Moda love quilt finish

Bit more hand sewing achieved, resulting in another finish - a free layer cake pattern called Moda Love, which you can download HERE.

  In my case I had most of a layer cake that a friend gave me (after she had used part to make a cot quilt), plus hot pink yardage and then some supplementary fabrics from my stash in similar colours.  A quick easy quilt to make, that looks very effective when you can see the whole pattern.  

Because I have boys its unusual for me to have hot pink in the stash, but this was just perfect match for pretty prints in the layer cake.  And some yellow yardage I picked up on sale, helped fill out the missing bits of the layer cake for the top, as well as make up the backing.

Long arm quilted by Vicki Jenkins.

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.