Comfy Cushion

Final stitching (for the moment) for DD2 who has just taken her quilt (and a whole car full of other items!) and headed off to Uni.

This is a cushion cover, 26" square, using some of the fabrics used in her Uni quilt, and the same block pattern.  I love that it has hearts in it to show her how much we love her!

I quilted some extra hearts into it too - I wonder if she will notice?  On her quilt I added leaves to the meander quilting.... so this is slightly different.
 

Missing in Action - Part 2

Another quilt that never actually made it on to my blog when I made it - and I'm not sure why!

It was an MSQC pattern, called 'Wallah' or 'Voila' - and I seem to remember (I made it in July 2022!) that it was a fun one to make

Here I was laying it out.  I can remember that it was a 'disappearing' block - I think that it was four patches and exchanging parts with other blocks, but I'm sure that you can track down the video tutorial and find out!

Here it is, a bit more put together.

And finally finished and shown over our garden table!

The sunlight didn't make for great photos - but this one is trying to show you the quilting and the backing!

I hope that you are happy to see this after so long!

Finally, for me to be all caught up, this little quilt was made in March this year for a 'quilt whisper' challenge within the Miniature Quilt Group of the Quilters Guild of the UK.

Mine was the fourth in a series, that was prompted by an image.... I realise that it would make more sense if I could show the others, but I don't have the right permissions!  So, if you didn't catch them at Festival of Quilts last month, then I'll let you know if they are going to be shown anywhere else!

 

Missing In Action? Part 1

When I was updating my Quilt Record recently (I confess that it was a couple of years since I'd last updated it properly!) I realised that there were a couple of quilts that once they'd been finished had never made it on to the blog - so I'm going to put that right!

The first one to show you is this frame quilt.

It was the merging of two projects.  I wanted to set my own challenge to design and make a 'mini block' project to replace a simpler quilt on a living room wall, but I was also working on a frame quilt challenge for my old quilting group.

I started the frame with a simple pinwheel, that flared out into a star. Then I left a good chunk of negative space to allow room for quilting.

The next challenge row was to use seminole.  That was a fun one!

Triangles (I used flying geese) came next.  Then it was curves - a bit of a cheat for me, as I applied this gold bias binding in gentle curves.

Stars was the final prompt, and I used them as corner stones to complete my challenge piece.

After that I managed to make the batik blocks fit (with a little 'fillet' of 1/2" or so in batik to make it work properly!).

You can tell that I had fun with the quilting!

I had a blast and I'm very happy to have it up on the wall!
 

Card Time Again

It's that time again.  I always seem to reach the end of the summer with a shortage of cards, but lots of dates in the diary when I need them!

So, a few fabric scraps, a little hand sewing and a glue stick, and I have sufficient cards to get me through the next couple of months!

Not all shown here - I forgot to take a photo of the first patch that I made.  

It's always fun to match up the fabrics with the recipients!