Little quilts for little people….

 

It’s Friday and  I love when I have a finish to share with you!  I have made a baby Star Quilt using   Jeni Baker’s  In Color Order  Vintage Star  tutorial which I love!   I have modified the pattern to reduce the block  to 11″ and the quilt 44″ square.  It is a good size for a baby quilt and I am very delighted with the result!!!

I chose to make the eight point star using  solids which is not my normal go to fabric.  The solids are “A Day in the Country” and  background is “Nani Iro”  double  gauze cotton!  It is two thin cotton layers of material.  It is very soft to touch and beautiful to use!  Prior to using the gauze, I did a little research on its suitability for quilting.  There were positive views and I decided to have a go.   I also machine washed the quilt  on a gentle cycle, to test the durability of the gauze and it came up beautifully!

For the backing I chose the ever faithful IKEA 100% cotton fabric.  It is bright and cheery with lots of colour to keep a little person happy.

The quilt was long arm quilted using hearts and circles and I was absolutely delighted.   My longarm quilting friend Kylie did a wonderful job!  Kylie said” that double guaze was fabulous to quilt with.”

 I absolutely love black and white bindings.  It makes colours dance whilst giving a modern edge!  One more quilt finished and I am very happy!

I am linking this post up with NTT @ My Quilt Infatuation, TGIFF @ Quokka Quilts,  Whoop Whoop @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts.  Stop by these wonderful blogs to see the amazing projects and support the linky parties!

As always, thank you for stopping by and wherever you are in the world have a fabulous weekend.

Sew Happy………….Marie xxx

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and A Fabulous New Year

As the year comes to a close, I would like to wish you  all a very Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for a Fabulous New Year.  Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, sharing your comments and kindness along the way.   It is a an absolute joy to see the random acts of kindness that occur amongst the world wide quilting community!  Thank you for allowing me to be part of the community

I can finish up the year with the completion of my baby quilt for a beautiful baby girl named  Eva!  It has been fun to make and  I hope it brings her much joy!

I used Sarah Fielke’s From Little things fabric with a little bit of Liberty!  It has been long arm quilted with circles/ hearts and binded in the purple/ pink polka dot fabric!

For those of you who visit often, you will know that I love hand quilting.  The centre hexagon wasn’t long arm quilted; it allowed me to embroider the babie’s name and surround it with love hearts.  I hand quilted with various  colours of perle cotton 8!  I think it  personalizes the quilt a little more!

For the backing I used a fun fabric that I purchased at Ikea some time ago!  I think she will enjoy the bright colours and playing with the birds and frogs.  Well that’s it from me for this year.  I look forward to seeing you all in 2014.

I would like to acknowledge the kindness of the linky party hosts who allow us to share our work and enjoy the creativity of others.  I am linking up with Whoop Whoop @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict ,  TGIFF @ Gingersnaps Quilts and Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts!

Best wishes to you and your families over the festive season!  May 2014 bring you good health, much love, happiness and all that is good!

Till next year………………Marie xxx

Ice Cream Cones & Flowers

I made this quilt for my friend Wendy’s first baby girl. The pattern was designed by Sarah Fielke in her book Material Obsession One . The pattern is  Nosegay but rather than flowers I thought it looked like Ice cream Cones for a beautiful baby girl.  I hand pieced this quilt and then had it long arm quilted!

I chose pink polka dots for the ice cream and a candy strip for the cones.  The squares of various colours represent jellies!

I used the  various jelly squares to make a nine patch for the corner borders.  I was very happy with the way it turned out and it was very well received. The blocks are 12 inches with 2 inch sashing and 6 inch border finish.  The fabrics are from my stash.

I have also finished by 12 Fussy Square Blocks for a second round of the Fussy Square Swap hosted by the lovely Amanda @ What the Bobbin.

The squares are 4.5inch paper pieced with 4 inch finish.  I love paper piecing it just gives so much accuracy.  I hope my bee friends enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed making them.  So much fun!!!

I am  supporting the linky parties – NTT @ My Quilt Infatuation, Thursday Thread @ 627 Handworks, Whoop Whoop @Confessions of a Fabric Addict, TGIFF @ Quilter in the Closet and Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts.  Stop by these wonderful blogs to check out all the lovely projects and/or link up and support them.

Wishing you all a fabulous day.  As always, thank you for stopping by!

Sew Happy ………Marie x.