Very quiet night last night. Finished cutting out the pieces for the quilt and started sewing some of the bits together. I was very tired and couldn't be bothered doing anything else. Poor Pharaoh has a sore eye. A trip to the vet looms.
Showing posts with label patchwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patchwork. Show all posts
8 March 2007
6 March 2007
Cutting Out Can Be Boring!
Spent another couple of hours cutting out more patches for my blocks. Got a couple of hundred half squares to cut out. But I am getting there.
5 March 2007
31 January 2007
Good Service
I ordered the fabric I was missing from the Moonglow quilt on Monday afternoon and it's here by Wednesday lunchtime, that's pretty good service, so kudos to Logans Patchwork Fabrics.
30 January 2007
27 January 2007
The Border Sea
Alternate Block, originally uploaded by laren_oz.
I made up a full demo of the alternate block as I had to work out all the measurements for myself. The instructions only had measurements for doing machine piecing. So I made up the templates, but not trusting my maths or working in Imperial measurements, I wanted to make up a full size block before cutting the rest of the material. So this is it, it worked out the right size, so now I can do the marking and cutting for the rest of the blocks.
26 January 2007
Sea of Clouds
This is the Sea of Clouds block from the Moonglow quilt. Just a couple more individual blocks to go on this quilt. I hope to also get some cutting out done for the alternate blocks over the long weekend.
Happy Australia Day!
25 January 2007
14 January 2007
13 January 2007
Yellow and Oranges Blocks
Spent most of today sewing. Did a bit of house work, but really felt like sewing. I am working on two UFO's - Old Fashioned Charm (which I really want to get done so I can use it on my bed) and Moonglow (which I just want to get to top finished stage, I might even get it machine quilted).
10 January 2007
Old Fashioned Charm Blocks
A few blocks from the Old Fashioned Charm quilt I am making. I don't normally use quilt kits but I really liked the pattern on this one. The blocks are about 4" square, cotton using 1930's repro fabrics. The are hand stitched, constructed the old fashioned way with templates.
I didn't get this block all done in one day. This is a project I haven't worked on for a few years. I really loved this quilt when I started working on it. I still like it now, but not sure if I'd use it much. But I'm sick of it being half done. Even if I just get the top finished, that will be better.
So one weekend, and two quilts from opposite sides of the colour spectrum!