Sugar Pop!

I purchased four charm packs of Sugar Pop by Liz Scot for Moda many many months ago, I thought it'd be a perfect little girl's quilt, without being too standard 'little girlie', I intended to make a fairly simple single bed quilt for Claudia's first big bed. She's still a way off that, but I wish I had the bed to put this on right now:

It's all Sugar Pop, including the backing and binding. I love the retro prints and colours! I need to put it away and not look at it so that I don't get sick of it (always a danger!).

I tried something slightly different with this one, yep it's still my usual straight machine quilting but I did the quilting lines about half an inch from the seam, rather than my usual quarter inch, I really like it, will definitely do that again. And I made the stitch length slightly longer, made the quilting a whole lot faster and less tedious, I'll definitely be doing that again!!

While I'm on a roll....

Another finished quilt, I blogged the start of this quilt late last year, it took me a while to finish it, and then even longer to take photos of it.

It's one of my favourite quilts. I love pinwheels. I used a lovely pattern by Thimble Blossoms, ""Wild Thing", inspired by this quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew.

The pinwheels are made with a couple of charm packs, Recess by American Jane (found them on Ebay for a bargain price!). The backing, border and binding are Punctuation by American Jane, mainly because Recess is so far out of print I couldn't find ANY yardage. But the two go together really well. I love the retro primary colours. The quilt's already looking well loved thanks to a few washes.

A new QUIP - City Weekend Swirly Pop

Seeing as I really only had a couple of quilts on the go (and people tell me that "real" quilters always have numerous quilting projects at various stages of incompleteness) I decided to start one I've been sitting on for a while. I ordered the fabrics (City Weekend for Moda by Oliver and S) and decided on the pattern (Swirly Pop by Cluck Cluck Sew) months ago. Finally started over the easter weekend.

 Still a way to go but loving it so far. I've used a light grey solid instead of white, not such a great photo but it really does make the colours pop.

I was left with all these cute little offcuts, so I sewed them together and viola! A mini zigzag quilt (and it really is mini, only about 10cm x 10cm.

Which then was sewn onto a card for my good friend Sal's birthday:

All in all, a very productive Easter sewing-wise.

Fandango!

Another finished quilt! So good to have my 'gift' quilts finished and out the door. This one is made with 2 Fandango by Kate Spain for Moda charm packs, very very simple but I do love a quilt made with squares. It's for my good friend Alex who's just finished building her first house. Hope she likes it!

A finished quilt!!!

Finally, a finished quilt! I can hardly believe it. Luckily I had the deadline of the recipient's first birthday party on Sunday. I'm really happy with it but it's looking a little scrumpled in the photos. I really need to get my act together in that department (I'm allergic to ironing). And it's my first quilt with a label! I used the printable fabric, worked well I think. The fabric is all It's a Hoot by Moma for Moda. Perfect for a little girl I think, without being too traditional.

I'm just finishing the hand stitching on another quilt so hopefully will have pics to post this week.

Slack!

I am struggling to keep up with this blog!! the good news is that I've started back at work 3 days a week, which means more computer time which might mean more blog updating time. I have no shame. The downside is potentially less sewing time. hmmm.

I have however managed to finally finish Claudia's Heather Ross quilt, pretty darn happy with it. I'll post some pics soon. And I've made a good start on another one, fabric is It's a Hoot by Momo, super cute. I had to improv the corners, ran out of border fabric. oops. Think I like it though. It's now all basted and ready to quilt. Problem is I seem to be accumulating a lot of quilt tops and not many finished quilts. I should get on with a few of those ufo's....

Quilting lies

I know I said that I wouldn't start a new quilt before finishing those other two. Well, I lied. I couldn't help myself! I got a bargain on Ebay, a whole stack of American Jane Recess charm squares (I think there's 4 or 5 sets!), then I had a chance to do a bit of cutting this week, and I've been busting to make this pattern for ages. I love a pinwheel quilt.

5 blocks down, 37 to go......this is where my initial enthusiasm tends to die down and I find the whole thing daunting! But luckily these blocks are quicker than I thought, if I can do 5 a night it'll only take me a week, right?