Piecing in Portland 3

Vicki brought new and old projects to work on.  

This is a Sew Kind of Wonderful pattern using their curved ruler.

Vicki had started the wedding ring on a previously sewing weekend with us in Bordertown.  So it was very appropriate that she got to finish the top in Portland.  

Vicki continued with the curved theme and started making this modern masterpiece using her curved ruler.

Which grew from a few blocks to this!

It is as stunning as the local scenery.

Portland, Victoria, Australia.

Mum used my Go Cutter to cut the stripes for these Courthouse Steps blocks.  She has a great collection of Kaffe Fassett fabric and chose to work in this bright red tone with shades of pink and orange.  A few more new fabrics from Periwinkle Patchwork were purchased especially for this quilt, but work was slow going as you have to plan which colour is going where, so it all matches.  It is a clever pattern, but you need to have your thinking cap on when you make these blocks.   

Happy quilting Sue.

Piecing in Portland 2

Lisa brought new and old projects to Portland.

This quilt got way bigger then expected, but all came together on the weekend which was nice.

Lisa then worked on these blocks cut from a layer cake.

She put the borders on a quilt for her sister.

Lisa loves to make bags.  The large bag is for her tablet and the smaller a clutch purse.

She had pre cut all the pieces for these cute little fabric buckets.

And then very generously gifted us all one each.

I will always remember that Lisa gave me this cute sea gull bag on our first sewing trip to Portland!

Happy quilting Sue.

Piecing in Portland 1

When a girl goes sewing with her Mum and two friends for the weekend you know that you are going to do some serious "finish it up" sewing OR start a new project.

I opted to finish some projects....because I have more UFOs hanging around then I care to admit.  

I only started this modern quilt a few weeks ago, but I wanted a back up project that was easy.

We didn't have room for a design wall, so we had a design floor!  But realistically I just randomly pieced this and didn't not over think where the colours or prints were going.

So here it is with the borders on - a flimsy finished!  

The pattern and fabric colours are not my usual style or taste but it was fun to work outside of my comfort zone and easier then I thought.

Following our weekend of sewing I had a week away with work, which resulted in the purchase of backings.  This is the backing I choose for this quilt - which I am going to call Barcelona, after the fabric range.

Happy quilting Sue.