Surrounded by pink bears

I hope you have had a good week. I have as I have been surrounded by Pink Bears - lots of pieces of bear.

One of the ladies I work with is going to be a grandma for the second time and I am making a Bjorn the Bear quilt for the little one. I am surrounded by pink pieces for this quilt. Pink is not a colour that I usually work with. So far I have completed the all the units and now just need to piece them together.

I had to purchase a Craftsy class to get the pattern by Elizabeth Hartman.

Linking up with Finish it up Friday .

Happy stitching
Jenell

Finish Along - or Along Time Finishing

Well it is time to register for the Finish Along Quarter 2 and I have to confess that Quarter 1 did not prove to be any where near as productive as I hoped. I did complete 2 items off the list and moved another one further along but had really hoped to achieve more.

So on to the Q2 list.
Items 1 to 4 carry over from Quarter 1 and possibly too far back to track. They do have updated photos.
Items 5 to 8 are me being ambitious or maybe ridiculous.

1. All Linked Up - a kit from Connecting Threads and pattern by Crazy Mom Quilts using her Good Neighbours fabric line- just quilting and binding to go. I will be quilting this myself... somehow! The label is already embroidered for this one.

2. Jelly Roll Rain - needs basting and quilting. This was a Group Challenge in 2014, definitely time to get it done.

3. Starry Night -the blocks have been completed they just need to be joined together and then the rest can be done. So far I have enjoyed making this quilt. The pattern can be found here.

4. PP Star Block Swap -  I have 11 blocks - make one more and put together.

5. NZ Plus Quilt - this quilt top is made from the fabrics I purchased while travelling in New Zealand with my mother. It just needs basting and then finishing.

6.. I Spy Squares 1 - blocks are all made.

7. I Spy Squares 2 - again the blocks are all made.

8. Modern Hex. - I had a completely different palette picked for this quilt but am now looking at the rainbow Kona Cottons and a silvery grey for the background. Getting to this is probably pushing it.

All the best for meeting your Quarter 2 goals.

Happy stitching

Jenell

Keeping Myself in Line

I have so many WIPS that I feel like I need to remind myself of this and to not go and cut out another quilt which is what I so desperately want to do. This All Linked Up quilt, which I bought as a kit from Connecting Threads and is a pattern by Crazy Mom Quilts as well as her fabric line, just needs to be basted quilted and bound but other fabric is calling. So I thought if I put it out there I just might make myself stay on the quilting straight and narrow and get this one done. Every time I look at another blog there is another project that I would like to have a go at

It is a simple and effective pattern that in this case should result in a really fresh quilt top. I have chosen to use the scraps to make the binding and am loving the pop of colour that I think it is going to add.

Linking up with Finish it Up Friday hoping it will be finished soon.

Happy Stitching
Jenell

No Longer Lost in Space

This finish has been named Deep Space after living in a quilting black hole for 8 1/2 years. I started this in 2008 when we first moved to Queensland. It kept me company and also kept my sanity. Then I started working full-time and it was pushed to the back burner. It took me a while to get back in the quilting swing. Once quilting again there were so many things I wanted to do that this quilt was not a priority. Now I can say that it has been feeling the love again, is no longer abandoned and is finished!

I hand basted this way back when and can safely say that I will, wherever possible, never do that again. Given that it sat bunched up for 8 years there is not too much puckering in the quilting.

I love the solid purple backing and white with black daisy binding. Now I try to piece my backings from all the left over pieces in each quilt so the solid was a trip down memory lane. 

Deep Space was on my Finish Along Q1 list. So also another tick that this quilt is finally finished.

I am linking up with Finish it up Friday and Finished or Not Friday.

Happy Stitching
Jenell

A Finish Catch Up

This is a quilt I finished a while ago. I love bright colours and wanted a quick and easy quilt. I decided I would make a stack and slash quilt, that would be a quick project. Well quick and easy took about 8 years to finish but now it is done. Just look at that beautiful Brisbane sunny day in the trees at the back of the photo. 

I quilted it myself with large free form stars and asterisks.The binding is a black with white spots.

This quilt is well loved and now resides in my daughter's car.

Linking up with Finish it up Friday and Finished or Not Friday ,

Happy stitching.
Jenell

The Triangles are on Their Way Out

I have finished my triangle quilt and am so happy with how it looks. it was made with the fabric I had left from my Pink Ribbon Raffle Quilt last year and will be going to the Children's Hospital. 

The photo of the back shows my Straight line diagonal quilting which is in a red wine colour on both the front and back of the quilt.

The quilt measures 55 x 55 inches. All fabric including the extra backing pieces came from the cupboard and many of the triangles pieces are from the Harajuku line by Greta Lynn for Kanvas. I have very few triangles leftover which are now in the over flowing scrap bag.

This is the first completed item from my Finish Along Quarter 1 list.

I am again linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it up Friday and for the first time with Busy Hands Quilts Finished or Not Friday

Happy stitching everyone!
Jenell

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A Busy Backing

I was determined to use up every last leftover triangle from last week's flimsy to make the back for that same top. Apologies in advance for the terrible photo quality.

I just about did. I think it took almost as long to piece as the quilt front but I am so happy with it. The piecing is not curved. There was a breeze while I was taking the photograph and the quilt would not stay still. 

Now just to quilt it. It has been so hot and humid here in Brisbane that I am putting off trying to push the quilt through my old Bernina. I am loving the cobwebs in the lights that we always have hanging across our deck. Happy stitching everyone.

Linking up to Finish it up Friday and Finished or Not Friday. 

Jenell