Wednesday, 17 January 2018

First Finishes!

 As hoped, I finished this 'Sweet 16' lap quilt.

It has finished at 42" square.  Another one to be passed over to Project Linus - and one more step to dealing with all my scraps!
 It's a nice size to work on, but I still think that making it 60" x 42" would give a more useful size - but I was limited by the scraps that I had in this colour way!  Sometimes you have to listen to what the fabrics or blocks are telling you!  It's fun to work within these 'constraints' sometimes.
 I found myself wondering what to make next - not a usual state of affairs for me, as I often have quite a long list of projects that I'd like to get started with. 

I wanted some simple sewing that would use some of the fat quarters that I was given for Christmas.

After trawling though my mini / small / miniature quilt books I decided on this one from "Little Quilts all Through the House".  Called 'Stars in the Snow' it used three of my fabrics (you can't see the lustre on the background one) to make a Christmassy mini quilt.  I am pleased with how neat my diagonal quilting it.  I shall add it to the others that I hang in the kitchen each year.  It finished at 18" x 14".
My last sewing adventure for the week was to make this card.  I need to set aside some time to make more cards soon, as my stock seems rather depleted at the moment.

This week I plan to start another mini quilt with more Christmas FQs, to consider fabric choices for the BOW that I've signed up for (Aves by Kathryn Kerr - it looks amazing but I'm not sure that I'll be able to keep up with it as it also looks quite intricate!) and to have a look to see which scraps I might use in my next lap quilt.

Lots of planning and thinking there!
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4 comments:

  1. Home Sewn By Us17 January 2018 at 17:35

    Good Morning,
    I really love the colors in your first finish. That background color is very unique and one that I don't see often. It is perfect for setting off those beautiful fabrics and letting them shine. I have that Little Quilts book, and don't recall those fun stars! I think I need to page through that booklet again. I may be missing some inspiration - and you have provided me with some today. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  2. Nancy18 January 2018 at 05:14

    I like your Sweet 16 quilt quite a lot, especially your brights against the putty/tan/grey sashing and border fabric.

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  3. Lynette19 January 2018 at 22:29

    That's a really nice scrap-buster quilt.

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  4. Benta AtSLIKstitches3 February 2018 at 23:20

    Wow - haven’t you been productive! Great finishes xxx

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