Saturday and Sunday sewing

I've been a busy bee this weekend, mainly thanks to the girls being away at their Grandparents.  This has meant that I could get on with some un-interrupted sewing.

The Siblings Together quilt has been pieced and simply quilted.  I'm on a mission to finish hand sewing the binding on later this evening once the girls are back and tucked up in bed. The back is pieced with some solid purple and some heart print fabric that I got from IKEA a lifetime ago.  The idea was to use the IKEA fabric for a full back but unfortunately it wasn't wide enough and I didn't have enough purple either so I had to comprimise.  Pictures of the back to follow! 

The complete quilt has been made from bits and pieces from my stash - including the wadding.  I had loads of leftover pieces and some of that heat press batting together tape (such a catchy name!) and hey presto enough wadding to complete the quilt.

Pleased with my stash busting I went on to work on this:

It is going to be a rainbow quilt - or it will be when the postie brings me some lilac and yellow fabrics.  I have an abundance of certain coloured fabrics but was missing those colours.  Thanks to ebay this problem was soon sorted - just need them to arrive now so that I can get on.  We've been invited to a christening in a couple of weeks and this is going to be the pressie for the little one.

While I was busy cutting and sewing my scraps it seems that the mess fairy got busy too!

I know have 4 quilts on the go - a bit of a record for me.  As you can see the Delilah and Little Apples quilts are pieced I just need to get going on these again so that I can tick them off my list.  I seem to have reached the awkward phase inbetween piecing and quilting.  I'm hoping that they won't  be hanging there for much longer.

Siblings Together quilt progress

Well you can completely forget what I told you yesterday about what my quilt for Siblings Together was going to be like.  I had a plan then I went upstairs and the plan went completely out of the window!!!

Upon closer inspection of my stash I found some left over FQs of Patty Young's playdate range that I had used for a quilt for Digby last year.  I then found some solids that appeared to match and a whole lot of scraps leftover from the Wonky blocks quilt.  I didn't know what would happen but approx 2 hours later I ended up with 24 blocks made - some solid, some pattern, some very wonky and some simply pieced in a log cabin kind of stylie.

Each block measures just over 12"x12" and I am going with a 6x4 layout of said blocks.  Tonight I have been playing around with the final layout and I'm pretty sure that the finished quilt will look something like this.

I'm hoping to have this finished by the weekend and in the post early next week :o)

Quilts for Siblings

Lynne is co-ordinating the Quilts for Siblings venture over on her blog - I'm sure that you have heard all about it.  A worthy cause, stitchers and quilters working on producing quilts for children (siblings) who have been separated for what ever reason by the care system here in the UK.  I am planning on making a quilt from my stash in the very near future.

This got me thinking about the first quilts I made for my two girls.  A fairly novice sewer and definitely new to quilting 2 years ago I ventured into the world of quilting after coming across a couple of blogs online.

I had no fabric and very little knowledge of quilting but I still managed to whip up a couple of quilts that have been used daily ever since. 

Both were made using a tutorial for a stash busting quilt - using only 9 FQs (I think it was a Buttonberry tutorial - do a search and see if it comes up!)  I've turned to this block just recently for my SIL quilt and I'll probably use it for the Siblings together quilt.  Finished it measures 48"x48" - perfect for little ones and bigger ones too.  My daughters use them when they are watching TV, having picnics in the garden and for playmats too.  Well loved and at the moment - very dirty!!

Over on Flickr there are photos galore of quilts that have already been made - watch this space for mine!