Monthly Archives: January 2014

Yep more Starry Nights

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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had struggled to find some smaller blocks for my Starry Night quilt, so I have been working on designing some smaller blocks for my quilt.  This week’s block is a simple 8 inch block…

paper pieced star block

You can find the pattern I made here…WQ Starry Night Block 1.  It is a simple 40 piece block with no really small pieces (which is the problem I found with shrinking a lot of the more complex patterns).

Block pieces

As a side…when I ran my test block I did not number the pattern, but I promise the attached pattern sheet has numbered pieces…promise.

A special little quilt

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Last night I managed to finish one of two little quilts I have been wanting to make for a while now.  These quilts are special not just because of their lack of colour, but because of the thinking behind them.

easy modern scrap quilt

This simple little quilt is made up of a variety of 3 inch squares of white and cream tone on tone fabrics.  I was inspired to make this quilt after seeing the fabulous Molli Sparkle’s “No Value quilt“.  It was a challenge to work with just white but it was great fun.  I ended up using off white and cream to get some variation in the quilt, so the eye had something to follow.

white quilt detail

So why tiny little white quilts…  Christmas last year some friends of our suffered the heartache of having their son be still born.  It is a heart ache I can not imagine, but one that a few people I know have suffered.  There was nothing I could do at the time but cry, support and pray.   Recently I was talking to some members in our Project Linus group who told me about the little white blankets that a group had been knitting and crocheting for some local hospitals.  These tiny blankets are used to wrap a child in when it is presented to its parents to say goodbye.  The parents can then take the blanket home as a remembrance of their child.

white quilt detail 2

I do not knit but I thought that a tiny quilt would be just as useful.  So I set about making two little quilts in remembrance of my friends and their son.  As with all my quilts there is a splash of Mirror Ball and a splash of Pearl Bracelet fabric… and a huge dash of love.

white quilt detail 3

I backed this quilt with a scrap of white fabric I had and a splash Mirror Ball and bound the quilt with Michael Miller’s Couture Cotton in Cream.

quilt backing

I have one more of these quilts to bind and then they are off to do their job of bringing comfort and support.  There are a number of wonderful charities that delivery blankets/quilts to hospitals for this need, including Forever Warm in the USA,  Sands in Australia, Sands in the UK and of course your local Project Linus chapter or Neonatal  hospital.

quilt close up

On a much happier note, our friends who suffered such heartbreak last year  have just had a beautiful, healthy baby girl.  Life really is a wonderful roller coaster of a ride.