TEN KIMONOS

 

 

 

 

Ten Kimonos is the name of this miniature quilt. I had sewn a bunch of kimonos for making up cards and then I thought I would try making a miniature of them. I wasn't sure at first on how I would attach them together...with a sashing...no sashing...corner blocks...no corner blocks, then what colour to use so the sashing didn't compete with the kimonos. I like it, I think it worked out nicely.

 

 



Some Spring Things

I've had this fabric stashed away for quite awhile just waiting for the right project to use it in. Then one day when looking through utube quilting videos, I came across  Eleanor Burns demonstrating using her templates to make the Honey Cone Quilt. So I purchased the pattern which came with two templates, I watched the video again and read the instructions...or looked at the pictures and followed them.

It is as easy to sew up as her video and pattern instructions show. I will be using this pattern over and over again.

 

To this...I wasn't sure which colour to use for the binding, so I cut up different lengths of all the colours and sewed them into a binding strip. I think it looks perfect.



 



 



I'VE BEEN PAGED



The Ottawa Citizen did a nice write up for the Pakenham Maple Run Studio Tour. That's one of the miniature quilts which I'll have ready for the show on March 29-30th. The article underneath has Chris Van Zanten's glass vase, it talks about how important it is to have nice objects around us "to promote happiness." Amen to that.

 

 

Seeing double? 



NOT Picture Perfect

I love the photos of studios on Pinterest and glossy magazines all done up beautifully. Nothing on surfaces, floors or hanging off the wall with pins and tape, fabric folded in  neat stacks according to the colour wheel, things stashed in jars, baskets and bins. Where's the adventure of looking for that 3rd pair of scissors that I've lost, or the seam ripper... again but then finding the cat snug under a pile of fabric. Looks awesome but is it for real, no way.

But I will try once again to clean it up, sort it all, purge a few things and put it all in it's place and kick the cat out...again.

Gift for my Nephew and his new Bride

I've had this tree skirt pattern for a few years, its from Butterfly Crossing.

A bit hard to understand the directions and I cut too much here and there and not enough of something else...so I have almost enough oops strips probably make anouther one!



I quilted from the underside backing and used the poinsettas as the quilt pattern.

It was fun to quilt it that way and looks great on the front.

 

Framing Day

  

 

  Pineapple in lovely rustic colours. I love using Moda Fabrics.

 

   The above quilt pattern shown is called Flying Geese
   and the blocks are only 1 inch square. This little quilt has
   208 little pieces of fabric all sewn back together.
  

   How pretty is this pattern which is called New York Beauty.

  I love using bright batik fabrics for this little quilt, the blocks

  are only 2.50 square.       

   The Red School House, this is always a popular

   quilt given as a gift for teachers.

   Snail's Trail. Interesting pattern reminds me of

  an Escher tessellation.

Peaceful Piecing.

  

Here is a peak at a Flying Geese pattern.
Let's see...120 blocks at 1.5 inches each...

13 pieces of fabric per block making it a total of 1560 little teeny tiny pieces of fabric. Completed the quilt is about 19 3/4 by 16 3/4. 
I love scappy quilts.  

 

 

 Lou is always a willing work surface.

 

 

 

I think this is an Edyta Sitar pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts but I'm not certain, one of those quilts that stuck in my head and I knew it would make a great miniature quilt.