Love of Tilda

Oh My..I've just brought a whole pile of Tilda fabric and love, love , love it. Had to restrain myself a bit from buying the whole range but almost :)

 These lovely light mauve & light green fabrics along with the mauve pom pom braid are going to make a very special cushion, (watch this space)

I just love this fabric range so much, cant wait to start cutting, think I may just do 5" squares so I can showcase all the fabric to its best :)

Off to the sewing studio to start cutting.

Shell

Love of Hexagons

My love of Hexagons continues with the start of another Hexagon quilt. This time I am making the lovely quilt from the New Brigitte Giblin Book "Feather the Nest" Vintage inspired quilts.

This is the quilt I am attempting to complete

My progress so far, love the way the hexagons interchange with each other.

With a little help from this wonderful machine I have got all my hexagons cut out in next to no time, normally it would take me aday to cut out hexagons but these only took me 30 mins to cut the whole lot.

This is such a time saving device. I absolutely am in love with this Die Cutter. Would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to save time on cutting out tiny little hexagons. I also have die cutter templates for leaves and circles. Watch this space as I experiment more with new ideas using this wonderful tool.

Until Next time, I am off to stitch some mory Hexagons!

Shell  :)

Cath Kidston Crochet Cushion

Well I have finally completed the little Crochet Cushion that comes in the lovely little Cath Kidston Tin.
I must admit though it was very tedious as the wool was not the best quality and I was dissapointed that they do not supply enough wool to finish off the cushion. I had to use some from my stash to finish the border.
Anyway I am happy with it and its sitting nicely in my chair to be admired and brighten up the house

So now another project finished and plenty more to keep completing, but oh so nice when you do complete something even if it is a quick little project the satisfaction of just completing something is what counts.

Happy Days everyone

Shell

Chic Dresdens

Back to my normal colours again and making a little wall hanging for my entry with Cath Kidson and some Vintage fabrics in a Dresden Plate design.

I was going to put the blue Polka Dot fabric for the centres but I want to give this a warm look so I will be at my local quilt shop tomorow to find a soft pink for the centres.

Pretty happy with how fast they were to put together as I remember 20 odd years ago doing the same design with templates and hand sewing them all together. This took 2 afternoons so I recommend for a speedy project.

You can find instructions to piecing here Bunny Hill who also run a Scrappy Plate Club.

Enjoy

Shell :)

New Project - Brights

Ime normally a person that loves Vintage & Shabby type fabrics along with Civil War, so for me to begin a new project with bright fabrics has been, quite a challenge, to say the least.
But a good challenge as its taught me colour value and been interesting.
I have just purchased the following book from Material Obsession

You can purchase this book from here Material Obsession.

 These are the other 2 Material Obsession books I have also purchased, so get ready for some lovely bright quilts.

 For me purchasing this fabric was fun and challenging, but with help from the owner of Calico and Ivy I managed to get a good balance of colours to start the following project,

 This quilt is called "Garden Party"

I love the Dresden flowers over the top of the scrappy background.
Ive decided that this quilt is going to be the brightness that I need in my life right now while ime going through depression. The lovely bright colours just sing out happiness, and I certainly need some of that.
I also love this quilt which Is more my normal type of design so I will attempt this next

So until next time I will hopefully have some progress shots of Garden Party to show you.

Take Care
Shell

Shabby Dresser

Well Ive finally finished painting my dresser in my meals area that I have been meaning to do for 2 years now. I like the finished product and love the way it lightens the whole room up.

Now to paint the table and chairs, I wander if that is going to take me 2 years as well :)

Hugs

Shell

Hand Piecing

Hello All

Its been a while since I last posted but I have been busy doing lots of new projects.
I have just started a new hand piecing quilt from Sue Dalys new book "New English Piecing" which arrived in December and I was cutting out the very next day I got the book.

I am doing Square Dance which is an enjoyable one to piece.

So far I have pieced the following 2 blocks and have another I am piecing together,

Am so enspired to keep going with this as its so much fun putting together different colour ways.

In the meantime I really need to sort my sewing room out. I have just purchased these plastic containers for my current projects but think I am going to need to get some more for the ones on the chair..lol

The joy of starting a project is my favourite, its the finishing that I have issues with, but I am hoping once I have organised myself a bit better I can work on finishing some of these projects.

Until next time

Shell