Saturday craft!

Hi everyone,

Had a fun crafty afternoon!

I've started to also do some stitchery!

I found this pattern by rosalie quinlan which is done in all red Cosmo cotton. This will be a present for my mum!



I've also started a new lap quilt for my cousin! All blocks completed tonight! I brought this quilt kit from craftsy.



All 56 blocks completed. Now I just need to sew this together with white sashing in between! I have also decided to add in my own border to make it bigger than the kit!


Below pics of how the stitchery shall look completed & the quilt kit!



Mel

Quilt completed!

Hi everyone,
Finally completed my third quilt!

Took me a few weeks to complete the binding.

Fabric used was Amy butler gypsy caravan!

Tula Pink sampler quilt

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a fun book to quilt with. Tula Pinks city sampler '100 modern quilt blocks'.



Today I managed to do blocks 1 & 2 in two hours. Very easy for a novice like myself!


Block 1


Block 2.

Last weekend I finally put my quilt together & quilted it. Now I just need to make binding & finish it off.


This quilt was made using Amy Butlers gypsy caravan fabric.


Ready to bind & complete!

Happy sewing ;-)

Mel

Saturday sewing!

Hi everyone,

Well finally putting a quilt together lots of cutting & sewing strips.

Gorgeous fabric by Amy Butler titled 'gypsy caravan'


Starting to put it together!





Fabric picked for back!


Starting to come together!

Quilters Retreat weekend

Hi everyone,

Well this weekend was a great sewing weekend for me! My first quilters retreat with a girlfriends quilting club. It was pure delight going away & just sewing from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon!


Campsite - pic on my Saturday morning walk!


Plaque about campsite!

Friday consisted of doing our projects, then at night we did a small mystery project. This taught me how to do my first zip.

Then Saturday we did a big overnight quilted bag. I did my second zip and I used a walking foot for the first time.

I did have frustrations along the way! Joining the sides was very painful, due to the thickness of fabric. But I completed it and happy with my finished product!


My bag strips quilted.


My bag completed.

My own project I began last weekend! A quilt using Amy butlers 'Gypsy Caravan' fabric. I purchased this as a kit! I'm finally making a small quilt for me!


Pic of kit!

I had began this project the previous sunday at my monthly sunday stitching group. Spending 5 hours cutting blocks & strips.Then Friday afternoon at the retreat, I began sewing some strips together. See below some pics.





I also brought some pretty fabric today as they had a quilting shop come to the retreat on the last day! Don't know yet what this will be used for!

Easy quilt - made in a few hours!

Hi everyone,

Today I made a quilt pretty quickly for my husbands best friends baby.

Due to him being due any day now I didn't have a long time

I rushed down to spotlight purchased a ready made panel for 30- & just had to make the binding which only took me 2 hrs!

A easy way to have a quilt in a few hours.

Elephant quilt completed

Hi everyone,

I finished my second quilt a few weeks ago!

Just been slack in posting the pics!

This was made for baby Henry who I still haven't met & given him his gift!

Here they are!

Elephant quilt

Hi everyone,

Finally finished appliquéing all the little elephants on my second baby quilt today!

Now onto backing & binding it!

See pics below:

Sunday Sewing, new books & quilt

Hi everyone,

Well the past few weeks I have been busy sewing beads & sequins for my daughters dance concert. No crafty fun Sundays for me!

Today I decided I would make some more needle cases for friends & family for xmas presents. I made 10! Didn't take me to long second time around! See pic below!



I also have 2 new books added to my sewing book collection.

'Make It' by Cath Kidston. This was given to me by a friend. Love the projects inside. Lots of different things to make!



I also purchased 'I love patchwork' by Rashida Coleman-Hale. After buying her other book (discussed in my previous post) I ordered it online! it's another zakka book, but using patchwork. I think I'm going to be doing lots of zakka as well as quilting in the future!



Looking forward to making some projects from these fun books in the new year!

I'm also currently making another baby quilt. Hoping to work on this next weekend! Watch this space! Here is a pic of my progress so far! It's only my second quilt I've ever made!

My first Quilt

Hi everyone, thought I would post up some pics of my first quilt completed today!

That binding took me a while (didn't realise you hand sewed it!) lol A few nights in front of the tv!

I did get help from my friends at our sewing days though, I can't take all the credit!

This has been made for a close friend of mine that is having a baby in match. It took me around 3 months to make.

Fabric:
Bunting was from - Moda Charm Pack ~ Grow with Me ~ Deb Strain, Katie Strain and Arrin Turnmire
Solid white, green cotton, & printed safari for back was from spotlight!

See pics below: