Little Miss Sawtooth quilt

My final finish from my list of proposed Q4 finishes for the 2019 Finish-along Q4 finishes link-up is my Little Miss Sawtooth quilt. It's my favouite project from this quarter and I have about a thousand photos to share.

The quilt was made as part of the Little Miss Sawtooth sew along hosted my Melanie of Southern Charm Quilts and Havel's sewing. You can find all the tutorials for the cute sawtooth star blocks on the Havel's Sewing blog.

For this quilt I experimented with a softer, more muted colour palette than my usual brights, using a plummy colour for the outside stars.

For the blocks I had a great time fussing cutting some of my precious Heather Ross prints.

I also cut into some cute Cotton and Steel prints.

It's so hard to choose a favourite block...

But this one seems to be Gregory's favourite.

I just can't get over how pretty it is. I think this picture might have to become the wallpaper for my phone.

I managed to get it quilted on New Year's Eve after finding the perfect low-volume backing in Darn Cheap Fabrics. Harriet took care of the final User Acceptance Testing and gave it a big tick of approval.

Here she is in all her glory.

I can't wait to see more versions of this beautiful quilt as the sew along wraps up.

Kat

Rainbow popsicle quilt - pastel version

My next finish from my list of proposed Q4 finishes for the 2019 Finish-along Q4 finishes link-up is a pastel version of the  Rainbow Popsicle quilt, a pattern I tested for Jemima of Tied With A Ribbon. I loved the bright version so much that I wanted to make another in a softer, prettier palette.

This one was made the same way as my bright version, including using the same backing and binding. How perfect is this Windham Fabrics wideback?

The two quilts have been thoroughly tested by my 2 year old twins. There's nothing cuter than kids on quilts.

Kat

Rainbow popsicle quilt - bright version

The 2019 Finish-along Q4 finishes link-up closes in less than 24 hours and I've got a few finishes to catch up on. so get ready for some finished quilt spam!

The first finish from my list of proposed Q4 finishes is a bright version of the Rainbow Popsicle quilt, a pattern I tested for Jemima of Tied With A Ribbon.

 

 For this version I simplified the pattern, using a single large piece (without the stripes) for the popsicle. The fabric I chose for the popsicle part has a slight shimmer to it. which reminds me of lemonade icypoles.

The background fabric is a mix of tone-on-tone solids from my stash. I love how it looks like a pride flag, especially in this pic of my husband trying to hold the quilt top up in the wind.

I finished it with some simple serpentine quilting with my walking foot and bound it with some classic black and white stripes.

This pattern is such a quick make - you can go from a fabric pull to a finished quilt top in just 2.5 hours. And I can say this confidently because I repeated the experiment - details in the next post.

Kat

Denim + Denyse Free Whirling Single Girl Quilt

Over the past few months I have been participating in the 2019 Free Wheeling Single Girl QAL, hosted by the pattern designer, Denyse Schmidt, The Next Stitch and Sewtopia. I couldn't decide between using my Denyse Schmidt scraps or my Carolyn Friedlander scraps, so I started two different versions.

I managed to finish the quilt top of my DS version in time for the end of the QAL and have recently turned it into a completed quilt.

For the backing and binding I found a few older DS prints in my stash that worked well with the denim I used for the background.

I quilted it with my walking foot in a design inspired by the sectioned curves from a bluprint class with Jacquie Gering and attached the binding using big stitches in a perle 8 thread.

I'm linking up with the 2019 Finish-along Q4 finishes link-up as this quilt was on my list of proposed Q4 finishes.

I now just need to give it a wash and it will be ready to gift to my new niece or nephew, who is due to arrive in the next fortnight!

Kat

Origami quilt

Earlier this week my quilty friend and pattern designer super star, Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts, released her lastest quilt pattern: Origami. I was lucky to be one of the quilt pattern testers and made a large bed version for my mum (the only person in my family I hadn't made a quilt for yet).

I used a mix of fat quarters and quarter metre prints from the Satsuki 2 Collection by Robert Kaufman to make my blocks. I love how the blocks are cleverly designed to look like a double-sided piece of origami paper. They also come together super fast.

The pattern also includes an optional paper-pieced crane block, which I placed right in the centre.

The quilting took forever but I am really pleased with how it turned out, and how well it suits the theme of the prints.

Head over to Alyce's blog to pick up the pattern and see what the other Origami pattern testers made.

I'm linking up with the 2019 Finish-along Q4 finishes link-up as this quilt was on my list of proposed Q4 finishes.

Kat

November One Monthly Goal

It's been a while since I joined in the Elm Street Quilts One Montly Goal, but I really need to get some things done and could use a little extra motivation :)

This month my goal is to quilt my baby Free Wheeling Single Girl quilt. I finished the top last month as part of a QAL and I'm keen to get it finished.

The first step will be to choose a backing. I was hoping to find something at IKEA (I love IKEA fabric for backing because it is 60" wide), but didn't have any luck there. I may have to piece together a scrappy backing (something I usually try to avoid), but at least it will match the scrappiness of the top.

Kat

2019 Finish-along - proposed quarter 4 finishes

Just a super quick post to link up my proposed finishes for quarter 4 of the 2019 finish-along. This quarter I'm keeping is more realistic and aiming to finish 9 projects.

Top left: My Little Miss Sawtooth QAL I'm participating in at the moment
Top middle: My CF version of the Free Wheeling Single Girl quit (another QAL I'm participating in)
Top right: My DS version of the FWSG
Middle left: My Kinship Fusion Samper quilt
Centre: A bright version of the Rainbow Popsicle quilt I'm testing for Jemima of Tied With a Ribbon
Middle right: A pastel version of the Rainbow Popsicle quilt
Bottom left: Origami quilt I'm testing for Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts
Bottom middle: Double star quilt - my bee project from last year
Bottom right: My Icecream Soda quilt

Kat