new totes

these are from an embroidered wool sample that i bought for 50p and reclaimed curtaining that used to hide my computer bits and bobs many moons ago. i think they look really classy as they have a bit of weight to them.  Good enough to gift - but i'm keeping one myself!

new cushion - japanese quilt blocks

made from a couple of curtain samples and an old cushion to fill ...i love to upcycle!

The weave block is from a book of Japanese quilt blocks and the strips end up about an inch wide.  Fiddly but very enjoyable.  the squares are 3inch squares- i was contemplating making a quilt of this size block - but I'm not sure...i have so many plans that i don't seem to start any of them.. still.. the thinking about it is just as enjoyable!

oh and the background is the zigzag quilt from here which i unpicked and unpicked and unpicked ... however glad to say that it's growing on me now :-)

is it black or brown?

new bag - reversible with either black on brown or brown on black - recycled from a display curtains

front of bunting baby quilt

back

zig zag quilting on bunting quilt

a pretty cool life.: Rainbow Bunting Baby Quilt Tutorial

a pretty cool life.: Rainbow Bunting Baby Quilt Tutorial

Boy baby bunting

adapted from here.  thanks for the idea, a pretty cool life.  i have adapted to make pointier bunting and prime colours - with a dark blue background so it can be used as a stroller blanket and hopefully not show the grime.

2 baskets

The first 2 of many - Thanks to this tutorial from Pink Penguin




Be warned ---very addictive!!

new obsession

quilt back made

finally decided on a straight forward striped back for this quilt - using the colours from the front and keeping simple geometric lines -  and have started quilting with a stipple in brown thread ( which is soft compared to the straight lines of the fabric piecing- fairly pleased with it so far.

the great unpicking continues

this is the back of the zig zag quilt - i tried a new machine quilting pattern but i cannot cope with the creases...why are we so self critical?!  anyway i've been unpicking little stitch by little tiny stich for weeks!!

design process

initial design phase -

setting up excel for strips that are 6.5" x 2.5"

 i started with the idea of a 'railfence' zigzag

and noticed that using the brown fabric in the middle created a shadow effect

then a bit more tweaking and i noticed if i changed the pattern it looked more like weaving

 the final choice was to change from blue to red - which i thought harmonised the colours ( the computer doesnt really reflect the true colours of my fabrics)

joined the strips and cut to 6.5" squares
and joined 10x12 squares
the hardest part was aligning all the points - but i'm pleased with the results

.....still no decision on the back ...just a few ideas kicking about.......

shadow quilt

what is it with the zig zags - i'm hooked



liking how this turned out .. it reminds me of my candy wrapper purses

 once again though , what to do with the back?

cherry basket

and the back

and the label

Fabric bowls

been making fabric bowls - from here - really enjoyable!!  already somewhere to keep my keys and change

basket weave

 


new quilt top - not yet unpicked my zig zag machine quilting - but starting on the next quilt ...so what to do for the back?

quilt top assembled

anyone for cheese and onion ...... candy wrapper purse?

Walkers .. of course....

 

another handy crisp wrapper purse ...(aka candy wrapper purse)

Naming of Quilts..

i've decided to call this quilt 'morning glory'

it reminds me of the climbing plant with shades of blue flowers - and the long quilting between the 'coin stacks' are akin to winding stems of leaves and flowers