A Finished Pink Quilt for My Sister

I quilted this quilt after I finished my son and d-i-l's quilt for their July wedding and used the same pantograph as I had used on their quilt as I thought the flowers in the pantograph went really well with the flowers in the fabrics as well as the pieced flower shapes in the quilt.

 Here is the finished quilt.  For some reason my pictures came out showing the quilt quite a bit paler than it actually is even though the grass came out really dark.

Here is a much better picture of the quilt with my sister which she sent me when she opened it although the quilt is a bit creased from being squished up in a mailing box.

I was hoping to give it to her in person, but I don't think that is going to happen anytime soon due to covid travel restrictions so I had to mail it to her.

Sewcialites Quilt Along, Block Number Two

The second Sewcialites block came out on Friday and I sewed it up today.  Since this block was a lot more simple than the first block and only composed of a few larger pieces, I chose a larger print fabric.

Here is my second block Loyal.

And here are my first two blocks side by side.  You can see what I mean by the second block being much more simple.  The first block has 41 pieces and the second only has 13.

I like how these blocks have the main coloured print fabric and the background fabric opposite to what you would normally expect.

Sewcialites Quilt Along, Block Number One

I have decided to sew along with the free quilt along Sewcialites from the Fat Quarter Shop.  There will be 36 blocks published once a week on Fridays.  I am going to make 9" blocks, but you can also make 6" or 3".

Here is my first block Harmony.

I couldn't decide if the block looked better photographed on a dark or a light background so I used both!  I usually prefer to use an off white or grey background fabric, but I think white will really set off the bundle of bright coloured fabrics I am going to use.  I am going to make every block in a different fabric.

Dear Jane - 8 more Blocks and 1 more Triangle

 Last week I paper pieced triangle TR11.

And TR11 closeup.

Yesterday I pieced 5 more blocks.

Here is A7 done "cathedral window" style.

A7 closeup.

Here is A6 a very easy block to just piece.

A6 closeup.

Bock A8 was very simple too, but I did paper piece it.

A8 closeup.

Block A5 was an easy one to paper piece.

A5 closeup.

Block A9 had a few more pieces and worked well to paper piece.

A9 closeup.

Today I pieced 3 more blocks.  First up is A4.  I paper pieced the centre and just pieced the easy border.

A4 closeup.

A10 was fairly complicated to piece.  I did a cathedral window centre to give me the melon shape and then the triangles were added with some curved piecing and Y seams.  This took me a couple of hours to piece.

A10 closeup.  It's a little wonky but will be fine once it's sashed.

Then for some reason I made block A2 with a couple of errors... but I like it so it will stay the way it is.  I paper pieced it but inadvertently mixed up the colours of the half-square triangles in the four corners.  The yellow triangles should have been pointing out instead of in.  The biggest problem was I should not have made it yellow as I already had two yellow blocks for this row.  All is not lost as I will trade it for a block from another row where I need a yellow and make that block for this row.

A2 closeup.

When you start making booboos, it's a sign to pack it in for the day though.  Still having fun and more than half of row A is done.

Bryan and Catherine's Chic Kisses Wedding Quilt Finish

I stopped showing progress pictures just before finishing my son and d-i-l's wedding quilt so that they would be able to see it first in person.  Then summer arrived and I stopped blogging for the summer.

Here is a picture of the finished quilt top before quilting:

Here's a closeup of the flower quilting I did using a paper pantograph called Flander's Poppies by Hermione Agee.

And here's the entire quilt.  I rounded the corners of the quilt to echo the corner rings and bound it with one of the brightest fabrics from the collection.

Here's another picture with me peeking out from behind.

And I did get the label made and sewn on before the wedding......my least favourite part of quilt making.

Here's a picture of the quilt on their bed.

And one of their favourite photos from their backyard covid wedding!

It feels kind of nice not to have a quilt with a deadline looming so I am free to sew whatever I want now.

Dear Jane 121 blocks and 8 triangles

Well, I didn't plan on taking nearly a 3 month blogging break, but I guess that's what happened!  Just because I wasn't blogging, however, doesn't mean I wasn't sewing.  I finished two quilts and worked on lots of others.  I'll catch up on the two finished quilts in other blog posts soon.

Since today was Thursday, it was a Dear Jane Quilt day.  I last worked on Dear Jane in June and had completed 121 blocks set 11 x 11 but did not take a picture of them as I had not attached column L yet.  Today I attached column L and also added sashing on all four sides.  Now I am ready to work on all the row 1 blocks, all the column A blocks, all the column M blocks and all the row 13 blocks which will be the final row of blocks all around and get me to 13 x 13 blocks.  Then, of course, I still have a few triangles to complete.....  I started out today with 7 made and completed TR3 so now have 8 of 56 made.

First off, here is my quilt top with 121 blocks set 11 x 11 and measuring 60" square.  You can also see my first 7 triangles.

Here is triangle TR3 which I paper pieced today.

TR3 closeup.

Looking forward to the home stretch on this quilt!

A Nova Scotia Hug Quilt

In response to the recent tragic shootings in Nova Scotia, the Maritime Modern Quilt Guild requested quilts to give to victims families.  They suggested quilts with blue and white in them and also gave a link to a free quilt pattern designed by the Fabric Addict called a Nova Scotia Hug which is what I decided to make.

The quilt is made up of two blocks, a heart and a representation of the NS Flag.  Here are my blocks.

And here are the blocks sewn together.

I decided to add a row of sashing strips and corner stones before adding the final border to give the outer hearts more space.

Here is a close up of the heart block after quilting which shows the heart and loop quilting I used.

And here's a close up of one of the flag blocks where a quilted heart ended up in the centre of the yellow square.

And to continue the suspense, here's a picture of the back of the quilt.  I used a cuddly NS Tartan flannel.

Finally, here's a picture of the finished quilt.

I just have to put a label on it and get it delivered.  Hopefully whoever it is gifted to will be comforted in some small way.