Monday 30 August 2010

Bank Holiday Weekend

Here is my little weekend visitor.... well, actually she is staying for two weeks....


What normally happens is - I sew until I am tired then go to bed and nothing gets on the blog. So here is a new idea - I don't know how long it will last - but here goes..... I sew until 9.30 then make a coffee, photograph everything I have done then upload the photos and blog then go back to making things until bedtime.

Jackie of Charndon Quilting had the idea that we should finish off everything we have made at workshops. Last July we went to a Philppa Naylor masterclass and started various small projects to teach certain techniques. We did curved piecing! Here is the mini wall hanging I made to complete the project. It has curved piecing, curved piping and curved binding. I have some little African beads that I can sew on - but for now here is the mini wallhanging....
Here are a few close-up photos showing the quilting....





Jackie also had an idea to make a 6 inch square using Lutrador - I have painted some - some I painted with Acrylic paint and some I painted with fabric paint....



here they are drying....



On the same week in July last year Philippa taught us trapunto and here is the sample....




I decided to make this into a 'quilt as you go' quilt in pink and green and cut out lots of pink and green strips .........




and started sewing some random roses.....





Here is a bit of an idea of how the quilt will look when I have completed all the roses...


What was my inspiration? Thanks to Marks and Spencers loo roll......



In amongst all this I made a little quilt top for a friend. When the backing is dry I will quilt it and finish it off.....



So...sew....back to the sewing machine.....