YAYYYYY, Finished Quilts

Finally I have not one but TWO finished quilts.  Both of these have been a work in progress for this year & today they were on display at my quilt groups exhibition & I love them both.

The first is Notting Hill Meets New York.  Named because the fabric range is called Notting Hill & the block used is New York Beauty.  This quilt was started in January at the planning phase, final quilting took place in September.

Notting Hill Meets New York

The second is Red & White Waterwheel.  The waterwheel blocks were made by my quilt group & we had a raffle which I won.  Then it was down to me how I completed a quilt using these blocks.  I found that for a couple of years I've been collecting red & white fabric cuts, strips & charms.  I decided that this would be the perfect project to use them, as the strips I have are made of so many different shades & patterns of red that they'd go brilliantly with the mixture of the waterwheels.

Red & White Waterwheel

Happy Stitching :)

New York Beauty Centre

Some good progress has been made on my New York Beauty quilt.  I'm in the process of sewing the blocks together :)

Here I thought I'd share with you the centre of my quilt.... well some of it anyway.

Hope to share some more with you soon.

Happy stitching :)

WIP Wednesday

Wow, it must be months since I posted a Work In Progress Wednesday post, hopefully I'll be getting back into the swing of it soon :)

I have two WIP's that I've been working on this week.  The first is my New York Beauty quilt.  My design requires 38 blocks & my deadline is May (not sure the date).  I may have to re-think my design as time goes on.

The second is a Log Cabin commission quilt that I'm working on, the final size will be for a double bed & at the moment I have quite a few blocks that are coming on nicely.  The log cabin has been growing quite quickly as I've been using the "washing line" method :)

I'm linking this post up with the WIP Wednesday over at Freshley Pieced so don't forget to pop over there & check out some other WIP's from some lovely people.

Happy stitching :)

Busy... Busy... Busy...

Wow... February already... the last week appears to have flown by.  I've been busy sewing & cross stitching & more sewing & oh yeah... more sewing.

Winding Ways block.

This will most likely end as a cushion cover, love the fabrics.

 Some lovely Robert Kaufman fabric that arrived in the post today.

It's a gift from another crafty sewing friend.

It's soooooo lovely, I can't wait to find a project for it :)

 New York Beauty blocks.

More foundation piecing middles for my NYB blocks.

 

 Lizzie*Kate cross stitch progress picture.

 

 Crayon Rolls

I started making these 2 weeks ago & they're selling like hot cakes :)

Each one can hold 15 crayons

£6 with crayons & £5 without crayon + P&P

 

Lots & lots more sewing to be done at the moment, hope to post again soon.

Happy stitching :)

New York Beauty

Finally I get to make a New York Beauty quilt. I LOVE the New York Beauty block & this will be my first....... I'm certain there will be many more in my future.

For now though I give you my first ever New York Beauty quilt block.



Happy Stitching :)