Showing posts with label Sparkle Punch Quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sparkle Punch Quilt. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Southern Skies quilt finished

Here she is, all done!

I love the colours in this quilt against the grey background. I originally wondered if it might look a bit dark, but I think the lighter stars are doing good work. They look white, but they have a tiny pale grey pattern on them. It's a bit of an eclectic mix of fabrics, including a shot cotton binding and two William Morris prints. I just couldn't resist these little birds:

I started by quilting straight lines down the seams, then wondered what else I could do to liven it up. I didn't want to do lots of dense quilting because the fabric is so soft.  I eventually decided to do some diagonal lines which change directions. You can see the lines better in this picture:

Saturday, 12 May 2012

Stars galore!

I finally decided (after much gnashing of teeth) that I would quilt my sparkle punch quilt myself. Initially I thought it really needed a FMQ design and I am strictly straight lines only. In the end it came down to quilt it myself or leave it unquilted in the cupboard... I'm happy to report its all quilted and the straight lines look ok after all. The binding is made and my goal this weekend is to get it stitched on. I really like binding part of making a quilt.

I also finished up another star for my Constellation Quilt earlier in the week. 


I love this one Hadley made, so I adapted the pattern as Hadley has done to get the star-in-star look. Aren't the colours in her quilt gorgeous?

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Marmalade

I have finished piecing the top of my HST quilt - the colours remind me of yummy citrus fruits. I hope the birthday girl likes it. Now I just have to get on to the part I struggle to enjoy - the actual quilting...


And just to prove I absolutely can't finish any thing without starting one or two things more first...




I fell in love with Elizabeth Hartman's Sparkle Punch Quilt, and the beautiful version Karyn made, so I have selected my fabrics and started cutting... These fabrics are sitting on the lovely Kona grey that the stars will be set against. The colours are very NZ moody-sky-blues.