May Goal Setting

I have set myself another challenge to finish Lucy's gumdrops quilt this month.

The nights are cooler so quilts are a must, I have a class starting in a few weeks with Claire Turpin to make her Lone Star Quilt so time to get on with finishing what I have started.

Swapping my Janome for a Drill

 

Today I swapped my sewing machine for a drill and I made a swing. A bit of timber, a few bits of rope and the right drill bit, half an hour later - ta da! a swing. I am very tempted to make a cute cushion to put on top of the seat.

Quiet Quilt Finished

 

I started this quilt at a Weekend Sewing Retreat last year and this week I finally finished it. I made a pact with myself not to start anything new until I had finished my half done quilts. I really love this quilt and have nicknamed it 'Quiet Quilt'. Perfect for evenings on the couch in winter.

I have hand stitched inside the middle squares and the rest of the quilt I have used the 'stitch in the ditch method' for quilting. I am not overly confident at machine quilting yet so this one was a good practice. I am happy with the way it has turned out.

I signed this one up on a Lovely Year of Finishes in January and I have only now finished it. I have finished others in between but neglecting my blogging.

One day I will make a log cabin quilt totally in Liberty !

Liberty Quilt Finished

I have finally finished my Liberty Tana Lawn Quilt. It has taken a long time from when I bought the fabric 2 years ago. I had it professionally quilted and over the last few nights finished the binding. 8.8 metres of hand stitching, which I love but was glad to finish.

I love the texture, feel and warmth of this quilt. It is the biggest one I have made yet and it has only inspired me to make more Liberty Quilts.

The Pattern is from one of my favourite quilting books, Sunday Morning Quilts.

Gumdrops Quilt

about 400 scraps to make the gumdrops

pretty boarder

lots of stitching

backing and binding

400 gumdrops scraps, 800metres of cotton to stitch around each gumdrop and a whole lot of coffee went into creating the top for Lucy's new quilt. We had fun picking the scraps together and on my weekend retreat (a few weeks back) I put it all together. It is probably the most unsociable quilt I have ever made as I had to concentrate whilst appliqueing the gumdrops onto the background. Forget the wine for dinner too !

The pattern is from the gorgeous Sunday Morning Quilts book. I want to make nearly all the quilts in this book.

Now I just have to put it all together and work out a less time consuming way to quilt this one.