Sunday, 9 June 2013

Daisy Steps

Quilt name:  Daisy Steps
Fabrics:
Main:  Buddy Bear Daisy Ecru by Fabri-Quilt Fabric
Pink & Orange:  Basically Beautiful by Maywood Studio
Yellow:  Shadow Play by Maywood Studio
Batting:  Hobbs Heirloom 80/20
Pattern:  Baby Steps by Designs to Share with You
Size:  36.75" x 48.25"
On the back is Della Flannel Sun Stones by Free Spirit.  I added a hanging sleeve out of the flannel also before the binding in the orange fabric.  
I used Superior Threads King Tut 934 to stitch in the ditch.  I love this yellow thread with the hints of green & orange.


What's the Buzz?

The above fabric used in my "Another Fabric Bucket" is Buzz Words Black and Buzzy Bee Gray from the What's the Buzz? (Kanvas) from Benartex.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Another Patchwork Bucket


This my second Patchwork Bucket.  I did one less row in the body so it is approximately 9.5" tall.  Again I quilted 1/2" lines horizontally on the body and cross-hatched 1/2" lines on the bottom.  I left a little more hand room in the handles so they stick out from the bucket a little more.
Fabrics:  Most were from my scrap bin but the "bees" & the "buzz" were new fat quarters I recently got at Serge & Sew (of course I picked the ones without the selvedge info so I'm not sure which company they are from).  The black & white checkered (bucket bottom) is a Mary Engelbreit for VIP fabrics by Cranston and the yellow lining/faux binding is Jasmine by Pamela Mostek for Clothworks.
Thread:  King Tut 934 (variegated & being used on a lot of my projects these days - it's mainly yellow but has orange & green too)
Specialty Ruler Used:  Cut A Round by Phillips Fiber Arts
Batting:  Pellon Fusible Fleece 987F
Based on tutorial from: www.quarterinchmark.blogspot.com

Dancing Horses


This is a quilt I designed & finished a short while ago as a baby gift.  
Main fabric:  Dancing Horses by Laurel Burch for Clothworths
Other fabrics:  batiks
On the back:  flannel
Size:  42.5" x 50.5"

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Patchwork Bucket



This Patchwork Bucket has been made from my scrap bin.  I used the tutorial at 1/4" Mark (www.quarterinchmark.blogspot.com) with a couple of changes of my own.  I used 3.5" squares to piece the main body and I think next time I will only use three rows so it won't be quite so tall.  I also used my Cut A Round ruler from Phillips Fiber Art to cut my bottom circle - it worked great!  I left 1/4" or so of the lining showing at the top so the bucket has a bound look.  I quilted 1/2" lines horizontally along the body and cross-hatched 1/2" lines on the bottom.  The final size is approx 12.25" tall and 8.5" across.

Sunday, 2 June 2013

3 Times the Charm



These tote bags were made using the pattern 3 Times the Charm from Fons & Porter's Quilting Quickly, Spring 2013.  Fabrics:  The first one used charm squares from Moda:  Simple Marks.
The second used charm squares from Northcott:  Stonehenge Stone Chips.
(Moda has released Simples Marks Summer, a brighter version, which I can't wait to use!)

Friday, 31 May 2013

Bali Dragonfly Wallhanging

The four dragonflies in the wallhanging are paper pieced.  The pattern is by Love Quilt Patterns.  The finished size is 28" x 28".  I used a charm pack (Moda - Over the Rainbow Batiks) for the dragonflies and the pieced border.