Sunkissed Granny Square #1 Finished

 

Here is the finished product!! I'm glad it's done but it confirmed my vow to never work with unwashed fabric again. I hated working with the unwashed fabric and I hate how wrinkled it is.

 

 

Got to the stage where I just wanted these two done, so basic cross-hatch quilting for this one. 

 

Someone (who might be named Miss Cleo) wanted some attention. I had hoped to bind it with the pink gingham from the Sunkissed range, but I couldn't find any anywhere. I had this pink on hand which was pretty much a perfect match for colour. 

More kitty help from Miss Hattie. But I was still able to get it done.

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Final Sunkissed Blocks

I've finished off the final blocks off my Sunkissed Granny Squares. I really enjoyed these blocks, they really work up so quickly. I ended up with alot of blocks. I have enough to make two quilts. The first one in progress can be seen at the bottom. I'm planning to put corner squares on between the sashing.

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More Sunkissed Blocks

I have to say I love the Granny Squares, they work up so quickly.

 

This last one is the same as the top, but with added Hattie!!

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Sunkissed Granny Squares Restarted

I'm trying to get as many of my WIP's finished as possible. I only had eight of the granny squares done. Below I used my new block design boards to put together another twelve blocks ready to be sewn.

Rather than work with HST (with their biased edges) for the outer edges, I used full squares and then trimmed them down. There is a small bit of waste but allows for much better accuracy for the completed block.

 

 I now have another 12 blocks ready to sew. Once they are done I will be up to 30 blocks. And I still have enough squares to make a few more blocks as well.

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Granny Block Four

Didn't get alot of sewing done this week. But I did do a few hours of handquilting on my long term repro quilt. I had hoped to get more done over the winter but I kept getting distracted with reading! But I am going to try and do an hour a night. That should get most of it done before the weather starts to warm up too much. I really want this quilt done by summer!! Been working on it for about five years now.

I did get another Granny block done.

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Craft Show Plan and Quilt Ideas

Granny Blocks 2 and 3

So starting tomorrow there is a big craft show starting in my town. It goes for three days and is the biggest craft event of the year. Since I hit the Sydney show in a big way this year, I don't have much on my shopping list. Most of what I am looking for is based on specific projects I want to do. So here they are:

Deco Japanese Cross and Plus 

I found this pattern via Pinterest, but you can see the work in progress picture that caught my eye on the Periwinkle Quilting and Beyond page. I like the subtleness of both the fabric and the pattern. It's been sitting there for a while but no idea what fabrics to use. The other week, doing my fortnightly check of Patchwork Products I found a great Fat Quarter bundle of Gatsby fabric. I've been thinking about how to use this and thought about the Japanese Cross and Plus. I think the geometric nature of both the fabrics and the design will work well.

• Find Dark fabric for crosses. Should have a deco or geometric feel with minimal or tone on tone pattern.

Country/Autumn Flannels

Again in my effort to use what I already have, I had a bundle of Fat Eighths of Flannels that I had picked up somewhere along the way. They are quite plain, tone on tones with about 5 fabrics each of green, purple, red, yellow, orange and creams. Again, I had to find a pattern I could use them with. As there a number of issues to keep in mind when sewing with flannel, I decided on a simple, traditional pattern for them. As I was roaming around the web, I found a great video tutorial for a Quarter Log Cabin block.


2501: Quarter Log Cabin Quilt from Quilt in a Day on Vimeo.

It's a really simple and fast technique that gives you a huge variety of setting options.

•   Find cream/tan flannels for the light section of the Quarter Log Cabin Block

Yarn Dyed Japanese Fabric

I've recently discovered these fabrics. I love the subtle colours and gentle texture of them. I bought a few FQ's at the Sydney Show,  but I need a few more to be able to make anything of a useful size. I know that the company I bought from previously will be at this show, and hopefully a few more places will have some as well. No specific project in mind for these ones, though I did see a great mini-Granny square quilt made from them.

• Japanese Yarn Dyed Fabric

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Granny Block Three

Another Granny block for the pile!

Not much sewing this weekend, it was more about the preparation. I've been adding to the stash alot recently and it has started to really pile up. All of it is washed, but not ironed. So the rainy weather on the weekend was perfect to get that done. Got all the smaller sized pieces done, just the yardages to go.

I also picked up some batting for the pink and green disappearing nine patch. Not tried this brand before, so I hope it is ok. Also cut up some white strips for making some 1930's Repro nine patches.

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Granny Block Two

I was doing this as part of the Great Granny Along,  but I found out I was doing it wrong! Apparently the Great meant they were 7 squares across the middle, not the 5 I was doing, so I wasn't able to post to the Flickr group for the along.

So now I'm just gonna go it alone and keep making them. They are REALLY quick and easy to make and I am really enjoying the way it is turning out. I have pre-cut the entire Sunkissed Jellyroll I had, but I don't know if that will be big enough for a useable quilt. So far, half of the roll has produced 8 completed blocks.

I want to keep this one for myself, so at least lap size will be required. But I do have two Sunkissed Charm Packs, which I don't have solid plans for, so that may get cut up as well for this project.

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Great Granny Along Block One

I haven't done an "Along" before, but I've been wanting to do some Granny Squares for awhile, so this quilt along seemed perfect. I decided to use a Moda jelly roll of "Sunkissed" fabric for the squares. The ""finished block is around 8".

The first one is below. I will be posting at least one block a week, maybe more.

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