Strip Challenge

Recently I participated in a swap with one of my on-line groups. We each had to make a set of strips for each person in the swap in their chosen colour. These are the strips I received.

Now the fun begins, I have until October 1st to make these strips into a quilt top. I have started chopping up the strips and stitching them back together. I'd like to applique a Jacobean type flower/tree on the top of the quilt but some members of the family think it might be a little 'over the top.'

We will have to wait and see........ I'll ask for opinion when I finished this step.

Hexagons

The hexagon quilt is growing slowly, sorry the picture isn't very good. I'd take another one but the camera has flat batteries.

Hearts & Stars......It's Finished!!!

This quilt has been a WIP (work in progress) for longer than I care to remember. I have had at least 3 other attempts to quilt it and each time have unpicked what I'd done.

I'd quilted in the ditch around all the red & blue blocks and tried various designs in the cream area, in the end I gave up stippled the whole thing.

Another quilt made from the stash!!








To celebrate finishing something I made this cute little bag ..... well I'd show you a picture but Blogger doesn't want to co-operate!

I take back all those evil thoughts I've just had! lol The picture decided to upload after all.

Now to tackle another long term WIP.

Storm Damage

Yesterday there were gale force winds all over the State. We had this huge black wood tree fall across the road not far from the house. Looks like we will have plenty of fire wood for the coming year.

Disappearing 9 Patch

This is a picture of a quilt top I'm working on. I found a pile of 9 patch blocks when I was cleaning out the stash and looking for something completely different. There had been a lot of talk on one of my quilting groups about the disappearing 9 patch block and I decided to try it with these blocks.

I'll have to add some borders to this top or make some more 9 patches as it's a little small at present.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm pleased with how it's going so far.


Below are some of the links I found doing a google search.

http://snippetsofaquilter.blogspot.com/2007/10/charm-square-quilt.html

http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/04/disappearing-9-patch-tutorial.html

http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/04/disappearing-9-patch-tutorial.html

Hexagons

I've finally made a start on my hexagon quilt. I'm using 1" hexagons in black and white, bordered with a yellow/mustardy colour.










I put a few together to see what they would look like. The colour in the picture isn't quite right but you get the drift.

This is my hand sewing project while I watch TV at night with the boss. Football season has started and I need something to keep me sane. It's still a little too warm to knit.

Spring - Four Seasons

This first picture is the start of my 'Spring' Four Seasons Quilt, I've spent a long time making up my mind about what to do this time. I have Iris bulbs outside my laundry window and also near the letter box that bloom every year. I don't know who planted them, I've lived here for nearly 25 years and they have bloomed every year.

After completing the applique I wanted to frame the flower and tried various ideas with pencil sketches.....drawing is not one of my talents.

Finally decided on log cabin blocks in a variety of purples. If I don't have visitors tomorrow I hope to get the quilting done.

I was going to add a few more pictures of my current projects but I'm having trouble uploading them, maybe it will be better in the morning.