1985 Laura Ashley

 2nd hand quilt top (pieced by another person) is quilted and bound! 2 days of work, quickest quilt yet!  I think I did it justice. Before I had my new sewing machine with 10 inch throat space, I got frustrated with the queue of "to quilt" and gave away a quilt top unfinished (I normally finish so charity can use) and then had to purchase the later cake again! 

36 x 36 inch #babyquilt. I've backed it in 1m Liberty fabric and bound it in #artgalleryfabric linear white on navy print. I decided to sew the binding onto the front, then stitch in the ditch, that was a very tight space to catch the back binding, I had to hand sew some of it. 2.5 inch binding, sewn on at 1cm, next time I try that I will use the standard 1/4 inch, I just didn't want any of the binding to flap out, so I usually sew on the back, flip and topstitch the front down. 

2nd hand quilt top. I purchased this in auction and the seller provided me with colour ideas from the 1985 magazine! Pretty cool the Laura Ashley pattern is 40yrs old, and the floral fabric is Laura Ashley too, they don't sell cotton anymore.

Quilting: serpentine stitch light silver on front, dark grey on the back cotton Aurifil thread. Batting: Hobbs polydown.

Elemental Christmas

Scrappy Christmas quilt. Elemental pattern from the Make it Easy book from Fabric Cafe, 43 by 61 inches as I added 1/2 inch to the red borders. I changed the direction of the connector blocks to vertical.

Moda layercakes: red and cream from 3 Sisters 'Holly wood' and the leftover French General 'Le Beau Papillon' from a charity quilt. Red dogtooth print was leftover binding, and the cream chevron was from a Moda Scrap Bag. The plain brick red is leftover from one of my first quilts.

Yardage is Art Gallery Fabric: cream thatched, red tiles, red plaid binding, white with tiny grey dot. Backing is Benartex leftover from charity quilts. Quilted in leaves and serpentine stitch so all of the seams are covered, Gutermann beige for the front and Superior Thread cream for the back.

Organic Cotton Bag

 Tote / shoulder bag made from organic cotton twill supplied by Minerva for review. The lining is 2nd hand from a quilting cotton bundle.  Pattern is Buckley Tote.

I interfaced all the fabric, except for the lining but I interfaced the top of the pockets. You don't need to interface cotton twill for totebags, but I like the structure. I added a button loop and Pigeon Wishes button from Stephen, Might use a smaller button as I rushed the sewing and the closure is very close! Could have unpicked the seam and added a few cm extra for adjusting. 

I cut the outer fabric in 2 parts with a seam allowance as the print is directional.  Also added topstitching to the edges for extra structure. I used berry red Gutermann thread.

Fallon's Christmas Blanket

Pet / baby quilt. I made a 48 by 48 quilt from 2 Benartex Christmas jelly rolls - geometric prints only. The red stripe looks like peppermints I used prewashed cotton flannel as batting for this.

No pattern needed for this as it's just jelly rolls strip pieced into 6, I chose dark light dark. Then cut at 6.5inch. 

The blue swirl is Timeless Treasures (remnant) and the backing is an old Cotton & Steel I purchased close, I only had 1 metre so I pieced it with leftover blocks and strips. 

Rail Fence Quilt

The lighting was low today, but Mr W (modelling) took me to the lake. Will try to photo again as the colours look muddy rather than gentle. I designed this pattern myself using rail fence technique, 2nd hand yardage and Moda scrap bags! The only stash fabric is the leaf print side borders as I used all the vine print. I didn't have enough of the vine print, so added corner blocks leftover from piecing! It's approx 53 x 65 inch. 

Binding is Art Gallery Fabric and the backin

g is 2 beige prints pieces together (Camelot, Benartex). 1/2 metre vines, 1/2 metre pale olive vine, 1/4 metre inner border diamonds Edyta Sitar Andover purchased 2nd hand. Moda scrap bags are slow stroll and storybook Fancy That Design House. Side borders Windham fabric. All the white jelly rolls leftover from Eunha's quilt. Cream Aurifil thread serpentine stitched seams.

Before quilting:

Nine Patch Baby/Dog

My own pattern! It came together using the teal, green, peach and yellow strips from a jellyroll, when I was ironing the strips, I sorted out the tropical colours. I managed to get it to a baby/pet quilt by adding a.border and extra white fabric. It is approx 43.5 inches by 49.5 inches. 

Yellow tile border, white with rainbow polka dot cut into strips, label, backing: Art Gallery Fabric poplin. The daisy print I purchased 2ndhand new. 

Moda jellyroll Love Lily purchased on sale, binding is the peach Moda print from the same range also on sale. I cut 2.5 inch double fold binding, I usually cut 2.25 inch but I thought wider would look cute 

Wadding: Soft & Bright polyester. Quilting: serpentine stitch in Superior Thread in cream, I use Gutermann thread for my labels. 

Wadding: Soft&Bright 

I had to cut 6 strips from white print yardage.  I cut the strips in half and strip piece into 3, for a nine patch colour coordinated checkerboard.

Irish Christmas Quilt

Teal foliage squares/binding, beige background, backing: Benartex. Turquoise diamonds: Moda Robin Pickens made me think of falling water drops, I sewed 24 HSTs one orientation, then the other 24 turned, to keep the directional print. Outer border Robin Pickens. Inner border Art Gallery Fabric floral elements, Mr W thought this might be too grey but it is mint green to me. Batting: Sew Simple 80/20 individual pack. Quilting: cream cotton Aurifil thread, back thread is Superior Thread. 

Pattern Irish Christmas from Fabriccafe, I received the Quick Christmas book from Mr W for my birthday. I like using 4 or 5 fabrics more than 3 and I use a double fold binding. Name blurred on label.

Patchwork Quilt

Skip to my Lou from Easy Peasy book. Prewashed cotton flannel batting.  I love the look and feel of a quilt lined in cotton flannel as batting, it's smooth and heavy like a weighted bedspread, it packs well for days out. 

Blue and white tile print, Fleur de lis. Both Gutermann fabric remnants.

Blue tiny hearts John Louden. Grey flower Moda fabric. Backing: aqua geometric tiles Camelot fabric 

Quilting: serpentine stitch each seam and criss cross on the blocks, very light grey Aurifil thread. Pattern is Skip to my Lou from Fabriccafe, from the book Easy Peasy 3 Yard Quilts (over 3 metres with double fold binding and directional prints). 

Barn Star 2 Quilt

Pet quilt 40 by 40 inches. We had to crouch for these photos as we didn't want to be photographed! 

Christmas present pet quilt for Fallon. I used a puffy wadding for this one and serpentine stitch. 

Pattern Barnstar 2 by Coriander Quilts, I've sewn Barn Star 1 and will make 3 or 4 next, I think there are 9 but not all are my style. 

Moda layer cake "Emma" (Sherri & Chelsea designer). 

White heart outlines on white tonal John Louden.

Binding: Green straws RB Studio @fleur.et.ours . Backing is Benartex, I liked the swirls but didn't realise it had squares on it, ok for backing, they look like Chinese almond biscuits. 

Wadding: Sew Easy polydown crib size

Quilting: Gutermann thread, white.