01 Monday Jul 2013
Posted in Sew journal
The Bed of Rose Quilt is finished, washed and hanging in the sunshine. You might think this unremarkable except that sunshine has been a rare commodity here as it has rained for 10 days straight! More like England than Australia.
Anyway today the sun was shining so I took the opportunity to wash the quilt and it looks so lovely hanging in the sunshine.
25 Thursday Apr 2013
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Yesterday I finished the the third cushion cover. What do you think?
24 Wednesday Apr 2013
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I haven’t posted in a while but I have been sewing. I’ve started one of the projects for my Andalusian tile template set and am in the process of cutting and sewing and writing.
I’ve also completed 2 of the 3 cushions I’m making to go with the bed of Roses quilt. The third just needs the back sewing on. I English Paper-Pieced the bows, then appliqued them by hand onto the background. I got the pattern for the bow from my Japanese quilt block book – My Favorite Patterns 163 Quilt Patchwork Block Squares. Then I sandwiched them using my favourite batting – Vilene/Freudenborg Quiltlite – and machine quilted them.
Here are the two I’ve already completed.
Fortunately my wrists have recovered now and so I hope to be able to finish the hand quilting on the quilt soon too.
14 Thursday Mar 2013
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I’ve called the quilt I’m making for daughter Bed of Roses and I’ve half-finished the quilt top. These are definitely not my style of fabrics but I’m quite pleased with the result so far. Take a look.
