Pencil Case for Friend

My friend wanted 'Keep on Rucking' embroidery, I didn't know what that is, it's hiking or walking with weighted rucksacks! I machine stitched it in green with a leaf for outdoors, both sides.

100% cotton teatowel with crossiants on, cotton promotional tote bag, both never used. I prewashed the fabric and reused the loop and care label from the teatowel. 

Hand sewn on brass magnet. Denim and art gallery fabric tote for my friend.

Jelly Roll Jam Pet Quilt

Pet / baby quilt for dad's dog made from 2 Moda Aspen Forest jelly rolls I purchased 2nd hand new, I selected the prints I wanted as you only need 1/2 jelly roll for the top. My first machine embroidery! I used interfacing on the inside of the label, which is from a leftover layer cake square. The binding is from a Moda scrap bag, as I only had 1 red strip left (made another quilt, kept the plain strips, donated the snowmen and peppermint prints, too busy). 

Backing is Dashwood studio that I've had since I started quilting! I like trees but never quilt with pink, I also dislike that pink seems to be in a lot of Halloween and Christmas fabrics, it's fine on its own as a backing, and I think looks a bit retro with the red binding and picks out some of the trees. 60/40 cotton batting. The quilt is 36.5 inches approx so I was able to use offcuts of batting. 

I've been wanting to use serpentine stitches for quilting, but on my other machine, the tension was always too tight, so I could only straight line or free motion. I quilted it to a 2 inch grid so it catches all the seams. This stitch is quick as you can sew both sides of the seam down with one instead of two lines, and it's more forgiving, it looks cute on whimsical styles.

Pineapple Quilt

I couldn't get one of the screws out of my bobbin plate to clean out the bobbin area, so my tension was off, it was difficult and time consuming to quilt. 

Serenity from Go Bold. The pineapple print in the boxes and the yellow lattice print were 2nd hand 1/2 metres. I used a different pineapple print for the border and doubled the width of it. It uses more than 3 yards as I tried to keep the green Art Gallery oval elements and the pineapple border directional and used a double fold binding.

Art Gallery Fabric gold symbols and green ovals. Backing is yellow polkadot Benartex. Binding is leftover sage green from Fallon's baby quilt.  Quilting Aurifil cream thread. Soft & bright wadding.

Daisies Quilt

Quilt for my aunty, Mr W modelled it before.  posting.  

The pattern is Delight from The Magic of 3 Yard Quilts, but I used a double fold binding. Daisies: American quilting cotton purchased 2nd hand new. White: lacquer daisies on white. Yellow: Timeless Treasures. Green stripes (remind me of grass) Makower UK. Backing: Benartex, daisy print. Quilting front and back Gutterman 414 cream.

Boomerang Quilt

Boomerang Quilt - individual pattern from Fabric Cafe. Cross Windham, I wanted a country western look with the wood boomerangs. Woodgrain Maywood and Benartex. Ornate flower yellow on white Art Gallery Fabric.

Backing Art Gallery Fabric. I also made a churn dash quilt from the hypernature fabric collection, this one is for myself. Batting: 60/40 cotton Quilting: straight line, cream #gutermann thread front and back 

I love how my labels are looking! I use a 3.5 inch folded square of woodgrain print.

Minerva Rhapsody Quilt

I used the Byzantium print cotton linen gifted by Minerva Exclusive for review, to make a quilt for Mr W's friend. It is 45% cotton 55% linen.

I paired it with Benartex puppytooth print in red, and a black on grey Windham print. The alternating blocks are from the Moda layer Cake 'Lancaster', I chose the linear prints, to let the Byzantium print shine. It also gives the feeling of brickwork or building tiles.

The pattern is Rhapsody from Fabric Cafe Fat Quarter Quilting Treats, but because I used prewashed fabric, I had to cut the width of the blocks 1/2 inch less, I then added 1 inch to the third border. It measures approximately 46 by 66 inches.

I'm adding labels now! Also hand tying the thread stops by pulling it through with a needle. Straight line quilted this is dark grey Glide thread for both sides.

Puzzle me This Quilt

The blue cottons are 2nd hand! The navy is "Royal Doulton Woodrow Studio London 2003' and the blue I hadn't heard of the manufacturer. It's like a treasure trove to find materials we can't purchase again, I think most quilting cotton companies print limited collections for this reason. They both had a delicate meander design so I wanted to pair them, then chose a pattern for a tiny print.

I paired the blue with a country daisy polkadot Benartex) and the backing is Art Gallery Fabric as it complemented the 90s country kitchen look

Quilted it in Aurifil 2312 (light beige, medium cream) 

Pattern is Puzzle me This from Fabriccafe Quick n Easy book. It's one of the patterns Mr W picked out from my remaining books to sew from.