Stonefields and more

I have been having entirely too much fun with Susan Smiths Stonefields BOM. I've completed 90 or so blocks now and the end is in view! Just got to make a disgraceful amount of hexagon rosettes and a awfully big lot of flying geese to finish her off. But I think I'll be machine piecing the geese so it won't take too long. 

       

                         

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

        

I have all the pictures of Stonefields on Instagram, if you search #stonefieldsquilt you will be greeted with a wonderful plethora of beautiful stonefields blocks, for inspiration or just pure enjoyment!

I've finished block one of Gail Pans A Merry Christmas Garden BOM and completed all the appliqué for block two.

I had to redo the centre and scrap the first one as I cut the centre panel 1" too short all the way around! Ah well, it gave me an opportunity to use some colours I thought were missing in the first one. Vicki Tucek of www.tozzscorner.blogspot.com.au made hers with a splash of blue and I totally copied her! I love the bits of blue and my fave Pink in the quilt now.

I couldn't resist Karen Cunninghams new BOM the Friendship Quilt. I'm finishing off block 2 and then I plan to move onto the next lot of blocks which arrived on Thursday. This is going to be a special quilt too.

And that's about all I've been up to at the moment.

I hope everyone is enjoying their projects and finding time to stitch.

Till next time.

Keep on stitching,

Kel x

Busy little bee

It's been longer than usual since my last post. I have been busy, busy, busy with all my lovely sewing. I'm participating in two swaps at the moment. One is a mug rug swap and the other is a mini quilt swap over at www.schnitzelandboo.com

Here's a sneak peek at the quilt I'll be sending. I have only just started it but the appliqué is nearly finished!

I decided to make a move on the Phebe's and get the centres finished on both quilts.

I popped on the borders and began stitching the bias vine for the first appliqué border.

I hate making bias, I really hate it. However, I love the look that only bias can give. So, I'm hoping that one day I might just learn to like it ;)

                                                                    DD's Phebe

                                                                      My Phebe

I also managed to get some stitching done on my miniature hexies. I saw a small civil war Hexie quilt and was inspired to make a miniature version. These are darling, but be warned. They are no quicker to make than their full sized counterparts ! 

And lastly but by no means least is my enchanting CWBQ Block number 2.

And I think that's enough from me.

Keep on stitching,

Kel.

Love Entwined and More

I have been very busy trying to get other stitching done before the next LE block came out. I think i did pretty well. I managed to get some Phebe things done for my daughters version and my own, as well as a little more done on the Sunburst Star block for the Morrell Quilt.

Nearly there.

This is arduous as there are so many pieces and hand piecing takes me a long time, but it looks great so its worth it.

DD's Phebe

Everything's coming together nicely now and DD is happy with it so thats all that matters !

My Phebe

 My Phebe is coming along as well and I'm really happy with it too.

Its "officially" A Phebe now thanks to LuAnn over at 

http://www.luannsloosethreads.blogspot.com.au/

She kindly provided me with the Original Fabric for the dress and top!

THANKS LuAnn :)

I Couldn't resist a little Broderie Perse flower.

I also took extra shots of how i Turn my edges ready to applique

All you need is some freezer paper A quilting pin and some Elmers Glue or other washable quilting glue.

Start off by cutting your pattern out of freezer paper no seam allowance added

Iron your freezer paper onto the right side of your fabric. The freezer paper acts as a guide to our turn line instead of drawing on it. It also adds stability and makes turning the edge easy.
Cut your fabric with a very scant 1/4 " seam allowance. I prefer 3/16 but thats because I'm used to smaller allowances and I'm "Tight" with my fabric lol

Whenever you have a tip or point to turn always do this first. Pop the glue on the tip and turn it down, so it just shows the paper underneath as in the pic above. Sometimes to get the right point you have to turn it down even further.

Glue the bottom curved edge

Using your quilting pin and first (pointer) finger to turn the edge slowly and in little increments not big bits.
Slow and small wins the race.

Glue down one side of triangle. Please excuse my edge. I cut a little too deeply but I'm a fabric miser so i made do anyway 

Start at the bottom curved edge and work your way up to the tip. 

Glue down the other side but this time work from the tip down.

You should end up with a nice neat tip.

Finished Triangle neatly glued and all ready to applique.
I then take my glued pieces and use "Roxanne's Glue Baste It" to baste them in place on my quilt.

I used the same technique for the small leaves that go in between the triangle border.

Now that i have finished the Compass and her borders I'm going to move onto the petal flowers and the Parallelogram borders. 

I wont be adding the borders until i have finished appliqueing all of the centre as i don't want it to bubble and not sit flat. So, I'm going to English Piece the borders and save them for later.

I have printed the template out on freezer paper and then ironed another sheet of freezer paper onto that so it is two layers thick. This will be sufficiently thick to use for english paper piecing.

I will be able to iron it onto the fabric as well. Bonus !

And i think that'll do  :)

Keep on Stitching,

Kel.