Wonky Star Quilt finished

I finally finished my wonky star quilt. I had blogged about finishing the top a month or so ago and it has taken me a while to actually get it quilted. I am really pleased with how it turned out. It is a true scrap quilt using different colour bits and pieces for the stars as well as scraps of tone on tone whites for the background.

I ummed and ahhed about how to quilt it. I started doing a loopy quilting pattern but did not like it so unpicked it all and started again. I ended up quilting stars all over – no set pattern just big and little stars all over. I really do have to work on my quilting skills. I get bored with this part of the process and I must admit I get a little sloppy.

I backed the quilt with a wonderful Alexander Henry fabric that just really worked with the colours I used. I framed the fabric I had with a white border which I think works okay. I love the fabric but probably could have found another way to make it work. I have just discovered Elizabeth Hartman’s FREE Craftsy course on quilt backs which has got me thinking about other ways to back my quilts. It is a great course and you can find it here.

I have now washed the quilt and it is ready for delivery to Project Linus. I post wash all my quilts before I deliver them to PL. I do love the feel and look of the quilt when it has been washed, all soft and puckered. Are you a post or pre washer?

17Dec2012

Paper Piecing Monday

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday, Quilt patterns, Quilts by wombatquilts

It is that time of the week again…. and here is the latest block. Another winning pattern from the Quilting on the Square team.

As is the way with the last couple of paper piecing patterns, the finished block is made up of 8 triangle pieces. The pattern for this Quilting on the Square block can be downloaded here block8countyfaircompass.

I tried two different colour ways with this block, the above one focuses on red and the block below focuses on the aqua/blue colour.

14Dec2012

Flower quilt finished

Posted in Finished Quilts, Quilts by wombatquilts

I have just finished binding my flower quilt. I previously blogged about my struggle to quilt this sucker, but now that it is all done I am sure it was worth the grief. What do you think?

Here is some of the details:

I also love the back of this quilt. For the back I made one big block, reflecting all the blocks that I had made for the front. It is the first time I have done this but it will not be the last. It is a great back.

This is also the first quilt that I have used my new quilt labels on. I found a great etsy store (here jennifersjewels.etsy.com) that made them for me and now I just have to get into the habit of adding them to my quilts.

12Dec2012

Low Volume Log Cabin

Posted in Quilts, Scrap quilts by wombatquilts

I have finally finished the top for my low volume log cabin quilt. I was inspired to make this quilt after finishing my first ever low volume quilt (see my previous low volume posts). I had squares and scraps left over that just screamed to be made into log cabin blocks.

I like the idea of the structured pattern of a log cabin with the random low volume scraps. All my other log cabins blocks have had a uniformed repeating colour pattern so when they are placed they form an overall quilt patterns. For example:

The blocks in this quilt make for a scrappy quilt with no over all pattern. I find myself looking at the fabric and not at the block pattern. I tried to use lots of different fabrics – geometrics, stripes, dots and lots of novelties. Hopefully some kid will appreciate looking at all the fun bits and pieces to be found within the quilt. Now onto quilting….

6Dec2012

Gold and Grey

Posted in Finished Quilts, Quilts, Scrap quilts by wombatquilts

I have just finished my gold and grey quilt which I started a couple of weeks ago. My arm is still playing up so my quilting has slowed to a snails pace. I was inspired to do this quilt mainly because I had a stack of yellow and orange scraps left over from another project…. and I love this colour combination.

The block I decided to use is a wonky square. I have done this quilt layout before with a normal block and love how it feels almost woven. I do think the next time I will reverse the colours – a darker colour/fabric needs to be used as the predominant fabric. I f I had replaced the grey with a white fabric the woven pattern would be clearer. I now know for next time!

I originally started making this quilt with scrappy gold fabric and a solid grey fabric. As i played with the blocks on my design floor I realized that the solid grey was too dominant. My husband took one look at it and suggested using scrappy grey instead. In a quilting first for us, he was right! I did keep three of the original solid blocks in the quilt, but they are tempered by the lighter grey fabrics.

To finish the quilt I made a back using some of the scraps of gold and yellow fabric I had in my stash and then quilted it using straight lines. After last weeks stippling misadventure it is straight line quilting for me for the next couple of quilts I think.