UFO for March

I finished the binding on this quilt a while ago but forgot to blog about it...

Googy Girl co-ordinated a 9 patch swap a few years ago and I was lucky enough to be part  of it... We all made a number of the same 9 patches in our choice of reproduction prints.  Then these were all sent to Googy Girl who split them up and sent them back all packaged up so nicely

 This meant we all ended up with a lovely wide range of 9 patches... such fun and made it easy to do.  Making a bunch in the same colour way can be done in strips as opposed to little 2 1/2" squares..

This is the quilt I made with my blocks - I took out the pinky ones as I specifically wanted this to be for my almost teenager eldest grandson....  

I custom quilted the blocks, with these twisted orange peels in the darker blocks

... and a curved ribbon in the lighter blocks

(hard to see but this second picture is a little better)

.. an a twisted ribbon look in the sashing - miles of sashing!!

the binding was made and I finally sewed it all on earlier this month ...

It's a lovely warm masculine quilt ....

Susan made her quilt up some time ago and had some spare blocks which she sent to me and I have made up a second quilt using them.... the same but different!!

The squares have all been sashed and then recut on a very slight angle to give it a bit of a wonky look...

.. so here is the flimsy top of my second 9 patch... it's going to have to wait a while to be finished off 

A lovely swap idea Googy Girl, thanks to all the ladies who contributed and to Susan for the extra blocks.

I'm pleased to say I have one of my UFO's finished this month - but I also managed to make another one too!! 

Righto, Gotto Go.... I'm going to have a dig in my drawer to find a SMALLER UFO to finish....

The Nine Patch .....

The Nine Patch quilt has been quilted now...

I have done each patch the same ... in the dark squares there are curved orange peel which make a whirlygig type shape that I like....

... and in the light shapes which is hard to see there is a ribbon type shape....

... and I have done this joined ribbon look in the sashing... theres a lot of sashing!!! hmmmm

I love the look and feel of a quilted quilt.....

... the binding is acutally on now... I found a piece that has lots of colours in it to go with the quilt...

I've got 2 quilts waiting for me to sew down the binding...  it's just going to have to get a bit cooler for me to do that!

I still had some patches left and Susan has kindly sent me some she had spare after making her quilt.... so I should get another nice size quilt with these.... one day!!!

Thanks so much Susan - it's going to be great having the extra's to play with

I am still working with reproduction fabrics with the sampler quilt and this week we got two blocks done

Dog Tooth Violet - 

Cross and Crown - 

Only got 2 blocks done this week as I had to leave early to do a bit of shopping...

No more moaning about being housebound!! - except I just want to leave it nice and safe inside the garage!! haha

Righto, Gotto Go....  maybe a road trip?

Blocks and Mothers and Daughters and Memories ....

Over the year Googy Girl hosted a 9 patch swap and a bunch of us made a bunch of 9 patches in reproduction prints... and then Googy Girl shared them all out and sent us loads of them

I love how they arrived wrapped up so pretty with a special card

I counted 113 blocks... so can get a big quilt out of it... I think I might make two different ones 

Thank you so much to all the lovely ladies who contributed to these and especially Googy Girl who coordinated it all and sorted the blocks out.... they are magnificent...

This is a cute pattern by Leanne May (Candlelight Creations)....

 I adapted the original words which were "When I was little you always held my hand" since I was giving this to my daughter for her and her daughter....

I love the little detail of stitching on the light border and on the tags....

I sent this pretty little one to my daughter in UK... she has a daugher who when she saw this said "Can it go in my room?"... so my guess it has gone to the right home....

Whilst I was making mothers and daughter related things I got to thinking about my mom, who was a really good cook, not fancy meals but always tasty.... Sunday lunches were roasts and at night something light... like waffles, or pancakes, or yorkshire puddings, or sardines on toast.....

.. or french toast...

It is so long since I have had this easy and tasty light meal.... with some fresh raspberries and wedges of orange and a sprinkle of cinnamon ... (of course you can use the traditional lashings of maple syrup and a blob of icecream!)

I used THIS recipe (but only used a Tbsp of sugar) .... so yummy so I think this will be back on the regular menu.... and it was lovely pulling out some of those memories too.

Righto, Gotto Go ..... I want to look up some ideas for 9 patch quilts - I am sure I will need to make a shopping list too!

Some finishing touches....

I have done the last of my 9 patch swap blocks last week....

These are them all together and they are off in the post to Trish to share out.... thanks Trish.... i am so looking forward to my bundle made by bloggy 9 patchers...

These are so easy to do in strips ... sew the 3 strips together, press, slice and stitch the 3 rows - the points come together well (mostly!).

I am using the left overs plus other fabric from this range (Judie Rothermalls 25th Anniversary) for my Aiming for Accuracy quilt-along blocks seen a couple of posts ago

this is the latest of the A4A blocks

I started this applique last week and just finished these needlecases.  They are from Anorina's 52 week Scrap project
(tutorial HERE)

they are so cute it was impossible to stop at one

Anorina is giving us lots of different ideas for using up scraps.... and we've just started so there will be lots more to come!

... and I have finally add the binding to this small quilt (a UFO from last year) with lots of pieces (484 to be exact!) ...

.... which I am calling Organised Chaos ...

...... made from New York Beauty blocks free tutorials on line... (links to the different blocks can be

 found HERE)

It's a maroon stripey binding which is not clear in the picture but gives it a bit of a border

An adventure into paper piecing and I had a bit of fun with the quilting... quite heavy so the finished article is stiff....

It's not very big (36" x 29") so will use for a topper and the stiff quilting won't matter....

Righto, Gotto go.... I want to finish prepping the rest of my North Pole blocks and get to work on that

....and some secret stuff which you can't see ....

and it's .....

tomorrow... sign ups are HERE

Aiming for Accuracy

I am enjoying the Aiming for Accuracy Quiltalong - the instructions are clear and I am managing to keep up with the weekly block....

Block 2 ...

Block 3 .....

It's fun seeing all the different ones that are being made too

...... and my 9 patch swap blocks for this month are done ...

.... 6 sets so far... a few more to go... thanks Trish who is gathering them all together for us

.. this is a delicate stitchery I am working on at the moment... single thread....

.... and some amazing cloud formations.... just because I find them amazing and beautiful ...

Righto, Gotto Go.... there's some binding that needs to be done... I seem to have been doing so much and yet I have no finishes... very frustrating

This week is FNSI and Wendy is hosting it ....



pop along HERE to sign up

perhaps I'll get something finished!

Oooopppsss..... new project..........

I am loving using these fabrics

(Judie Rothermell - Judie's 25th Anniversary fabrics)

to make my 9 patches each month....

they are really quite nice and easy to do and makes for a fun afternoons stitching....

Thanks Trish, for facilitating this fun swap

.... I was a bit overenthusiastic when I ordered the fabrics ... and there are other which I won't be using for my 9 patch... and also some left over from cutting the strips...

I have never actually done a quilting course for making sure my points and seams are correct...

... and Michele over at Quilting Gallery is doing a Quilt-A-Long with lessons for free ....

so I am going to use up these fabrics and learn new skills at the same time

and make this .......

All you need to know about this Quilt-Along can be found HERE

... and we can show ff on facebook too ....

I was persuaded by Wendy and Maria..... 

It's entirely their fault I am starting a new project ..... some peoples!!

anybody else doing this too? ... come on.... it'll be fun....

Righto, Gotto Go.... I need to work on some much neglected Japanese scrappy blocks....