Sunday 28 October 2018

Pride leads to an upside down block!

I've decided to make another quilt ( for my friend's new son not just because...I'm not a quick enough quilter for just because quilts) and after a long search for the right fabric (Stellar Baby by Moda) I remembered a nice simple layer cake pattern from Missouri Star Quilting Company. I've used the Double Slice Layer Cake blocks for a couple of other baby quilts and they give a pleasing random design while showing off the fabrics. I also remembered them as being quick and easy to put together.

So off I went...

...And then found out my phone has eaten my sewing in progress photo...

Nonetheless chain piecing went well. I knew the next steps so went ahead and sewed more pieces together. Thinking the only difficulty was maintaining randomness. I was wrong...

...Another eaten photo...

My favourite blocks were the wrong way round. Time for a bit of resewing and the slowly growing feeling this quilt is going to be a problem.


Hopefully all the snags have been worked out and I'll be able to complete this quilt smoothly from here.


Wednesday 24 October 2018

Postcards from Sweden

Not the quilt. My boyfriend and I have just come back from a four day break in Stockholm and it was amazing.

Day One - Wandering around Stockholm

Day 2 - Royal Park and museums

Day 2 again - The Warship Vasa, the main reason for our visit

Day 3 - The National museum and Kannebulle

Day 4 - Wandering around Stockholm, History Museum and Princesstarte

We packed a lot into our visit - four museums, three restaurants, two bars and about 40km of walking. A lovely city I would happily visit again.

Saturday 6 October 2018

A bit of this and that

A very productive Friday night, for once I didn't fall asleep while knitting ( I have actually knitted while asleep - not a great success). Unfortunately two of the items I worked on are to be gifts, so there are some obscure photos coming up.

Firstly I finally got the quilting done on what I'd planned to be a quick project.


I've used my "in the ditch" foot for the first time and it seems to have worked. (Bought it as I'm not great at following lines, then when looking for something else I found that I'd had one all the time I've had the machine). I also basted the quilt within an inch of its life, so hopefully no pleats.


I also machined the binding, hand stitching awaits.


Another block of the Sparkle Punch Quilt was constructed; another seven to go. This quilt is still really pleasing to put together and thanks to some inspiration from an upcoming baby quilt I now know how I want to quilt this (I think!).

And finally I even managed a bit of knitting while catching up with last week's TV.