The Hodge Podge returns…

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday by wombatquilts

Just before I went off-line for a couple of weeks, I had started to make my own sampler, using vintage quilt blocks from 100+ years ago. I am loving how these blocks are coming together and decided to keep going with this project, so here is block number 4…. the Churn Dash…

This block is also referred to as The Wrench in some quilt books. This six inch block was pretty easy to paper piece and as with all my Hodge Podge blocks you can find the free paper piecing pattern here….churn dash pattern.

You can also use this pattern to make a Greek Cross block….

There are many more Hodge Podges to come… I may not have been able to sew in the last couple of weeks but I could wield a mouse and design some blocks!

31Oct2015

Slowly getting back to it… with a giveaway

Posted in Other fun stuff by wombatquilts

I have just about finished all my fun antibiotics and have started to feel normal again, after a year or so of struggle. Thank you to everyone who reached out with good wishes. I really appreciated it.

While I have been recuperating I have had a couple of inquiries about when the Row by Row pattern I helped design for Modern Domestic would be available… and today is the day.

From November 1st you can purchase the pattern, license plate and even the fat eighth bundle to make the Glass Half Full pattern….

You can find the link to the pattern here…. and to the full kit here…

..and to celebrate the launch Modern Domestic has kindly donated a kit for me to give away…

The kit includes the pattern and a fat eighth bundle and all you have to do to win is leave a comment below. I will draw a winner Friday…and of course the competition is open world-wide.

9Oct2015

An explanation…

Posted in Other fun stuff by wombatquilts

So if you have been following my blog for a while you might have noticed that I have not quite been present on this site for a little while. I have managed to get some posts up but things have been a little different…

For the last 8 months or so I have been trying to find out what is going on with my digestive system. I have been sick and a little out of it. After a plethora of tests last week it was finally confirmed that I had SIBO (a bacterial overgrowth in my digestive system). I will save you all the gory details but it has meant that my body has not been digesting food properly for a long long time… and has caused memory, balance and cognitive issues along with the digestive stuff.

So for the next 3-4 weeks this is my daily routine…

…with all the joys of side effects. My hope is that the side effects will lessen as my body becomes used to the drugs but for now I have to admit defeat. I am sick and loopy and not able, despite my best efforts, to quilt or sew.

So if you will excuse me for the next couple of weeks, I will get some of my Hodge Podge blocks up in the coming weeks but it will be an erratic process. I have the best intentions but often my body does not let me do what I need to do.

Once I am out of the hazy I can promise you I will play catch up… I have some great quilt top finished, including my Lizzy House butterfly and my Atlantic Sea quilt and some exciting ideas for new quilts. I promise to share it all, soon.

5Oct2015

Hodge Podge continues with Broken Dishes…

Posted in Paper Piecing Monday by wombatquilts

This week’s Hodge Podge blocks start with the classic Broken Dishes….

This is simple little 6 inch block comes together really quickly, with just four block pieces….

There are a couple of different versions of this block you can do… with quite a few of the traditional blocks using this colouring version.

So if you want to add this to your collection you can find the free paper piecing pattern here…broken dishes pattern… and there will be more patterns coming this week.

2Oct2015

The Weekender Quilt

Posted in Finished Quilts, Quilts by wombatquilts

This week I am finally getting the chance to share with you a quilt I finished last month. This quilt started as a small bundle of fat quarters that were donated to the Portland Modern Quilt Guild Charity program…. I added some fabric from my stash, a couple of solids and made this beauty…

The fabric line that kicked this all off was Weekends by Erin McMorris, an old line from 2012. I had some of the line, as well as some of Erin’s Wildwood line in my stash so I was able to get enough fabric to make a decent sized quilt.

I love the colour palette of this quilt, olive green, apricot, soft purple, dusty pink and cream. It is a gentle but vibrant colour scheme.

And in amongst the florals of the fabric are a smattering of these darling bicycle…

You probably recognize the pattern I used, it is one of my favorite go to patterns, the Trip Around quilt. I have made a few Trip Around quilts now and love how easy it is to make and how every quilt is so different…

This quilt top finished up big, particularly for me, and there was no way I was going to be able to quilt it on my home machine…my busted back just will not let me. So my local quilt store, Modern Domestic, kindly allowed me to throw the quilt up on the Bernina long arm.

It was so much fun to quilt loopy flowers into this quilt using the Q24 longarm. I am slowly getting more confident with free motion….very slowly….and love the adjustable handles on this baby…. it makes it so easy to find a comfortable position to work the machine in.

As a label for the quilt I got creative, inspired by one of our Guild long armers, Dawn… and quilted PMQG into the bottom of the quilt.

The finishing touches were a scrappy solid binding of beige… not a colour I use often in binding but it worked wonderfully.

This quilt is destined for NW Impact’s program that looks after Seniors at risk… it is fun to be charity quilting this quarter for an older set, as it has forced me out of my usual bright novelty kids centered world.

Quilt Details

Name: The Weekender
Pattern: Scrappy Trip Around The World
Fabric: Weekends and Wildwood by Erin McMorris and select Kona solids
Finished Size: 60 x 72 inches