Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Update

 

 

I have finally settled on a design for my pinwheel sampler quilt.  I'm very happy with the overall layout.  Nothing special but I love all the blocks I've chosen. The finish size of each block is 23 x 23 cm (It was suppose to be 24x24cm).  The sashing will be half that so I can have a decent sized pinwheel cornerstone block.  It may be a little smaller but I will decide that when I get to them.

Now, I also mentioned I purchased two fat quarter packs of the Rhapsodia range by Art Gallery Fabrics for this project.  I have actually changed my mind on this.  This quilt will be a scrap quilt.  Why?  Well, today I made up a test block with scrap fabrics to check the sizing and I fell in love with the block and have now made five pinwheel blocks so far.  

Block One

The test piece.  I was so pleased with it that i got all excited about experimenting with fabrics and seeing what else I could come up with.

Block Two

The orange and blue scraps were sitting on the cutting table and they reminded me of something, even though I can't exactly figure out what it is.  They looked striking together so, tadah!   Block two came to life.

Block Three

Was a little bit unsure about this block at first.  When I chose the aqua stripe fabric I had trouble deciding what other fabric to use.  I'm happy with the purple I chose.

Block Four

I love the citrus colours.  I accidentally sewed two of the outer green half triangles the wrong way but I didn't realise until I had assembled the entire block.

Block Five

I found just enough blue to assemble the pinwheel.  I love the fabric, its in the quilt that is on my bed at the moment.  It had the slightest hint of red in it so I decided on the red but also the darker brown with a cream background colour.  Different to the previous four blocks but I still love it.

I have two more blocks cut out ready to sew and will hopefully assemble a few more tomorrow.

I hope you all are having a fabulous week.  I've had a very exciting few days which I will tell you about tomorrow.

Happy Days :-)

Melbourne Update

Melbourne is very cold.  My week away is being spent inside, watching tv, on the recliner with a blanket and the fire on.  It is forecast to be a horrible day today with gale force winds by the afternoon and heavy rain so we're preparing for another day inside. 

I love the birds out here and I've been going bananas with my camera.  I also caught up with my baby cousin George who is just gorgeous.  Flying home on Wednesday.  I don't want to leave but I want to get back to my sewing maching.  I bought fat quarter pack from Intrepid Thread.  I now have the complete Rhapsodia fabric collection :-) As I mentioned they're for my pinwheel sampler quilt but I haven't worked on the layout yet.

I leave you with photos from my weekend.

Don't you love the Eeyore I gave him?  The moment he saw it he was ecstatic.

Cockatoo

King Parrot

Crimson Rosella

Fairy Quilt Update

I am having so much fun making this quilt.  It's so pretty and girl and I adore it!  I'm so pleased with it.  I can't wait to have this finished so I can use it for the remainder of winter.

So I'm using a repeating pieced block with he different fairy blocks. As I mentioned I love it.  I am using white sashing too - just to make the quilt a bit bigger.  I should have the top completed tomorrow (excluding the two side borders).  I'm off to Melbourne on Thursday so no quilting for a few days :-(

I hope you are all having a fabulous week.

New Quilt

I started on a new quilt yesterday.  Now that I have time off I went through my stash to think of a new project.  Mum is working on a scrap quilt and I'm very jealous.  I did decide to make a scrap quilt but that's not the reason I'm writing this post.  I've had some fabric in my stash for a very long time.  From maybe, 2004?  That's a long time to have fabric in your stash.  So, I decided to bust it out and make something.  One of the reasons why I haven't made anything with them is that they are fairy fabric.  I loved fairies as a girl and as I've grown older I thought I had outgrown making a quilt out of the fabric.  However I decided to make a quilt that would remind me of my childhood.  I suppose its a way to hold on to my inner child.

So much pink and so many flowers but I'm so excited about this quilt.  I can't wait to get it finished.  I'm still not sure whether I will use sashing.  I think I will because it will be a little small.  I should have enough white.  Any other colour will be too much.  I will post pictures when I've made progress :-)

w00t

Exams finished  (Yah!) So back to sewing :-)  Also reading, writing, and other fun things.

Glad to be back and fully involved again.

New Fabric

Firstly, exams this week so I will be back blogging more by the end of the week.

I have mentioned the pinwheel sampler quilt I want to make.  Today I ordered the first lot of fabric for it :-)  I'm so excited!  I first thought of some Kaffe Fassett fabric for the pinwheels but today I found Rhapsodia in Blue.

 Sew Modern Online

Isn't it pretty?  I fell in love with the above fat quarter bundle from Sew Modern Online but their shipping to Australia was going to cost $49!  I was so devastated because they also had the kona solid I really wanted (Kona Steel White).  I then popped over to Fat Quarter Shop and ordered the same blue 10 fat quarter pack but two of the fabrics are different.

 Fat Quarter Shop

I really want to get the two that is missing from this pack - the grey of the bottom right fabric and the blue of the middle bottom fabric.  I'll have to get them in half yard cuts unless our local quilt shop has them in fat quarters.

I also bought a yard of Moda Bella solid in off white.  However I've just realised I might need more than that.  The fat quarters and the Bella solid are for the pinwheels only.  I still don't know the exact layout of this quilt but I would like either a lattice or sashing which will be different fabric to the pinwheel blocks.  They probably will be just complementary solids.

That is all for now.  Hope you all are having a good weekend.

Mum's WIP

As I was typing up my last post, mum was here in the lounge room basting one of her WIP's.  It is a wedding quilt for my brother Jason.  I had to share it.  It represent the ocean from the deep dark depths to the  almost crystal clear water along the shore.  Doesn't it look amazing?