Granny's pot holders

I have wanted to make the Granny Square block ever since I first saw them on Jolenes blog. And as I thought they would be great to use as a potholder.

I used a few Denyse Schmidt "Aunt Edna" fabrics to make the blocks, and used Traceys method of using setting Triangles for the corners - a lot less wastage, and no bias edges.

I had some Insul-bright from Spotlight and used this for the middle of the potholders - the secret is to place the shiny side down but it is still a bit slippery to sew with.

I just did straight line quilting and bound the potholders in matching pink and grey linen.

 They certainly brighten up my kitchen on such a dreary winters day here in Australia.

Linking to Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations, Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory, Little Quilt Monday with Elizabeth at Pieceful Life and  to Tuesday at the Summer Table with Debbie at A Quilters Table (buttons in left sidebar).

Kirsten.

One thing-one week (11): Quilt Process mini

I have had the screen printed panel for this Quilt Process mini for about 6 months now - I think I may have even bought the last one available from Amy at During Quiet Time in August last year. So this was a good project to finish off as my "One thing, One week" challenge item. 

I used some of my favourite pale/dark pink, grey, and yellow fabrics to make the 3 blocks for this mini quilt late last year but I am glad that I waited so long to finish the quilting on this though as I don't think I would have been brave enough to attempt the handstitching a few months ago. 

I had a matching pale pink thread which was just the right shade! Don't look too closely at the french knot I did in red for the apple though - definitely need more practice at those:)

  Just need to find a place to hang this now.....

Linking to the One thing, One week challenge at Amy's Creative Side, Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations, Little Quilt Monday with Elizabeth at Pieceful Life, and Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory (buttons in sidebar).
Kirsten.

Modern Mini quilt

After being totally inspired by the amazing cover art on CD , I decided make a fabric version to enter into the Modern Mini quilt challenge at Ellison lane Quilts - you can read more about the process here and here.  

 Well it is all done now and I am so happy with the results. I haven’t really tried wonky/liberated piecing before so this was something new for me as I wanted to keep it looking a bit “abstract” and not too perfect. The slightly organic not-so-straight line quilting adds to the overall effect:

I quilted it in a squarish spiral using a different coloured thread for each block.....

These quilting lines are only 1/4 inch apart !

 And the black backing was perfect to show off the coloured variegated threads on the back.

.

 This mini quilt is 26 inches along each side and I didn’t have to buy any fabric, batting or thread at all to make this quilt so it has been a really great stash buster too:) I really love this mini and have thoroughly enjoyed the process of making it.

Linking to the Modern Mini Challenge at Ellison Lane Quilts, Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge creations, to Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory and to LIttle quilt Monday with Elizabeth at Pieceful Life(buttons in sidebar).

Kirsten.

Tigerlily Baby Swoon

I have finished quilting the baby Swoon quilt just in time for some friends of ours who are having  baby in March:

I added a border to the Swoon block so this finishes at 32" square and I quilted it in straight lines again as it seems to work well with this design.

I used a grey stripe for the back and binding.

Love this Michael Miller zoology print:)

So one more finish ticked off my Winter stitching list - or my summer list here in Australia:)
Linking to Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations, to Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory, and with Elizabeth Little Quilt Monday at Pieceful Life -  so go along and check out all of the other wonderful projects there.
Kirsten.

Tangerine Table Topper

This stack of fabrics has now become my first finished project for the Tangerine Tango challenge:

 I went with the modern "Plus" design as I love how it looks with a mix of fabrics. We were allowed to use one "other" colour so I chose the light aqua/minty shade which was in both the Joel Dewberry Heirloom Tile Flourish in Amber and the Amy Butler Love aqua and orange spots .

 The table runner is 14.5" wide x 29" inches long and I quilted just on the inside of each of the plusses so this is what it looks like on the back. 

 There are quite a few fabrics in this runner - Joel Dewberry, Amy Butler, organic solids, Sandi Henderson, Denyse Schmidt, honeycomb dots to name a few -  but my favourite part is the square of Daiwabo elephants in the bottom right corner:)

I took lots of photos as I made this so I hope to have a tutorial coming up some time this week so check back soon.
Linking to Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations,LIttle quilt Monday at Pieceful Life,
 and to Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory.

Kirsten.

Sew &Tell - Mini quilt challenge

When I saw Amylouwho was hosting a mini quilt Sew and Tell challenge, I remembered that I had one leftover Starflower block from the Christmas Table runner.........

so I decided to make it into a {very} mini quilt which will be gifted to a lovely friend whom I have met via blogland.

I really love the pattern the quilting makes on the back:)

Quilt stats: 12.5 x 12.5

Fabric:  Michael Miller Funky Christmas

Adding this to a new flickr group: Modern Mini Quilts. 

Also linking to {sew} Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations, Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory (buttons in sidebar) and to Little Quilt Monday at Pieceful Life.

Kirsten.

DS doll quilt #2

Just wanted to take advantage of a lovely warm and sunny Sunday afternoon after a few days of very stormy weather including a lot of lightning, hail and thunder to take a photo of my (second) finished mini quilt for the Denyse Schmidt Doll Quilt swap.

 Because this one is being sent overseas, I wanted to mainly use the fabrics that were released exclusively in Australia.

 And also tried a bit of handstitching although I am not confident about the result.....

I really like the effect of the "plus" design and hope my partner does too as it will be going out in the mail this week:)

Linking to {Sew} Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations, Fabric Tuesday @ Quiltstory (buttons in sidebar), Little Quilt Monday at Pieceful Life, and I am also entering this mini quilt into the Celebrate Color event at Stitched in Color for October.

Kirsten

Fuddy is not Duddy!

I saw the "Fuddy is not Duddy" challenge on Naptime Quilters blog on the weekend and seeing as my kids think I am actually a Fuddy Duddy, thought I'd have a look to see what burgundy, green and brown fabrics that I may have, and not surprisingly there were a few:)

 

I chose some of these and a neutral in an off-white/ivory solid to make a doll quilt in a design that I had bookmarked from Jessica's blog  "A Little Gray" which was made for her by Amy :

Some of these fabrics are fairly recent releases (the burgundy DS Winding Roads) but without them I would have been stuck for that colour.

 And the backing was some nice brown trees which are very autumny looking so I am also going to link this to Celebrate Color at Stitched in Color.

 I really enjoyed doing this colour challenge as I used to do a lot of similar colour challenges when I did scrapbooking and they do get you to think outside your usual colour choices and combinations.

Also linking to Fabric Tuesday at Quiltstory, and  Little Quilt Monday with Elizabeth at Pieceful life.

Kirsten.