Thursday 26 September 2013

A Work in Progress: Lots of Crosses

I should be doing dozens of other things but last weekend I started a new quilt - I felt like piecing and I had just finished three other quilts!

I'm using the pattern 'Dream Big' by Camille Roskelley from her book 'Simplify with Camille Roskelley'.  It is a quilt with crosses as I have noticed that they are particularly popular at the moment.

The fabric is 'Flats' by Angela Yosten and I have used a jelly roll.  I've got some of the reds for the border... but still need to do some thinking first.

It is going together really well.  I cut it all out and planned then sewed all the single rows in just over a day (less helping on the farm), with K helping me place out the pieces.  But my quarter inch seam allowance must be a fraction out as now that I am on to sewing the rows together the crosses were not lining up quite perfectly.

I have fixed that as I have gone to pinning from the left.  This enables me to leave the removal of pins to the very last moment - my quarter inch foot has a guide on the right side so the pins need to be out of the way by then.  I think I'll have to re-do the first few rows as I plan to quilt it with simple lines later.

My magnetic pin holder is twenty years old but fantastic.  I got it from Bernina when I purchased an overlocker.

I've pinned all the rows on to a piece of flannel and can therefore sneak a few rows in my schedule without worrying about them getting out of order.

Now trying to link up with 'WIP Wednesday' at 'Freshly Pieced'.

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

7 comments:

  1. I have the book and the pattern looks challenging. I really like how your quilt is going. Congrats!!!

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    1. Thanks! I love the book and have plans to make some more from it. I visited your page and would love to leave a comment but I couldn't find the 'translate' tool. Sorry! You have done some beautiful work. :-)

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  2. I have Camille's book . . . I was just looking at that exact quilt in that book today, wondering when I'd have time to make it up. How's the pattern? Is it pretty to follow?

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  3. Flats is a great fabric line and I think it is a nice choice for the pattern. It makes me think of math and school....which is a good thing in my mind. Nice job!

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  4. I love plus quilts at the moment - yours is looking beautiful!

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