Fancy Forest Bunny pillow

When I made the Fancy Forest baby quilt earlier this year, I made a test block for the bunny first to make sure I had all of those little pieces worked out...

So at the end I had an extra block ready to make into a coordinating pillow.

I added some borders to make the pillow cover up to 16" square.  

Then did some cross hatch quilting after marking lines 1" apart with my hera marker.

For the back, I just made a simple envelope closure and then bound it in a cute dotty print.

Linking up with Fabric Tuesday @ Quiltstory. 

This was on my FAL Q4 list for this year so linking up with the 2016 FAL team.

Kirsten.

My Goals for Q4 of the FAL...

This is the last quarter of the 2016 FAL and I have a mix of projects that I am hoping to get done including a few Christmas gifts...

1. Christmas gift bags: these bags are a great idea for gift giving as they can be reused - I have a few different sized ones cut out ready to sew up in time for gifting.

2. Scrappy Swoon leftovers quilt: the quilt top is put together so now need to baste and quilt...

3. Christmas star pillow: this Scrap Jar block  is going to be made into a pillow.

4. An epic Elephant Abstractions quilt using the amazing pattern by Violet Craft: I have only done 3 of the 97 paper pieces so far so still have a long way to go...

5. Tula Pink 100 blocks sampler: we are over halfway there now and these are the first 36 blocks.

6. Ruby Tuesday quilt: made using the "Room and Board" pattern by Camille @ Thimbleblossoms, the quilt top is sewn and ready for basting then quilting. 

7. Watercolour Seahorse quilt: I have just enough Canyon scraps left over from the Canyon Patchwork Swoon quilt to make these cute seahorses.

8. Caravan tote: making another of these lovely bags, this time using some aqua denim with the feathers print.

9.  This cute bunny was an "extra" block I made when sewing the Fancy Forest baby quilt and I am going to make it onto a matching pillow.

10.Necessary wallet: I have wanted to make the NCW for a while now and am finally giving it a go!

11. Tencel AMH dress: after successfully sewing this pattern earlier this year, I am using it again with some lovely Tencel for another dress with some pretty trim for the pockets.

12. Baby shower gift: I am planning on making a "One Hour Basket" to fill with goodies as a gift for a friends daughter who is expecting her first baby soon.

13.Coastal Ripples: this is a project carried over from the last quarter using up some leftover yarn from other blankets.

14. Tula Hexie quilt: I was lucky to win a set of these hexies recently and just need to cut some more hexagons from the solids and the Slow and Steady prints I have used in my 100 blocks quilt to make this lovely quilt.

15. Hoop wall art: this was a recent sew along hosted by Kylie from Willow and Trout and although I didn't have a chance to do it at the time, this will be another fun project to do over the holidays.

Linking up my Q4 list with the 2016 FAL team. 

Kirsten.

Scrappy Swoon leftovers...

The Swoon pattern is one of my favourites, and one of the bonuses is that you get plenty of scraps when making the patchwork points to use for another project.

So after making the Canyon Patchwork Swoon quilt recently for my daughter, I have a bundle of 20 pretty patchwork/solid HST's measuring 7.5" leftover, as well as some short strips which I am going to use in another project...

I posted on IG asking for some ideas on how to use these blocks and some suggestions were to piece them into a quilt back or to make pillows from the blocks.

As there are so many off cuts though, I was keen to make the best use of them by sewing a smaller quilt so have been playing around with a few layouts on the computer.

This ends up about 42" square at the moment but the borders will make it a little bigger. 

Linking up with Scraptastic Tuesday hosted by Leanne @ She Can Quilt and Nicky @ Mrs Sew and Sew.

Kirsten.

Finish Along 3rd quarter 2016

Even though I had quite a busy quarter with graduation and a few special birthday celebrations, I managed to get most of the projects completed from my Q3 Finish-A-Long list...

1. Cakewalk quilt: done!

2. Caravan tote: done!

3. Coral crochet blanket: done!

4. Elephant Abstractions quilt: all of the 97 paper pieces are cut out and I have made a start on the first 3 pieces of the trunk so just 94 more to go now - no further progress...

5. Coastal Ripples: this is a project carried over from the last quarter using up some leftover yarn from other blankets - still no further progress...

6. Patchwork Swoon: done!

7. Bella Plus baby quilt: done!

8. Dwell houses runner: done!

9. Koala cushion: done!

10. Indie bag: done!

So what I didn't finish may move onto my next Q4 list. Linking up with the 2016 FAL team.

Kirsten.

Indie bag

This little bag was started quite some time ago when I saw the cute Indie bag pattern by Amy @ During Quiet Time. 

I used some of the beautiful Art Gallery "Indie"fabrics by Pat Bravo to make a similar version of the bag as I loved the rich colours and managed to find some lovely Perle cottons to match.

Although, I found that after starting to sew the bag I was a bit hesitant to do the hand stitching across the linen but have now done it so that I could finally finish off the bag.

I also added a slip pocket in the lining as these days I need somewhere to keep my reading glasses.

Linking up with Fabric Tuesday @ Quiltstory. 

This was on my FAL Q3 list for this year so linking up with the 2016 FAL team.

Kirsten.

Bella baby quilt

I used one of my favourite patterns - the Plus quilt by Kelly @ Jeliquilts, to make another baby quilt.

This is such a fun pattern to sew and comes together quite easily.

This time, I started with some orange and grey prints from Bella by Lotta Jansdotter, and added in a few other prints.

Then used a light grey sashing for this quilt as it worked well with these fabrics.

And did some simple serpentine quilting along the seam lines, before binding in an orange solid.

I really like these colours and think they would be nice for either a boy or a girl.

Linking up with Fabric Tuesday @ Quiltstory. 

This was on my FAL Q3 list for this year so linking up with the 2016 FAL team.

Kirsten.