Star Surround complete !

I have finished my Star Surround! (QAL over at Happy Quilting by Melissa )

It was such a great QAL and the first time I have joined in on one! The assignments were well explained, with lots of pictures, and very achievable steps each week. Thank you Melissa!!

For the backing I used a small polka dot fabric...I wanted something simple to show off the front!

And I used a bit of fabric from the Origins line for the binding. The whole Star Surround is from my Origins bundle...just love it!

It is all washed and lovely now. I am so proud of this one...it is not perfect..but my first real attempt at stars and lots of pointy bits!!  As Melissa would say...."Yippee Skippy" !!
...and it is my birthday...So Happy Birthday to me!! LOL

done like diamonds!

Well...I was experimenting with diamonds..as I have posted before.

It was never meant to be a special quilt, mostly just some half price fabric that I thought would be good to try something new.  Well it is finished...mostly because I got frustrated trying to match up the diamond points LOL.

Some were great..




others not so much...


But all in all it was a good learning experience. ...and my DH has claimed it for his! (He said I have never made a quilt for him...guess the ones on our bed don't count! )

Anyway..it is finished...

I love the colours but am not real happy with them all together. For those of you who have read Game of Thrones....this is what I think "motley" would look like :)

the backing is some random fabric from my stash, with a strip of colour from the front..

 But a finish , none the less!! So linking up to TGIFF.. today over at Quokka Quilts!

Another Appliqué update

It has been awhile since I posted about my progress on my long term, ongoing needle turn appliqué project. (which, by the way, is going much better than my hand stitching embroidery....just saying)

I have been working away at the blocks, and have quite a stack of them now. I think I am getting close! So I tried a couple of different layouts...
This one has half circles of the tulips around the edges (this is how it was shown in the book)

And this is laying out full circles...

I think I like the first option better...what do you think??

I still need a few more blocks, and then add some borders! I will have to really make an effort to continue and finish these, now that I have my baby Jan travel machine!

Linking up to WIP Wed over at Freshly Pieced..

and TN&TN..

Triangle finish!

I seem to be stuck on triangles lately!! And I have a finish to link up!
Here is my triangle quilt...

The fabric is Moda PB&J...love it!

I just used straight lines to quilt it..echoing the triangles, and then straight (sort of straight!) lines in the borders.

And when you are making a triangle quilt, you have to cut off all the edges to make it square. It seemed like such a waste, so I sewed them all together..

and made a strip of interest on the backing. .

The backing fabric is a fun "cheater print" that looks like patchwork...cute (and easy !!)

This quilt is to be given to some friends in Calgary, who took my daughter, her boyfriend and dog in after the flood. (Yes, she is still homeless...at least 3 more months while they rebuild the condo!!)

 Linking up to TGIFF...today over at Pippa's Patch.

Star Surround continues...looking good

This week our homework was to sew all the blocks together...so exciting!

I love it...it looks great, if I do say so myself
(Thank you Melissa!! )

Do you ever not listen to your GPS?

I feel a bit like I do when I ignore the advice my GPS so patiently gives me!!

Thank you for all your feedback on my granny squares. I tried out several options, and finally decided on this one...(the contrast is actually better in real life)

I know the blue sashing was more popular, but somehow this just appealed to me.  It looked softer somehow, and this was a baby gift for my niece, so I thought soft was good.
Anyway...it is bound, washed and added to  the pile that is ready to go now !!

remember "granny squares"??

Remember when everyone in blogland was making \Granny Square quilts??  Maybe a year or two ago??

Well, I really liked the look of them, and started saving up some scraps and cutting them up to try one out. I am always a bit behind the trends!!

Anyway, I found some of those cute little mini charms on sale half price, and thought that would be perfect...easy peasy!!  So I picked a few up and gave it a try...

I used some neutral fabric from my stash for the outer ring, and trimmed them down square..

I had enough from 3 of the mini charm square packs to make 9 blocks, so it will just be a baby size quilt.
Now to choose the sashing! I have two options, the first is neutral, similar to the outer ring... with the darker blue border..

The second is a darker blue sashing, with the neutral border...

what is your vote??


Linking up to WIP Wed, and TN&TN...check them out too  :)