Lions Babyquilt

Lions for the moon lion. I went for pet size, but considered sewing 6 altogether. The pattern is Lion Head Pillow by Stacy Iest Hsu but I sewed 4, then sashed 1.5 inch inner and 3 inch outer border. It was fun to design a quilt using an interesting block, you can extend or downsize patchwork patterns.  I went for neutral colours because I'm using a novelty design, and beige, grey and cream seem to be really popular at the moment, also I didn't add any bold borders, to keep it simple. I used woodgrain fabrics from Moda, Paintbrush Studio and Benartex. I collect wood prints, it's nature and geometric in one. The background is Art Gallery Fabric. The nose and cheeks are Timeless Treasures which I purchased as shop offcuts. The rest is scraps, the gold lion face is made from the scraps of the grey lion hair.

I will back it in Art Gallery fabric as it's a nice touch and quilt in cream. 

Bestfriends Birthday Quilt

Best Friends locket quilt top for my best friend. I would like to make a matching one when I get some time, but with a different backing and binding and maybe border to keep them one off's. I purchased some more Tula Pink besties in green to make another, it's a colour I like (green and gold) and I had a half heart from my penpal in the 90s! 

Ashford Square quilt #fabriccafe #quiltsinajiffy

Hearts: @tulapink @cottonpatchuk

#besties #tulapink #tulapinkbesties #tulapinkfabric 

Gold: #camelotfabric

Cream: Windham atlas diamond @thecottonpatch

Polkadot: Paw-Some #artgalleryfabric

Modern Charm Quilt

Modern Charm 43 x 61 inches. This is a May birthday gift, I took two days off work to get it done as I have an April birthday one to make too! The pattern is from Fabric Cafe 'Quick as a Wink' book, it wasn't quick! I chose this one because it has 9.5 inch blocks for showing a pretty print, and I've always liked the old fashion blocks like this churn dash, I noticed that when you turn the block on the diagonal it has Greek vase look!  The handheld photos are after the quilt has been washed once on 30 degrees to crinkle, the cotton was not prewashed.

Dark green and cream Art Gallery Fabric churn dash. Cream with Ivy lacquer print background, I don't know the brand of this as I tried to order more but it's out of stock! Willow tree ornate print Art Gallery Fabric Backing is 2.5 metres Art Gallery Fabric, I cut this as two lengths, turned the length to the widthways and sewed together at the selvedges, usually I use an upright print so have to add the fabric to the side. 

I quilted it both sides of each seam, straight lines. I used Aurfil thread this time, which is as good as Gutermann thread, not a lot of breakage or fluffing.  I used Hobbs poly down 2-3 Oz.

Dash Quilt

King Charles Spaniel quilt for an Australian relative. The pattern is Dash from the Easy Peasy book by Fabric Cafe. It is 44 by 58 inches, for a sofa or end of bed quilt. I will back in Art Gallery fabric and bind it in the orange. Instead of using Fabric 2 for the squares I used an accent colour. Dog fabrics are Timeless Treasures, white on white lacquer print is John Louden and the rust stripe is Camelot.  I quilted it in cream Gutermann thread edge stitched each side of every seam, which sews through the blocks.

I donated or recycled three quilts recently (first baby quilt, Halloween, leaf) and the next two are birthday gifts. After the urgents, I want to make a cute and quick Easter inspired quilt with chickens and chicks, or lambs in peaceful blues and whites, for the dogs to sleep on.

This quilt I pieced on one weekend and really enjoyed it, it was cool finding a fabric with text on it that is made for adults, and the large blocks show off the dogs. I didn't need to fussy cut them at all, the baby quilt took longer to cut because the pieces were smaller and I wanted to select the black poodles mostly, and this quilt is perfect for directional prints. 

Winnie the Pooh Baby Quiit

Winnie the Pooh fat quarters from Hobbycraft purchased by Mr W! It is Square Dance from the Quilts for Kids Fabric Cafe book, it is 45 by 50 inches. I quilted it in one day which is a first for me. I edge stitched each side of each seam in light beige Gutermann thread, pale pink bobbin for the backing.

Front is Winnie the pooh fat quarters, unknown sage green sprig print, woodgrain Benartex. Back is Art Gallery fabric, purchased as a remnant a year ago, pieced lengthways.

Patchwork

Boalsburg Pullover - Recycled

 Itch to Stitch Boalsburg Pullover made from me three mens rugby shirts, Mr W was going to charityshop them as they didn't fit anymore. I pattern matched the stripes. This is a great pattern for using up scraps of t-shirt or jumper fabric leftover from other projects too.

Boalsburg Pullover - Remnants

 Itch to Stitch Boalsburg Pullover in organic french terry, it is the dame fabric but in different colours. The blue is leftover from my Orono, and the light and dark greys are leftover from my Nazare.

 Itch to Stitch Boalsburg Pullover