The last stitch…..

…. and the quilt I have been making for my friends is finished!!!!

Just waiting to get a good light to take some decent photographs - its so dull here all day at the moment.

Quilt and Knitting update

I've been busy as a bee, and have now finished all the blocks for the red and white quilt. I did take a while to decide which fabrics to use and in the end came down with this mix, each block has mostly the same eight red fabrics, but in different positions - and just to mix it up a little I've just swapped a couple of different red fabrics in. All will be revealed when the top is complete!

 

I've never added sashing and cornerstones into a quilt before, so I've been on a bit of a learning curve. I found a really good tutorial here and it seems to have worked well for me.

 I've also taken time to do a little more knitting for my Chevy the Chevron cushion, which is slowly growing - hopefully it will be ready for Xmas!

Hurry up Mr Postman

After being very indecisive about which red fabric I should get for the quilt I am making, I was eagerly waiting for the post to arrive to see if the selection worked together!

I now have a selection of red material, some new and some that I've also pulled out from other projects, so I think I have enough now for the top which all tone together.

For the quilt back I selected this grey and white fabric from Moda fabric 'Winter's Lane' called grey evergreen. I also bought berry evergreen and berry mistletoe in the red fabrics above.

Just need to get on with it all now…...

New project on my table

Just started a new project, but I have to keep it quiet as it is a present for my friends who took me on holiday in the summer with them. It won't be a complete surprise as I said I would make them a quilt for their alpine home, so having thought for a long long time how I would make the quilt, I came up with the idea of a red work quilt with the embroidery reflecting aspects of our holiday and the area.

I think I will use the embroidered pieces as a centre to a square block, and then add white sashing to join them together.

I've got a few more to sew, but am now looking for red material to make the other patches. I'm finding it  quite difficult to find a selection of red material that will tone together and not clash! It is difficult to see the true colours on web pages. Any thoughts would be welcome!!

Just finishing the walking boots now, reminding me of our walk to the 'Pic de Marcelly' and hearing the cow bells drifting up from the valley below - ahhh brings back lovely memories of warm summer days!

Hmm, think I'd better tidy up my needle case - maybe I'll make a new one.