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window zippered pouches
Back with another Aurifil Artisan project! This month I was sent some gorgeous Free Spirit fabrics to play with, along with a spool of 50 weight thread. I received two cuts of the stunning Little Fluffy Clouds in Cloud, Daydreamer by Tula Pink and a deep purple solid (which I think might be Tula Pink Solids in Tanzanite?!). The Daydreamer collection has some really stunning prints, including one called Lucy!
The Little Fluffy Clouds print is a beautiful ombre, from yellow to green to blue - you get a better sense of it in this picture from the Free Spirit website (and there are two other colourways of this print available):
I ummed and ahed about what to make for some time. I was a bit stumped. For inspiration I turned to my bookmarks, all the web pages I have saved for later, to one day make projects from tutorials. What a great resource! Though it turns out some of them no longer exist and many weren't right for these fabrics... but I did hit on a winner.
Spring Fling quilt
This pattern is now available in my shop as the Melody Quilt pattern - click HERE!
I'm so lucky that I get to have SO MUCH FUN creating designs with bright and beautiful fabric. For this quilt I picked out prints from Zuma by Tula Pink and a range of colours from Tula Pink solids. A classic block in the centre and medallion style borders made with a mix of regular machine piecing and foundation paper piecing, make for a modern and dynamic quilt. My Spring Fling quilt pattern is in Issue 71 of Love Patchwork & Quilting - out now!
The detail in the prints is just amazing, there's so many that I thought were nice but it was only when I started working with them that I noticed little subtle elements. One of my favourites is the Glitter Litter print with the dots and cute anchors, seahorses and stars thrown around like confetti.
☀ pineapple, honey bloom & sun spell quilts ☀
Three is the magic number! Here are 3 recent quilt finishes, quite different in style, and a little needle book for the cuteness. These were all made for Sewing Quarter, you can catch up with the shows on YouTube and if you keep reading you'll reach the clip I've included that shows how I bind (I'm making the needle case but I sew binding on quilts the same way!).
This quilt is my Mai Tai Pineapple quilt, so named because the bright colours reminded me of tropical cocktails as I was making it!
This quilt is my Mai Tai Pineapple quilt, so named because the bright colours reminded me of tropical cocktails as I was making it!
The Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool allowed me create blocks from strips and then accurately trim so each 'round' of the pineapple is perfect. I did make a couple of errors trimming a couple of the final rounds but after all that piecing I just made them work as best as I could. Overall I still love this quilt so much. The colours are fabulous, all Makower solids and the darker greens in the centres and outer corners of the blocks makes a nice contrast.
There is so much movement in the quilt, all those lines are quite mesmerising. This style of quilt as been on my 'to sew' list for a long time and I imagine I will make more in the future because the effect is so impressive.
It was tricky to come up with a quilting pattern that wouldn't compete with the pattern of the piecing and that wasn't overly time consuming. In the end I remembered someone mentioning that decorative stitches could be used in place of stitches to 'tie' the quilt. I kept it very simple and did a stitch in the centre of the squares and at the corners. If it was being used at my house I would have added in a few more! The overall effect is soft and the piecing keeps the stability of the front, while the back is slightly tufted.
friday night quilt and cathedral cushion
Liberty is one of my favourites and I use quite a bit of tana lawn in my own projects. I also have some of the lifestyle cotton prints they did a few years ago for quilters. The new Cottage Garden Collection prints from Liberty are quilting weight cotton and lovely to sew with. I cut them up into lots of pieces to make the Friday Night Quilt from Three Patterns by Pam & Nicky Lintott.
The book has patterns to use with the Creative Grids Double-Strip Kaleidoscope Ruler, which makes cutting much quicker! It's a pretty design, with a nice sized scrappy border. I went back to basics for quilting, using a plate and my hera marker to mark a curve across the corner.
After stitching a few lines, with my walking foot and guide, I realised it needed something more, so I went back and marked another curve on the corner diagonally opposite. It gives lovely movement to the quilt and I like seeing the lines intersect.
Thanks to my little helper for holding the quilt - she had the most horrible allergic reaction that day and was covered in hives :( We still don't know what she reacted to!
There was also fabric folding fun, making up a Cathedral Windows cushion using a pattern by Jo Avery. Despite there being a fair bit of preparation in making up these squares, which seems daunting, I actually enjoy it because it's meditative and can be done while watching tv.
The windows feature Bees, All Stars by Tula Pink and Blackbird, Hello Love by Heather Bailey. Rather than place the squares in an alternating pattern I played about and settled on this arrangement:
Then the pinning begins!! My least favourite part, and probably why I would prefer to hand sew (I would just fold the edges over as I went), it is important to pin if sewing the edges down by machine and helps keep them more even.
The past week has been a bit of a blur, I have had big deadlines so non stop making as I get ahead with projects. You will see them here soon! I knew that I would be pushed and would need to force myself to take a day off. I actually scheduled it in my planner!! So today I've done nothing, no sewing (so far, I might end up doing some epp tonight) and just been lazy really. I wore the most appropriate t-shirt too! haha!
I'm off to binge on that :) Happy weekend everyone!
linking up to finish it up friday at crazy mom quilts
sparkle bee 🌠 wonky star quilt
I got to play with some Tula Pink All Stars fabric this week and I adore the bee print! Wonky stars are a fun quick sew and it's nice to mix up the points, using different prints and solids. I made the bees the star of the show by fussy cutting them for the centre of the wonky star blocks.
Lever Arch file cover and Tula Pink 💖
I am pleased as punch (stationery pun intended) with my Lever Arch file cover, designed to pretty up those boring plain files. Mine has been filled with sewing patterns but you can use it for whatever you like! Keep it simple using one fabric or add in some patchwork and embellish to your hearts content. There are so many possibilities for personalising this with patchwork, appliqué or embroidery.
The spine of the file has a vinyl pocket for a label, so it is practical as well as pretty.
This first edition was made with Blueberry Park by Karen Lewis Textiles as the main fabric and a strip of hand sewn clamshells (begun as a sample while I was teaching).
Next I made one for work and today was a super exciting day because Tula Pink came to the studio and was absolutely enchanting (watch the interview below)! The whole All Stars range and her amazing tools were featured on Sewing Quarter.
four projects: it's all in the details
It's my birthday today! I have lovely plans, lunch with my mum and step-dad, a relaxed afternoon, a film with the kids and then a meal with my husband. Chilled out and spending time with people I love, a perfect day.
This is a little catch up on makes for Sewing Quarter from last weeks shows. Cute cushions perfect for a nursery or just for fun and a mini quilt with Liberty rose appliqué.
First is this adorable bear cushion, pattern from Sweetly Stitched Handmades by Amy Sinibaldi. The book is full of such sweet makes!
This was simple to make and I really like the way the ears are pieced into the half square triangles. Clever and cute detail.
I embellished the cushion with ric rac and used felt for the eyes and nose. The padded face gives the bear personality and someone suggested adding a squeaker in there which I think would be brilliant! There are lot of ways you could add details to the bear and make really unique cushions.
I made a sailboat cushion, pattern from the book Lovely Little Patchwork by Kerri Horsley. The cute fish prints worked so well in this project and the red, white and blue combination is classic. Pom poms are a great way to finish off a cushion, they just add a special something!
I enjoyed stitching the bunting detail. I used a dab of glue on the fabric scraps to hold them in place and then stitched straight lines to create a drawn effect.
Using these pastel Kaffe Fassett fabrics was a lovely way to recreate my Four Patch of Charm cushion design.
And now I realise I never blogged my original finished cushion. I do remember hand quilting this one on a trip to visit my sister.
I love how the choice of fabric can make a patchwork pattern look so different!
Finally this is the Liberty Rose mini quilt, pattern from Quilt Petite by Sedef Imer.
I rather wish I hadn't used the darker thread to outline the rose. At the time it seemed like it needed more definition but I would unpick that. Anyway it's a sweet design and I enjoyed this method of reverse appliqué, cutting the shapes out of the top fabric before stitching. It was like a maze outlining each of the shapes! The Liberty print of a rose looks so subtle and pretty peeking out.
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
linking up to finish it up friday at crazy mom quilts
Tilda Starburst and buttons
I really enjoyed creating this quilt! I used a pretty bundle of the Tilda Harvest collection and the very clever Creative Grids Starburst ruler, designed by It's Sew Emma, to create this starry design for Sewing Quarter.
The blocks were simple to make and depending on how you cut the pieces there are lots of different angles and star variations to make. It's easy working from a collection of prints because they all go together so well and the Tilda colours really are beautiful! I wanted to showcase the prints and as I was laying out my design I thought it would be fun to show them off by using them as sashing between the blocks.
quilt round-up
This is a round-up of quilts I have made for Sewing Quarter - including a couple that I failed to blog about and made some time ago. It's nice to have a document here of the quilts I have finished. The quilt above was made using a jelly roll of Kaffe Fassett fabric and some solid white squares. I had made Bright Hopes blocks before but never a whole quilt of them, I think it makes a beautiful random pattern and I would like to make another quilt using this block, it's a great stash buster too!
I also made this random curves quilt using a Tula Pink layer cake. This was a fun and simple quilt to sew.
Laying out the blocks took me a while because they are so many different patterns you can create. Curves are possibly my favourite thing to sew. If you haven't tried it you should! I learnt how to sew without pins using this video, though I prefer to use my quarter inch foot. I know people have different methods so it might be worth taking a class or just experimenting to see what way you prefer.
Earlier this month I made this sweet baby Stunning Stars quilt using a pattern from Annie's Quick & Easy Quilts. It was an unusually bright day in Manchester so the colours look a bit washed out here. I enjoyed adding a scrappy solid binding to this one:
Today was Christmas at Sewing Quarter (because it's four month away!!) and so I used adorable Makower prints to make this simple baby quilt with cute fussy cutting.
The pattern is in Modern Baby Quilts by Fons & Porter. Thanks to Producer Paul for the arty shot below!
We are due to have some hot weather in the UK this weekend and I'm looking forward to some family time outdoors. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and if you're making on Saturday night come and join me on instagram from around 6pm GMT for the Saturday Night Craft Along!
tula pink rainbow leaves runner
Sometimes a pattern and a fabric collection seem made for each other, and this bed runner is one of those! I used two charm packs of Tula Pink's Eden (with plenty left over) to create the Rainbow Leaves Runner from Quick and Easy Quilts by Lynne Goldsworthy for the Sewing Quarter.
I adore all the projects in the book, I've already made the Gypsy Cushion, and this runner is a great way to add some modern brightness to a room.
The appliqué is relatively quick and easy to do, I used pinking shears to cut the leaf shapes and used Aurifil 50 wt #2021 to stitch them in place. I spent the longest time arranging the leaves and am super pleased with the graduation of the colours.
I used my walking foot to echo the shapes of the leafs, working from edge to edge along the rows.
It created beautiful patterns on the back of the quilt too!
It was hard to get a decent picture of the whole runner, I have put a little video clip on my instagram if you want to check that out!
But you can get an idea of how it looks on a bed because Sewing Quarter presenter John Scott, the cheeky rascal, 'borrowed' it for an evening and took these pictures (don't panic he returned it to the studio the next day!)
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