tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26357416359551206742024-03-16T12:09:49.979+11:00Mother PatchworkSue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.comBlogger663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-57375671228578160162021-04-25T08:50:00.001+10:002021-04-25T08:50:21.579+10:00Kim Diehl star in a churn dash blocks<p class="mobile-photo">I was just popping in to read some of my favorite bloggers, after a six month absence! Then I saw that there was this draft post, so figured I would do a quick post to say hello to everyone. I started full time work in June last year which finished up in February - but it involved a two hour round trip commute. So there has been very very little sewing happening at my place for a long time. Well, strictly that is not true as I found sitting and hand sewing (english paper piecing six pointed stars) was enjoyable, but struggled to find the enthusiasm to machine piece. I did enjoy a wonderful long weekend away with girlfriends in March where I did lots of sewing, but really in the last two months not a lot at home on my own. I now start a new job tomorrow, working four days a week - but with a 15 minute drive to work.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd-OPpPJkqey4MTji7grihjHn8tc9ml44GKNo_s4MTKxbBI33gI-TSVfxFe2ziDdDhiuSpphDoRBUb5mI99stN2IVY9bzb6RebPFOwGs90jwEeLm0FAyIvN8XQt3RsVfEUMVDuxa3Veg/s1600/IMG_4825-756980.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6879181098048547874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd-OPpPJkqey4MTji7grihjHn8tc9ml44GKNo_s4MTKxbBI33gI-TSVfxFe2ziDdDhiuSpphDoRBUb5mI99stN2IVY9bzb6RebPFOwGs90jwEeLm0FAyIvN8XQt3RsVfEUMVDuxa3Veg/s320/IMG_4825-756980.JPG" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">And I am now counting down to the next sewing retreat with friends, in a months time. This photo of my Kim Diehl quilt (see calls it Pie in the Sky - from her Simple Graces book) is on my hit list of outstanding UFO's that need finishing. I made this blocks many moons ago, but was unhappy with the colour mix, but could not put my finger on it. </p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AMSBCEGkmkEuJS0wdWVNcmOU9G5t5u9qqeO0D1RqDtdUp84zBkO0t0-S9mLYzZLjKtVGEKpMXO9ivx9_Pa4tIcRKbH5_ylTWxbaTDDgMAhQmSasSe9mykVfj_9UjghbtmD-Lv9A4mPI/s1600/IMG_4824-763927.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6879181130240894882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AMSBCEGkmkEuJS0wdWVNcmOU9G5t5u9qqeO0D1RqDtdUp84zBkO0t0-S9mLYzZLjKtVGEKpMXO9ivx9_Pa4tIcRKbH5_ylTWxbaTDDgMAhQmSasSe9mykVfj_9UjghbtmD-Lv9A4mPI/s320/IMG_4824-763927.jpg" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">I thought it might be the lack of light or dark - so took a black and white photo. Decided that was not the problem, but that I needed more variety and colour! So now I am cutting and prepping blocks ready to take away in a months, for five days of sewing and fun :)</p><p class="mobile-photo">I am still not comfortable with the new version of blogger so this may well be my last post. If your interested in what I am making, I have a Instagram account (easy obtained if your on facebook) then you can find my at ahernsue, but its a private account, so you need to request to follow me.</p><p class="mobile-photo">Happy quilting </p><p class="mobile-photo">Sue</p>Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-42328319510352798272020-10-09T07:15:00.005+11:002020-10-09T07:15:06.912+11:00Wooden quilt hanger is hung<p class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfYzQl15pIxlt3Ty_4lJ_uUcLbPwvEHdOqsM23J93_ljszlDXhw9bq9DqhEWnpusa7bay53cw9aiIn0_4G-GB3uxupVRI0EiIskUyA6Aea-O3WH9lHDAgHAE734bjwUfQV3Xjf_7B_9A/s1600/IMG_4838-757962.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6879135150512152994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfYzQl15pIxlt3Ty_4lJ_uUcLbPwvEHdOqsM23J93_ljszlDXhw9bq9DqhEWnpusa7bay53cw9aiIn0_4G-GB3uxupVRI0EiIskUyA6Aea-O3WH9lHDAgHAE734bjwUfQV3Xjf_7B_9A/w480-h640/IMG_4838-757962.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Very pleased that this lovely wooden hanger my father made me (at least a year ago) has finally got hung! Its a small thing, but after spending weeks working at home, staring at this wall, I was determined to re hang some of my quilts and move then around - and the hanger was custom made for this wool applique hanging so it needed to happen!</p><p class="mobile-photo"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="mobile-photo"><br /></p>Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-1573673869516239312020-10-05T07:17:00.001+11:002020-10-05T07:17:00.379+11:00Billy buttons<p class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaANw6UWhALfkxNN42ZhQwWZ2u-FwBoMW58O-H2-bN5dEUlw4hPe86qYypzlGXtVAxVhWrV6hCmoxpz7qDGZi2ruG40s9mRC7CDiQjkNwa-hrSHxNx9jRjeGufTUxaiLj_IeAZLGs2_w/s1600/IMG_4826-791473.JPG"><img border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6879135718243854066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaANw6UWhALfkxNN42ZhQwWZ2u-FwBoMW58O-H2-bN5dEUlw4hPe86qYypzlGXtVAxVhWrV6hCmoxpz7qDGZi2ruG40s9mRC7CDiQjkNwa-hrSHxNx9jRjeGufTUxaiLj_IeAZLGs2_w/w480-h640/IMG_4826-791473.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo">Billy Buttons - a flower that looks like you can play the drums with it! An Australian native that I have long admired. My mother had a native ground cover with small yellow flowers that were disc like (eg round but flat) when we were kids - which she called Billy Buttons. I have been on the look out for the past few years for one, as I think they would grow well in our sandy soils, but this version is a delightful alternative. </p>Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-47595289367233517482020-10-03T07:23:00.004+10:002020-10-03T07:24:40.030+10:00 A quilt finish that I forgot to post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I finally finished the binding on this quilt and completely forgot to blog about it. The pattern is called Vivid Grid, and was from the Spring edition of 2017 Quilts and More Magazine. </div>
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The weather was ridiculously warm for a short spell August, to the point I had to wear shorts while I was gardening. So adding a few garden photos to my post which has been sitting in draft mode for more than a month, apologies, full time work and family (plus domestic drudge, gardening and a bit of sewing) have been taking priority.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsINOp_V0P7zMqNy_2OEIVoATV9m2-PhYVASBUExLAbg-P8i32aS2B9tGkuUYFGbmGe7O2utmLmMTMACQ_cQoBcq2Fdv7bz7_BhwnBgYpIuVl6E-8ZGEIYShrO0vvwF3qz_t-7uSSNooc/w240-h320/IMG_4731-717475.JPG" width="240" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy quilting Sue.</div>
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I have been cutting 2.5" squares and making 2.5" HST from my scraps for a long time. I was tired of making four patches and star blocks so I decided to make Shoo fly blocks. The project ended up being dominated by sea gull fabric, as that was my last addition into the scrap box - the long skinny scraps after trimming a quilt, the sea gull fabric was the backing. </div>
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There was one lonely different sea gull print in the bottom of my scrap box that was begging to join this quilt. </div>
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I am delighted with the end result. A coordinated collection of scrap red, teal, green, yellow and blue fabrics have found a worthwhile home. </div>
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Which will make another lovely kids cot size donation quilt. </div>
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Honestly I have no idea where this is going! This is a Jacobs Ladder block. I am using three different fabrics, two for the HST and one for the four patches. All these fabrics were part of a story pack I got as a prize. The pretty and floral prints are not my thing, but I have had a fair crack at using them in another project, so just trying to coordinator what I have left. </div>
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These are all the blocks together, not in the best light, but it was the end of a long day! I am hoping that that I might get a small lap quilt out of this, but we will see....planning is not my strength!</div>
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While I was about starting new projects (LOL) I started the Bonnie Hunter new leaders and enders block. This is the perfect L&E block in my opinion, just rectangles and squares, with minimal neutral. Having said that trying to find four squares that are the same fabric in my my depleted scrap collection is hard. So I have had to go back to the scrap bucket and cut more scraps in this sizq. No drama, just need to seriously consider a scrap 16 patch or similar to use all those singular scrap squares. Happy quilting Sue.</div>
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I am not pleased with the new Blogger interface. I find it just freezes on my screen, no idea why, everything worked fine once I had reverted to the old interface. Anyway, that aside I havent had a lot to blog about as working full time, home schooling, domestic chores etc all reduced my sewing output. But here is a snippet of what I have achieved. And just a heads up if I disappear from blog land you can still find me on Instagram (ahernsue) - a different sort of fun, that is more time friendly.<br />
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Finally a binding finish! Its winter and has been cold, but it has taken me ages to finish hand stitching the binding down on this lap size quilt. These fabrics were left over from a project finished many years ago and it was great to be able to use them together again. I was very lucky that a friend Denise quilted this for me - she is a great supporter of Very Snuggly Quilts and is a great quilter. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbnanrKFfpUv2lj5Q8OlFo_eoGVbykVvhyM8UBbi82OjbvMwkrKwq7stH80PAePnnOysNU9cXIA80kK8hpMwhrpwd0cGm1Nsh8XQiPE6E5fJadgVz_wFs-syAlpf7j5RQmM1dntcxQzs/s1600/IMG_4677-773080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbnanrKFfpUv2lj5Q8OlFo_eoGVbykVvhyM8UBbi82OjbvMwkrKwq7stH80PAePnnOysNU9cXIA80kK8hpMwhrpwd0cGm1Nsh8XQiPE6E5fJadgVz_wFs-syAlpf7j5RQmM1dntcxQzs/s400/IMG_4677-773080.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
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Temecula Quilt Co have had a free basket pattern on Instagram. I held off and held off, then caved! For some reason I wanted to use brown fabrics (not my favourite colour). I had fun making these little baskets, but now not sure where to go from here. That has been a common problem this year, starting mini blocks but not making them into a quilt. I have decided that I need to drag them all out and try and see if I can make some interesting sampler style minis or just get enthusiastic to make enough blocks to turn them into something usable like a table runner. </div>
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Carolina Chain quilt finished! Pattern by Bonnie Hunter in her book Addicted to Scraps. Made initially as leaders and enders blocks, then pieced specifically to try and get the top to a decent size. </div>
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Quilted by me, using straight lines through the block centres and stitch in the ditch. This is the second version of this pattern I have made and includes all the murky and country toned prints and cream to tan background prints - the first version had white clear based backgrounds and bright fabrics. Another version is underway! I find that working full time doesn't leave me with enough metal energy to sew anything difficult and this pattern just fills the need to mindlessly sew - not had to unpick once, its that easy!</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-4841373648494788842020-08-08T06:25:00.000+10:002020-08-08T06:25:00.347+10:00Tennis quilt, love all<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mild level of panic when hubby announces that DS2 snuggle quilt for the couch is too small and bit young for him. DS2 is turning 12 in June and I really panic when I realise that I have NEVER made him a bed size quilt. In fact his snuggle couch quilt was made by his grandmother. Luckily hubby was straight to the point, he likes tennis so can you make him a tennis themed quilt!<br />
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Phew, now I have a idea for a quick quilt and the not so local quilt shop, I have discovered has great novelty fabric range, so after a little bit of googling and some messaging and a parcel of tennis themed fabric is on its way. In the meantime I drafted a pattern (stuffed up maths) and when fabric arrived I started cutting and sewing. </div>
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In the meantime I got a full time job! But as I am now working a 30 minute drive from the "local" patchwork shop (instead of a 1.5 hr drive), she arranged to have her daughter deliver my extra fabric on her way to work so I didn't need to pay postage, sounded like a good idea. Except it took all week to arrive and when I did get the message I had to pick it up at the butchers! LOL it was bad enough having to tell my new employer that I was expecting a private parcel to be delivered to work, then I had to ask where the butcher was located in town, but he didn't seem fazed about being a fabric parcel drop off/pick up point!</div>
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So this was the result, two rows of tennis rackets, one row of tennis balls and one of grass fabric (because he plays on lawn) combined with a dark blue, two light blue and a row of orange. I got all the fabric from the Little Desert Patchwork shop except the orange. I purchased a red fabric but it was the wrong shade when it arrived and in such large pieces it looked terrible. Luckily Spotlight had the orange which as the same tone on tone print as the bright blue so it was meant to be! <br />
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Then even more luckily my dear friend Vicki, kindly long arm quilted it within two days as she likes to do an all over pattern between custom quilt jobs. I didn't put the binding on, just trimmed it and gifted it for this 12th birthday. He was happy enough....just took me another month to get the binding sewn on, but its done now!</div>
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Circa 2016 was a series of free quilt blocks to make a entire quilt from Temecula Quilt Co in 2016. When I go back and look through my blog I did manage to stay fairly on track and was just trying to put it all together in late January 2017. And from there it stagnated.<br />
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I do vaguely remember having a try to put it together once before. The main issue was that the centre medallion was not the measurement in the pattern. And the side panels were different lengths. Yep nothing was perfect. But I pinned the heck out of it over the weekend and when my maths failed, I just kept pinning and sewing. Its all together now, a nice lap size, but too big for a wall hanging. </div>
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Its rippled and a bit stretched. I dont even want to check how many points I may have lost. Lots of lessons have been learned since then about getting accuracy in small blocks. Eventually it will get pinned and quilted. But more importantly I have overcome the tricky bit and as a result I have another empty project box and one less old UFO. </div>
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And that means I can justify starting a new quilt...doesn't it?!</div>
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Another one of my kids charity kit quilts that someone else sewed up. There is a small mistake in the pattern in one corner, but its such a lovely quilt that I am sure nobody will mind. </div>
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I had no hand in making this fabulous Spider man quilt, but wanted to show you how easy and fun kids quilts can be with a bit of homespun and a panel. I have no idea why I need to convince you, because its me with the panel collection!! LOL I will get around to them one day!</div>
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This was a kit from my stash (still regretting the dark purple strip) using a pastel pink background and backing donated from my mothers stash, sewn by a member of our quilting group Pam, then quilted and bound by another member Denise. I am very pleased by the result, but not this photo - it was a very dark cold winters day and the colours are not this dark.<br />
Quilt photos are very rare at my place now as the pile of charity quilts to finish dwindles and my own sewing output is nearly zero. I am enjoying my new job, but just not enough hours in the day to do any sewing as well. Weekends yields a little free time that I have ended to spend in the garden when the weather was nice - I am blaming being cooped up inside non stop!<br />
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I made this bag twice. I cut it out, sewed most of it together and it would not work. Much swearing and despair later I gave up. A friends advise was to make the small version first, so I did and it worked. Much sewing of incorrectly cut pieces later I got the large version finished. Its shallow but wide, so great for carrying fabric bundles or even a large quilt. Disappointingly I have used a lot of very expensive fabric to make this bag, so learned my lesson, always make the smallest version in scrap first!<br />
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This collection I purchased from Periwinkle Patchwork, over the phone with some help of a few photos emailed. I want to make another chevron quilt, after the easy success of the tennis quilt, but this time a smaller HST, because it is a cot quilt. I am not sure if rabbits go with sea creatures, but its all cute, so that is good enough for me!</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-9165383830118087292020-07-10T06:14:00.000+10:002020-07-10T06:14:10.970+10:00Some super cute kids quilts I didnt make<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had scheduled two workshops to make kids charity quilts earlier in the year and they both had to be cancelled because of COVID19. I had worked hard cutting up my scraps and making kits so people just had to turn up ready to sew. This made it easy to distribute some kits to people who were looking for projects during the COVID19 Stay at Home" weeks. Jan Hopper made this kit which is a scaled down version of the pattern Meet me in the Middle. I had purchased the light blue as a background especially as I am sick of white or tan! The pattern just uses 2.5" strips and some yardage for background, so a great scrap buster and perfect kids quilt in my opinion.</div>
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These novelty fabrics are definitely left overs squares from my stash, but I only included the multi coloured star border print not the yellow sashing or binding in the kit. So pleased Jan Hopper added the yellow sashing, it just makes this quilt sing! </div>
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I have found it really exciting to get these quilts back and see the finished product. I have also been getting tops back from various people and I have one friend Denise that is happy to quilt them which is a big relief. I have started a six month work contract, so full time work and a two hour daily commute does not allow much time to do my household chores let alone quilt. I am more than happy to bind after Denise quilts, so we are both happy!</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-87949308615842505632020-07-03T05:30:00.000+10:002020-07-03T05:30:02.246+10:00Pumpkin and black mini in progress<div class="mobile-photo">
After months of making charity quilts I recently made a mini quilt from the Quilts and More magazine, which then inspired me to make another. This pattern is called Nine Patch Checkerboard (22'x22") from the Jo Morton book Little Favourites. The pattern in mini quilt books are not always true scaled down miniatures, but this one uses 1.5" squares, and that was sufficient challenge for me at the time!<br />
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I figured it would be "easy" because there were mainly squares v triangles...however trying to square up the block was a bit dicey. I definitely need a new small ruler with more 1/8" lines marked all along the ruler.</div>
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I also struggled to find much variety in my black fabric. In the end the final block uses two different scraps of black fabric, in order to get enough to make a block! As some of the fabrics are quite colourful and busy I ended up ordering a larger piece of black from Elm Grove Patchwork for the borders. I found that I have a substantial collection of pumpkin and cheddar fabrics, so really had fun auditioning the different prints for the tiny border. </div>
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My birthday plant from last year has a new flower and a second one down closer to the base about to come out. I think this is a peace lily, but no matter what it is, I just adore the colour of that flower!</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-78878895462768979382020-06-26T05:30:00.000+10:002020-06-26T05:30:09.819+10:00Frolic finished I participated in Bonnie Hunters mystery quilt along in 2019 and finished the top months ago. I sent it to the long arm quilter and good friend but told her I was not in a hurry. I didn't want to quilt it myself because it is a bit big and the seam intersections are plain lumpy! I dont recall making a quilt with such lumps before. But it is a very heavily pieced quilt. I enjoyed making this quilt and using these colours, even though they are not my usual palette. I mixed in reproductions with moderns and everything in between.<br />
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I wanted a all over pattern and this gives a lovely movement to the quilt. I guess it is really a version of baptist fan, which is a bit of a favourite :) I used the left over backing to bind the quilt and now its in the pile for gifting!</div>
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This is one of the charity quilt kits that I cut and my Mum put together. I have pinned it and given it back to her for quilting. These were a combination of mine and donated fabrics, largely from a friend who has sewn and quilted for decades so has a great big stash!</div>
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This is another kit that I cut from my scrap bag. A lovely quilter in my group Pam made it up for me. Pam loves pastel colours so I choose to give her this kit. She did say that she wasn't thrilled with the dark purple and I tend to agree now its sewn...but too late I am not unpicking her good work! </div>
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Its a terrible photo, but the only one I have...I think its upside down?!?. I have sent the top off with wadding and backing to another local lady for quilting. But before that I did sew some background fabric on the sides to make the quilt a bit wider. This pattern is called Meet me in the Middle and I adapted it to fit the size scraps I had and desired finished size for kids charity. My mother came to the rescue yet again and donated this lovely pastel pink print on a cream background that I used for the borders and backing. </div>
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This top is not one I had originally cut as a kit. But there were 10" squares already cut in a box that were left over from a quilt I made quite a few years ago. I found them tidying up, plus my Twister ruler, so that seemed like fate!</div>
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I had purchased some new white fabric (small black pattern) for background on various scrap projects. That made a great border for this quilt top. </div>
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I really love this pattern and think if I can find more fat quarters that dont have directional prints I will make another one in the future.This top has not been allocated a backing yet. I have decided it doesn't need another border, but I will sew a 1/2" chubby binding on the front I think to give it a bright edge. </div>
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Pattern by Elaine Theriault, published in Quilts and More magazine Spring 2017.</div>
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I had to also piece a backing but still very happy to make two teenager sized quilts out of this original purchase. There is a little collection of scraps, which hopefully I can stretch out to a quilt in a different pattern for a smaller child. I quilted this one myself, and was very boring and went for straight lines, because that is what I feel most comfortable doing. I can do some basic FMQ, but I lost my nerve just picking a thread colour for this quilt, so stuck with straight lines and a different thread colour to match each block.</div>
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Very happy with this finished quilt and that the charity pile to give away is growing! </div>
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This is the Spring 2017 edition of Quilts and More magazine. It has been on my coffee table for at least six months and to be honest doesn't stay in the book case very long. Hence I have ended up making a LOT of projects from this one edition, and many of them this year!</div>
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The main reason is the Vivid Grid pattern (page 46!) which has become a favorite pattern because; a) easily made with stash, scraps or jelly roll, b) only uses 2.5"stripes and squares" c) is not complicated pattern to layout or piece, hence quick to make. </div>
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Sorry terrible photo taken at night, but this is a cot sized fourth version of Vivid Grid that I changed up slightly by adding sashing. My first Vivid Grid was pretty and bright, using a combinatino of stash and scraps, in 2017 after I brought the magazine. It was gifted to my husbands niece.</div>
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Second version was made using a jelly roll Collection for a Cause and finished in early 2018. I took the quilt to UK and gifted it to a friend Jim, who we visited on his family farm that year. </div>
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Third version was made from stash using up red and blue and a scrap bag of yellow pieces I brought when on retreat in 2019 at Periwinkle Patchwork. Can you see the millenium fabric in red (LH corner)...I have just used some of the last 2.5" squares in the fourth version, LOL!</div>
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Page 72 is Natures Guide and I have now made this quilt twice this year!! (at this point your allowed to think the pandemic has sent me crazy!) This is version one (half size pattern), and version two is very similar; a different sashing fabric and quilted by me instead of a professional long armer. I will blog about version two soon.</div>
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Page 86 is A Bit of History, a mini quilt by Ann Hermes using antique fabric. My version is made using very bright reproduction scraps instead. I wanted to make something for me and another project from the magazine, plus I am a fan of Ann's patterns. </div>
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Page 58 Top your Table: Spring table runner was a project I finished in our spring 2017....which is fall in the northern hemisphere! I love seasonal themed projects to decorate the house, but I think I only finished one other from this series....I need to rectify that!</div>
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So that still leaves a few projects unmade from this magazine, including a large and mini Shoo Fly and a gorgeous chocolate and pink log cabin that is not in the photo, but very tempting! I have decided if I am going to go whole hog or not, LOL! That might depend on how long this pandemic and my period of unemployment run for. </div>
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Happy quilting, Sue.</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-16847849975466403182020-05-29T05:30:00.000+10:002020-05-29T05:30:02.674+10:00Carolina chain on the dark side with a mini chevron.<div class="mobile-photo">
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I have used all the light and bright coloured blocks from the leaders enders Caroline chain box. Sew now was the time to tackle the dark blocks - I say dark, but I mean those blocks made with neutral fabrics that ranged from cream to coffee toned to beige. </div>
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I tried to add a bit of sparkle by using red blocks, but the bulk of the blocks were made with blue and green fabrics and a sprinkle of brown. </div>
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I am very happy with this finish, but I did decide to make it bigger than the previous version, so it would be teenager size for my prefered charity. That meant making extra blocks but it was worth it. For the side triangles I used a very old fern print fabric I picked up on special years ago, which has been a great backing fabric. I love picking up blue fabrics on special for backing, as they are universally acceptable to everyone!</div>
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My friend Karen was the one who introduced me to blogging many years ago. At the time I was living in a new city with small children. It enabled me to feel connected and enjoy quilting at a time when sewing time was hard to come by. Karen had a special birthday coming up, so I very quickly made this modern chevron mini quilt to pop in the post to her. Honesty it is the quickest quilt I have ever made, out of necessity as I didnt know it was her birthday, but I really wanted to send her something handmade. I popped a few other things in the parcel and by complete fluke and the good grace of Australia Post it arrived on her birthday, which was fantastic! I love orange and blue together so I was very happy with this scrappy chevron quilt, especially as the orange fabrics were all donated scraps from another quilty friend.</div>
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Happy quilting Sue.</div>
Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-27318215545595062912020-05-22T05:30:00.000+10:002020-05-22T05:30:08.799+10:00Mother’s Day and two RSC quilt finishes.<br />
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My mother was really missing my boys but under the restrictions (at the time) we were not supposed to visit. So for mothers day I hit on the idea to go on a social distancing walk, which you were allowed with one other person not from your household. So this is my oldest son walking along the river with Mum. </div>
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We walked down to the playground that we took them too when they were small, no requests for a play were made (sad face) but again under restrictions, playgrounds were off limits! My youngest son got to walk home with Mum and my hubby walked with Dad. Dad is bored with staying at home so has been taking himself out to the farm and doing odd jobs for my brothers who are busy planting the crops. He can feel useful and get out of the house without breaking the rules, so win win!</div>
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This is the second quilt made from my leaders and enders four patches. I like this layout better then the pink/purple version, but I had plenty of blocks in these colours. I have decided I love lime green in quilts. Its not a shade I gravitated to normally, but decided in kids quilts its necessary! </div>
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Orange is the other colour that I think makes bright quilts sparkle. I sadly lack much orange in my stash, but I am going to try and use it more along with the lime green. </div>
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This is the third quilt I have made with my four patches from leaders and enders. I love this layout the most. Who doesn't love a rainbow...well almost a rainbow, I had to skip the purple because it would have been too long. The best thing about these three quilts is that they were super easy to quilt; a) because not too wide, b) I am now the proud owner of a cone of white thread so didn't have to change thread colours c) my walking foot and I are working well together on straight lines. </div>
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There is a strong chance I will have more of these quilts in the future but at present I am nearly out of pre cut 2.5" stripes. I have started back on my 2" leaders enders project, which is show and tell for another day! </div>
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Happy quilting, Sue.</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-71824253511806304802020-05-15T06:00:00.000+10:002020-05-15T06:00:06.904+10:00Unity Quilt along rounds two to four and I am calling it a finish!<div class="mobile-photo">
<span style="text-align: center;">This is the first two rounds of the Bonnie Hunter Unity quilt along. I dont like medallion quilts because I am scared my piecing is not accurate enough. However despite being consistantingly 1/4 of an inch too big I have managed to make this work, fudging rocks!</span></div>
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I was all gungho and thinking I was very clever then started round three! OMG tiny (1x2") flying geese galore (all 144 of them) nearly did my head in, and I was super impressed at my new isolation ability to persist. I just cut a bunch of pieces, then sewed them. Had a break and cut the centres. Went back and trimmed them. Watched tv while this factory production line was in progress and jumped back and forth each stage until I had enough...so I thought! I did end up having to go back and make one extra star at the end!</div>
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I was trying to use as much scrap fabric as possible, but I really lacked red, blue and neutrals....LOL I didn't think my colour scheme through at all! I dug deep and found a fat quarter of red a friend had donated and then a couple of strips of blue with rainbows and butterflies that I didn't like but paired really well with the red. I have lots more aqua then I ever imagined after buying some for Bonnies Frolic project last year. Then luckily in my stash I found a big piece of white homespun. I wish now I had used this consistently through the top, but too late now. </div>
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This last paragraph was written two weeks later, because I have fallen out of love with this quilt! These 14 stars took me more that two weeks to make. I put them together and then realised that I had planned to stop at this border because it would be the right size for a charity quilt. Leaving the quilt with just two sides actually made it the correct prefered rectangular shape! And I am over it! So that was a win win all around. So the pile of aqua scraps remain for another day.</div>
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Sue SAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635741635955120674.post-16967434474962243482020-05-08T06:03:00.000+10:002020-05-08T06:03:06.217+10:00Dresden applique WIP, a Shoo Fly flimsy and a quilted finish!<br />
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I have slowed down in the hand stitching department, but this is the progress I made early on in our Covid19 lockdown. I tend to sit and watch too much news when something "big" is happening, but after awhile I get overloaded and stop. </div>
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I finally pieced all the Shoo Fly blocks together and added a border to make it the prefered size of the charity. I have used lots of a Jodie Carlton sea gull print in these blocks and the colours are nice and bright so I hope it appeals to a child. I will make more of these blocks but pay better attention to the ironing of seam allowance as these were all mashed together and make for lumpy intersections. So not looking forward to quilting it! I was thinking that it could look quite nice with sashing, but again, will need to plan it so I can use a coloured sashing I think - too much white on a child's quilt is never a good thing!</div>
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I have finished hand stitching the binding down on the first of three four patch leader and enders quilts I have made. This one used up all the pink and purple blocks and some of the light blue. I decided using white with red print sashing would work well on this top and get it out of my stash! There is quite a lot of it, as its left over backing. I was going to make a scrappy pink binding, but accidently used the 2" die on my Go cutter instead of the 2.5". In hindsight I could have tried the smaller size, apparently Lisa Bongean prefers this size for binding, but I was so cross with myself that I threw it in the 2" scrap bin and found something else. </div>
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I have been very glad of my mothers stash during this lockdown as she has a good collection of fabrics big enough for backings and is happy to share! I am in love with this fun backing and managed to make it stretch to one more quilt and it will feature in a few more tops to come as borders. I did run out of wadding though and had to piece large left over pieces for this quilt. Honestly the term "frankenbatting" was very appropriate in this case, it was very wavy! Being mindful this is a child's charity quilt that would get lots of washing I choose to heavily quilt it, using a 2" grid. Luckily the design made this very easy and I have a very large spool of white thread.</div>
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I found these leaders and enders blocks (Carolina Chain by Bonnie Hunter from her book Addicted to Scraps) in a box while I was looking for more fabric. I really need to do a big tidy up (and label) of my project boxes ! The blocks use 2" stripes and sensibly it seems I had stored all my 2" strips in this box, including pre cut pieces of the blocks...except no backgrounds! I have been using a large piece of white homespun for Unity quilt along, so cut up some stripes and off I went. </div>
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I seperated all the coffee and tan coloured background blocks from the white to cream coloured background blocks. There was a good amount of bright blocks so I lay them out on my design floor and set about making more. Bonnies patterns are always for a very large quilt but I was aiming for a child sized charity quilt instead which is more realistic as these blocks finish at 4.5" so you need lots and lots of blocks!</div>
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During the making of this top I managed to make this big thread mess when winding a bobbin and break a needle. OMG I bent the needle (hit a pin) so bad my heart was in my mouth trying to get it out...I had to resort to using pliers....thankfully I had not done any damage to my machine! I gave it a good oil and clean afterwards, I was so grateful!<br />
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Tada, another flimsy finish! These are fun blocks to make and I have kitted up more so I can continue leading and ending while I am making my next project...which should be Bonnie Hunters Unity.<br />
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Early one morning on my walk I came across a mob of kangaroos that had been feeding in the paddock. One snuck across behind me and the others waited in the paddock for me to go past before they headed back to the safety of the bush. </div>
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This pattern is called Nature Guide by Elaine Theriault and was published in Spring 2017 edition of Quilts and More magazine. This magazine has been living in my sewing lounge for months as I was using another pattern to cut charity quilt kits - so I didn't have to look far for a big easy pattern!<br />
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We heard recently that our son friend B had been diagnosed with leukemia. At a time when the virus has changed our world, its hard enough, let alone to find out your child is so ill. It took me a very little time to realise that the only way I was going to make sense of this was to make him a quilt. I figured this pattern might work best, because I wanted novelty prints. Not generally my go to for a teenager, but when your stuck in a hospital bed and cannot do the outdoor things you love, then I figured camping, fishing and farm novelty prints it was! </div>
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I rang my friend who has a quilt shop, she directed me to another quilt shop, who directed me to a third shop. Honesty quilters are the best kind of people. IN the middle of a global crisis that might see their business go under, they just directed me to the shop that was going to have what I wanted. Didn't try and sell me what they had! All the fabric came via a home run patchwork business out of Kaniva called Little Desert Quilts. The fun bit was I ordered it via FaceBook! She has photos of fabrics on FaceBook and I tagged which ones I wanted then she put them all together and sent me photos so I could see how they looked together. I was a bit sceptical about using the green fishing rods for the sashing, but it worked out fine.</div>
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The day the fabric arrived was going out to do the grocery shopping and deliver charity quilt kits I had into volunteers mailboxes. So all I achieved that day was the cutting out...and boy was my arm sore that night! But all six blocks were made the next day. With sashing this makes the quilt approximately 42 " x 63". The full pattern is twice this size, but I wanted to stick to the recommended size....B is in the children's hospital that I normally make quilts for. They have stopped accepting donations and distributing quilts because of Covid 19.<br />
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I am lucky to get this quilted by friend and long arm quilter Vicki Jenkin. Unfortunately because of Covid 19 she has not had a lot of work coming in and was happy to fit this all over in between some custom quilting. I dropped the quilt off in a garbage bag, she let it isolate for a few days. Then emailed me some patterns and a photo of the thread colour choices.<br />
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I replied and presto the geometric pattern was done in what seemed like no time at all. This is a terrible photo, the backing is a blue black...not grey!<br />
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I dropped it off to B grandmothers place on his birthday...that was the incentive to unpick a corner of the binding and sew the label in. I am so used to making anonymous charity quilts without labels I forgot! The doctors have let him out of hospital for a night :) so important positive progress. Stay safe, stay well and happy quilting Sue.</div>
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My herb garden is going gang busters so I removed the basil (and made pesto) and moved a few more plants from the original planter box into the tiny bit of space around the side. Underneath these two bushes are the rosemary...but I do have another plant close by so not to worried if it doesn't survive. One of these plants (purple flowers) is russian sage and the red flowering plant is pineapple sage, which smells delicious!</div>
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A good friend gave me lots of garlic from her garden, so I have planted the ones that were sprouting in the fridge. There is one lonely spring onion and a celery on the left - I buy a whole celery at the shop, cut the base off and popped it into a dish with a little water on the window sill until they sprouted roots, then planted them. There are leeks seeds planted on the left, waiting for them to pop up.</div>
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I have planted carrots into one side of the former concrete laundry trough- because it has our sandy soil in it, and parsnips in the other. The broccoli seeds are just poking through in this shot and I planted more a fortnight later. They are just in a small planter trough, so need to be transplanted into the garden beds when big enough and will give some away. I have recently started saving the kids icy pole sticks, wash, dry them then use them as plant labels. </div>
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I normally buy seedlings for most of my vegetables but I had purchased seeds to donate for the school Easter raffle (which has been postponed) I figured I might as well use them - safer the going out to the hardware unnecessarily!<br />
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Something is eating my trees (we think this is the wattle that I collected from neighbours trees - planted these before I thought of the icypole stick labels), a friend has advised it is possibly the white cabbage moths - so I am going to enlist the kids to swat them with their tennis racquets!<br />
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Early in the mornings we could hear our fridge making lots more noise than normal. The service guy took our word that we were Covid 19 free and came out to inspect it. Turns out that it had frosted up, so motor was running extra hard. We had to turn it off for two days, then turn it back on to see if it does it again or not....if it does that means there is a gas leak and we have to buy a new fridge :( its only five years old. In the meantime I had to move the contents to our outdoor fridge, which is normally referred to as the beer fridge in keeping with Aussie lingo. But in our case houses our recently harvested apples and only a few bottles of beer for hubby! So cooking outside on the bbq was the norm for a few days, which was fun as the weather was fine. So far the indoor fridge is behaving itself...so hopefully problem is fixed.<br />
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I made a couple of apple tarts. They ended up in the freezer, nobody was particularly interested in dessert! I thought I would be keen to bake like everyone else but I haven't been. I have found spending time in the garden much more satisfying...but the days are so nice and warm its easy to be outside. Plus I have purchased flower seeds as well, so been sowing those, pruning, taking cuttings and generally pottering around! </div>
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