Skip to main content

Three!

It's been a big week here - in quilty terms anyway!

SWOON is finished!

Don't  you just love that red and white stripe binding?


OH MY STARS is finished!



Archie gave it the seal of approval before I had even finished sewing on the binding!




The hand stitched binding on these two quilts comes in at 680 inches!!!

JOSHUA'S QUILT is finished!

I love the backyard baby fabric for the banking!

But you only get sneak peeks - these quilts are so big, that I still haven't figured out how to photograph them properly - hopefully it will be beautiful weather when we visit my parents (and their large back garden) next week and then I will be able to share the full picture with you. I would love it if you popped back!

Out of the ten finishes I listed for the third quarter Finish Along, three are now done!

By the way - did you see the Olympics opening ceremony yesterday? Some of the imagery went a little over my four-year-old nephew's head - even with the help of an ice-lolly!


Because of all of the hand stitching in that binding, I'm linking up to Handmade Parade!
Labels:

Comments

Cherie said…
Congratulations on the finishes! Hoping to see the bigger reveals soon =D
28 July 2012 at 23:24
Ada Plouvier-Kopitopoulou said…
Whaw! Three big quilts ready! The colours are lovely. Looking forward to seeing them completely.
29 July 2012 at 05:48
Nic said…
Congrats!
Archie is too cute.
The opening ceremony invoked many WTF?'s from me too :)
29 July 2012 at 21:47
Kirsten said…
Love your finished - can't wait to see the full Swoon reveal.
31 July 2012 at 00:11
Sheila said…
Such a tease! I can't wait to see your finished OMS...please post soon!!!!!
2 August 2012 at 20:09
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hidden Agenda [A Finish]

This is very possibly my favourite ever finish - I know I've said that in the past, but this one is going to be hard to beat. This time last year, I attended a day long lecture/workshop with Tula Pink and it was inspiring. Having not really loved her fabrics in the past (but loved her patterns), I suddenly saw them in a new light, linked with my 2018 new year's resolution to try more fussy cutting). Fast forward 8 months and I confess that my Tula stash has expanded quite a lot. I found some UK shops with older ranges of fabric, splurged on a few destashes and found the odd piece of her fabric already in my stash. The plan was always (and remains) to make a Smitten quilt, but I'm well aware that I have plenty of fabric to make other projects as well! So when I saw the Hidden Agenda quilt pattern by Angela Pingle, this fabric sprung instantly to mind.... and we all know I love a rainbow! And what could be better than rainbowfied Tula? I was ably assisted by my friend Ti
3 comments
Read more

365 Quilt Challenge 2016 [A finish]

I can't believe I've just typed that heading! When I made the block for January 1st 2016 I could not have imagined the journey this quilt would have taken me on. So make yourselves comfortable and grab a cup of tea, because this blog post may get lengthy! I'd seen the 365 Quilt Challenge on Facebook. I think every quilter on Facebook must have been aware of it. Loads of my friends had signed up and it kept popping up as a "Page you might like" thing. In the end, in November 2015, I joined the group, had a poke round. Decided it wasn't for me. One of the things that really put me off were the fabric requirements: you needed x amount of dark dark fabric, x amount of medium dark fabric, x amount of dark medium, medium, light medium, light, background.... I just couldn't get my head round those requirements. I'd looked at the mock ups on the wesbite and couldn't bring myself to pick a colour. I put it to the back of my mind. But I had obvious
5 comments
Read more

All the Little Finishes

 I've had a few recent finishes - mostly smaller pieces and mostly not on my list to finish this year (because I've only just started them!) - lots and lots of pouches! Here's a round up... Three pouches I made for the kids for our holiday - all are the Seamingly Sane Pouch pattern, but I used the pattern add-on to adjust the sizes and customised with some straps and in one case, a pocket. These three pouches are made for our work Yubikeys when we travel to protect them - it's a slightly adjusted Aneela Hooey pattern - the peas are an inside joke! I knew I had pea fabric for a reason! A couple more Seamingly Sane pouches - the smaller one was a birthday present for my Dad, and the floral one was for me to protect my diary when I travel. Seven pouches made entirely from my scraps to hold EPP pieces pre sewing! This is the Peekapouch pattern by Sweet Cinnamon Roses. This is the Not So Little Zippy Pouch by Fabric and Flowers. The pattern is a bit of a challenge, but this
2 comments
Read more

Labels

Show more

Archive

Show more