'Braided Scraps' Quilt #3

My braided scraps quilt top is finally completed. What a better way to spend a wet and miserable Sunday than by quilting?

All this quilt top needed was the patchwork sashing, which took *alot* of number crunching to get the blocks spaced exactly right.


















I ended using every spare bit of fabric I had to get the sashing just right.

This quilt top has ended up being a full QS.










I am also now moving onto making some pillow cases out of all the little scraps left over. There are little triangles, squares and rectangles. I'm stitching them up crazy patchwork style. What a liberating quilting style. I'm really enjoying it :)

'Braided Scraps' Quilt #2

An update on my most gorgeous quilt which is using Moda fabric Blush range. This braided quilt is just stunning. I am just so pleased with how it is coming along.

I have put all four braids together and trimmed them to the same size.





I've also added the sashing along all the sides and top and bottom.

The next step is to order in some more fabric for the binding and to finish off a extra patch worked sashing. This will make the quilt a full queen size.

It was quite tricky to trim the braids as they kept getting all wonky. I suspect it is something to do with the bias of the fabric. So you can see where I used a chalk pencil, to pencil in the centre line of each braid. Was worried I'd cut them all wrong!




I've also added a photo of my beautiful girl. She has been busy crafting too. She received heaps of crafty things for her birthday recently and she has been slowly working through them all.

Basic Grey Fabric... swoon!

Guess what I found at the Craft Show last weekend? A lush new jelly roll in the most beautiful moda fabric: Blush by Basic Grey (BG).

Now being a scrapbooker and a quilter this is like a dream come true. I LOVE BG papers and now I can make myself a funky quilt using that range.

When I got home I was also nosing around on the Moda website and found this gorgeous pattern using the Blush fabric. *yay* I am so excited. Natalia Bonner is a clever girl! I can't wait to make this quilt.

The best bit is that my lovely Mum decided to buy the fabric for me. She said she wanted to get me a present. I love my Mumma. She also bought herself a kit to make a quilt.

Can't wait to get all crafty together in our new craft room in the new house. So this is a taster of my next project. I have to finish my pillow cases to go with my sushi roll quilt, finish my owl sashico panels and complete Squealy's telly quilt.

I guess this will motivate me to get my skates on sooner rather than later :-)

All photos courtesy of the Moda website.

Success

What a buzz. The evening went without out a hitch. All the planning paid off and the girls had a great time. They all produced some lovely layouts. I photographed my favourite to share:


Some of my favourite comments from the evening:
"This paper looks like wallpaper." Ah good old Basic Grey. This range of paper would have to be my favourite and I always seem to come back to it. Even if some of it does look like retro wallpaper.
"Gee you're really good at this. Are you a teacher?"