Wednesday 2 July 2014

Must finish something...

I've been busy with my WIPs.

Firstly some progress has been made with my 'Honeysweet Swirls'.  It took two weeks of waiting for the contrast brown, Kona 'Cappucino', to arrive, but the wait was worth it!


I still have to play with the layout - then it is sew together time.  My 'Jaybird Quilts' rulers have been great for this project, having used both the Hex'n'more and the Sidekick.  I plan to put a border of the brown around, followed by a binding of either red or using the scrappy pieces I have left over.

I have also worked on the crosses quilt I started a year ago and and now just need to add the borders.  The fabric is 'Flats' by Angela Yosten. and the pattern is from Camille Roskelley's first book 'Simplify'.  Love the colour mix!!


I think I'll quilt this in straight lines, to keep it simple.  What do you think?

I'm also making 'All in the Family' from the same book.  The fabric is 'Florence' by Denise Schmidt and although the individual fabrics don't 'wow' me, I LOVE how they work together, especially with the white.


This is quite a small quilt - and because of the way the colours work as they are - I'm not going to put a border on it.  I will bind it with a red, but I'm still deciding what to do with the blue and orange circles that touch in the middle... would you unpick and move one??  An overall quilting design has still not been decided upon either - maybe swirls??

Lots achieved... but lots more to do. I'm loving how I have a 'Patchwork Plus' group to meet up with on Mondays.  It's so motivating!

I am linking up with Lee/Lindsey at 'Freshly Pieced' for 'WIP Wednesday'.  Then I'm off to see what others have been working on!

12 comments:

  1. WouaH, so many quilts.. Beautiful energy!

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    1. Thanks... my daughter has just started school so I have more time to myself than I had previously. Thanks for visiting!

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  2. Ooooh--that last one with the DS fabrics is gorgeous enough to convert me into a fan, too! Don't you love it when projects turn out even better than you think they will? :)

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    1. Yes I do... especially when it takes ages to come up with a plan for some fabric! I usually buy the fabric first, must try it the other way more often! Thanks for visiting!

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  3. Your All in a Family top is fantastic! Love it!

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    1. Thanks... I think it is my favourite too. :-)

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  4. These are all so beautiful. Well done! I'd leave the blocks as they are in the "All in the Family" top; it's a random layout and once you start moving two you'll be moving ten before you know it. I wouldn't go there! It's perfect as it is.

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment. It's good to hear the thoughts of other people, it gives me new perspectives. :-)

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  5. Oh my goodness, these are all so gorgeous!

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    1. Thanks Kristin - the fabric is all so inspiring!! :-)

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  6. These quilts are all quite pretty. The straight lines will work nicely on the crosses quilt. I'd play with the cross pattern and straight lines. Create a large cross from the center to the edge of the quilt with horizontal and vertical lines. Then diagonal lines in the four corners to accentuate the cross. As for the orange and blue squares, I'd leave them. There are few things I hate more than stitch ripping so I only do it when absolutely necessary!

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  7. Gosh - I am loving these quilts - especially the Crosses and All in the Family. Simplify was the first quilting book I ever bought, haven't looked back.

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