I injured one knee recently so that’s limited my ability to do much yard work and has given me a perfect excuse to be in the house quilting. Although with the outside temperatures in the high teens Celsius I’m not sure why I want to do that!
These two quilts I just finished were pieced by a couple of our ‘Scrap Queen’ ladies in our Guild who produce some real beauties. I’m a fan of Angela Walters of Quilting is My Therapy and the motif I used on both quilts is her swirl hook. It’s fast, it’s easy and the texture it creates is beautiful. I used Glide khaki thread on the top and magnaglide in the bobbin. The hand guided free motion quilting is done on my Sweet Sixteen.
Category: 2020
COVID-19 quilting
Well, the world is a different place since my last post. Practising social distancing and self isolation has provided the opportunity for almost unlimited gardening and quilting time! Fortunately all is well in our home as I hope it is in yours.
A couple of months ago at one of our stitching days our Guild President pulled out a box of beautiful quality flannel (donated to us) from our storage cabinet, bundled it and handed it out to us with ‘orders’ to get busy! So we did! I’ve seen a few turn up in our Facebook group and now I’ve finally finished one. What a pleasure to work with such good fabric!
Many of us stitched up our fabric bundles using patterns from one of the 3-Yard pattern books by Fabric Cafe. If you haven’t seen their books yet you should! The patterns are great for those one yard purchases we’ve all made on an impulse buy. They have some free patterns to try. They all measure approximately 49″ x 59″.
The pattern for this one is ‘Brick Street’ from Fast & Fun 3-Yard Quilts by Fabric Cafe. Template & ruler work overall and Glide Cool Grey 3 thread used with magna-glide in the bobbin. It measures 47″ x 56.5″ after laundering.
HST inspirations
I continue to be inspired by the endless possibilities in HST arrangements that result in beautiful designs. Again influenced by what I see on Pinterest and with enough blocks left over from a couple of previous quilts, I constructed this brightly coloured baby quilt. I also had some flannel pieces from other quilts that worked perfectly on the back of this one, making for a soft and cuddly quilt. It measures 39″ x 39″. The batting is 100% washable wool. Hand guided free motion quilting in an open design allows the texture and definition to show. There is a hanging sleeve on the back. And pre-washing gives it that lovely crinkly look!
I may gift this quilt, but at the moment it is available for $100; shipping is extra.
Another HST quilt 
Another HST quilt 
Another HST quilt.
Death by ruler….
In January our Guild held a two day workshop on building a quilted item of our choice made using one of Sew Kind of Wonderful‘s Quick Curve Rulers (QCR). We’d previously had a demo in the use of the rulers so we were ready to go! Many of us chose from the wide selection of free patterns available for the rulers; I chose to make the mini trees. I’d seen the table topper in grey and white both on the web site and made by one of our members and decided that was the palette I wanted to use. In my stash I found the perfect fabrics; to me they evoke a frosty wintery day.
The piece measures 20″ x 42.5″. I used one layer of warm & plush batting and ruler quilted it to death on my Sweet Sixteen with Glide Cool Grey thread in the grey trees and Invisifil white thread in the rest of the top and magna glide in the bobbin. All quilting is hand guided free motion.
mini trees 
close up of mini trees
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