Catriona's Moda Love Quilt Finished

Another finish from my Finish Along Quarter 2 list! I feel like have achieved a lot in this quarter and this quilt is another 21st present. A big tick for the Finish Along list and on time for the birthday. That is usually unheard of. All gifts are usually late when they are handmade by me.

The pattern was free and called Moda Love. I chose to make the larger 72 inch square. All the blues and greens are from stash and the background is Faux Burlap in black. 

The backing is Galactic Geo in Sprout from Connecting Threads with some of the leftover blocks from the the front to make up the backing short fall.

It is quilted in a simple cross hatch on the diagonal which looks a bit like a loose tartan weave and finished with a hand stitched label.

Happy stitching
Jenell

Sunlight on Rockpools

The Giant Hexie quilt is finished and reminds me of sunlight on rockpools.

I agonised over how to quilt this one and in the end decided on free form wavy lines. 

 The wavy lines resemble sunlight on shallow water. At least that is how I see it. I am liking the look and loved the lack of the need for precision. As long as I could keep them fairly well lined up across the quilt it was looking ok.

The top red fabric in the picture above is a hand dyed fabric by Lisa Walton of Dyed & Gone to Heaven. I love the little bit of iridescence.  

The backing is 'Blast Off' by Connecting Threads. This quilt measures 83 x 64 inches and was on my Quarter 2 Finish Along list. I am happy to tick another item off that list.

As it is a 21st present and will be a surprise also I hope it is well received.
The final photo is of my son saying 'Are we done now, isn't that enough?'

Linking up with finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Happy stitching
Jenell

Catriona's Quilt

This box of gorgeous colour was set aside to become a Moda Love quilt top.

What an easy pattern to use for a quick to put together 21st present. The box of colour soon became this...

and then this...

The black Faux Burlap fabric is from Connecting Threads. In amongst the blues and greens are some Hoffman batiks and hand dyes from Dyed and Gone to Heaven. 

Then it looked like this

And finally this..

I love this quilt top. Now just to get this and the large hexie quilt basted and quilted.

I am linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for finish it up Friday.

Happy Stitching

Jenell

It has been a while

It has been a while since I have put anything out there. I have been working on a hexagon quilt which was meant to be something very different. The original layout was terrible and I did not want to waste the blocks so they were rearranged and this is the end result.

I am happy with how this one is shaping up. As it will be a 21st gift I hope that I can complete it in time and that the recipient will be happy with it. This is also on My Quarter 2 Finish Along list.

I am currently baking for the school fete after work each afternoon this week. There is not much time for sewing. Soon I will get back to it.

I am linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for finish it up Friday.

Happy stitching

Jenell

I Spy a finish

I have finished my first from the Quarter 2 Finish Along list. This is a quilt whose block construction goes back at least 10 years. It is nice to see it finished.

The backing is a Quilters Candy from Connecting Threads.

The binding is a cute black and white floral for which I have no details as there was no selvage, I think it may have been from my MILs fabrics.

I have quilted it with different sized diamonds, some of which overlap, using a red, blue, green and yellow variegated thread. 

This is a gift for my Godson's daughter. I beat my need to finish deadline by a couple of days, a  very good feeling as this is a gift that will be delivered on time - a very rare occurrence.

All the best for your finishes.
Happy stitching
Jenell

Am Almost Finish

Hopefully, by the end of the week I can post my first finish for the 2nd quarter of the Finish Along.

I am happy with how this quilt is looking. I am quilting it with a diamond pattern to reflect the I spy squares being on point and using a variegated thread.

This needs to be finished by Thursday night. There is nothing like working to a deadline. Wish me luck!

Happy Stitching.
Jenell

Finish Along Quarter 2 List

I feel like I actually achieved something last quarter. There is nothing like a deadline to spur you along. 

So here I go again making an impossible list. Mind you the first few items on my list for this quarter are carried over from last quarter and possibly last year.

Here goes!

Carried over

1. Deep Space - still need to finish quilting and then binding

 2. Jelly Roll Quilt - Basting, Quilting, Binding

3. Originally three now four sew together bags.

New Items

4. Equilateral Triangle Quilts. Beautiful red, black, white and grey prints. As you can see the whole thing needs to be made.

5. Owl Potholders

6. Giant hexies quilt (for a 21st - this one has a strict deadline).

7. Moda Love quilt (another 21st and even stricter deadline.)

8. I spy Squares - this is needed by the end of April, complete the piecing, baste, quilt and bind.

There seems to have been a lot blue and green in my quilts lately.

Happy stitching!

Jenell