I almost forgot…

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To let you know that my Heather Ross scrap bundle is heading to Scotland. After a very technical process where I pulled everyone’s emails into Word, printed them out, cut them out and then put them all in a container… and pulled out a lovely comment by Miranda…

Hi – I have been following your blog for ages directly and through Bloglovin (can’t get enough!!) so glad you’re better now.
I’m collecting yellows for a surprise quilt for a special someone and have loved working with the Heather Ross pinks so am THRILLED that there is a whole yellow range too

So thank you to everyone who entered. I was fascinated to see what colour people loved quilting with and must admit I got a little excited every time someone said pink or navy.

19May2014

Paper Piecing Monday is back on schedule

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This week I ventured deep into the world wide web searching for a star pattern to make for this week’s Paper Piecing Monday… and ended up with this little ditty.

The block is called ET Phone Home by Lilly’s Quilts and you can find the free paper piecing pattern here. Note the pattern is 12 inches for a 11 1/2 inch finished block not a 12 inch finish.

To get the pieces to align was a bit of a challenge for me. I am use to patterns being designed so that you can easily match points so that things align perfectly. With this pattern there was lots of using pins to make things work (and for me lots and lots and lots of unpicking).

So do not look to closely as the points are not all exactly, perfectly match up… but it is pretty close!

16May2014

A quick and simple finish for Friday

Posted in Finished Quilts by wombatquilts

Yesterday I dropped off some quilts to Project Linus, including my finish for the week, a simple patchwork quilt…

A few weeks ago our local chapter put a call out for baby quilts the same day I bought a half yard of the most darling print from Michael Miller’s “Wee Wanders” range.

Using this print as inspiration, I pulled some supporting fabrics in blue, green and aqua, cut some 5 inch squares and went to work.

I of course thru in some of my trusty favorites – can you spot the Mirrorball and the Pearl Bracelets?

I went with simple straight line quilting in a diagonal grid. Nothing fancy but I like the detail it brings to the simple squares.

The backing is a single piece of fabric from my stash… that is one of the joys of a baby quilt, you can usually just pull a yard or so from your stash and you are good – no extra piecing needed. The final touch was simple electric blue binding.

The quilt was delivered yesterday to Project Linus for processing. It will then be sent out into the world to do some good.

14May2014

Paper piecing Wednesday!!!!

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This week’s paper piecing adventure was delayed a few days due to the SMS Giveaway… my apologies. But I think it was worth the wait… okay I am a little biased…what do you think?

A little bit about this particular pattern… it is a free paper pieced pattern from Craftsy called Compass Flower by Quilt Art Designs. The pattern is for a 25 cm (9 inch) compass star, has 80 pieces and is definitely not a “simple” pattern in my classification system as it has 16 paper pieced parts.

It is more a medium level pattern. What made it a little more interesting is that there is no instructions on how to put the pieces together and a small hiccup with the numbering system – there is no “G” on the pattern. Luckily it is not rocket science and goes together pretty easily (A is attached to B, C is attached to D and then you attach AB to CD etc).

As with all my paper piecing blocks this month this block is headed to Sarah @nohatsinthehouse.com for her charity quilts #opgivewarmth. I am having so much fun with these charity blocks… who knew doing good could be so much fun!

12May2014

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day

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*** GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED ****

Today is the start of the fabulous Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day.. and I decided to join in the fun by giving away a scrap pack of Heather Ross goodness.

If you are new to my blog…welcome… feel free to have a look around. If you are a regular you are probably aware I am an avid fan of scrap quilting, paper piecing and colour and my Heather Ross fabrics are always added as a special touch to a quilt. This scrap pack has cuts from some of my 10 of favorite yellow Heather Ross pretties, with most of the pieces being around 9 x 11 inches.

So how to enter… leave a comment below telling me what your favorite colour to quilt with is. For an extra entry let me know if and how you follow my blog (Bloglovin, Feedly, Facebook etc).

This giveaway will be open until 8 pm EST (5 pm PST) on Friday, May 16. The winner will be notified by May 18 and I will happily ship any where in the world.