English Rose

Here is my finished piece for the Good Ol’ Summertime quilt swap.

 

It has been sitting in my wip pile for some time, I didn’t know what to do with it and was half thinking of making it into a cushion.

When I went through the ufo/wips last week it hit me it would be perfect for the swap, and I suddenly knew exactly how I wanted to finish it. Its amazing how quickly one can finish something when inspiration strikes.

It will be winging its way overseas early next week I hope my partner likes it.

Size: 16” square

Techniques: Patchwork, appliqué with satin stitch edging, quilting all done by machine.

Panda quilt along

Am now up to week 3, AJ has just posted the 6th and final week here so I'm half way there!

Panda quilt along - progress

Happily everything went much better after supper. I managed to cut the pieces out without mishap, so he now has a body!

Little Gem/Twilt

Why as someone who doesn't 'do' flowers am I drawn to flowers of late?

Its half term my youngest son is at my brother's, I had an entire day to sew so I made another stash busting twilt for the Little Gem tombola.

Size: A4 (approx 11 3/4" x 8 1/4")
Techniques: piecing, machine quilting with a multi-coloured thread
Fabrics: all from my scrap box so perhaps that's not stash busting, the greens are hand dyed the rest commercial prints.