Quilted

I finally finished quilting the round robin block swap quilt.  I had never Free Motion Quilted before so I was a little nervous.  With tongue firmly set in the corner of my mouth I started and I am really happy with the end result!

I made the back using all the pieces of fabric sent back with each block.  I don't like it too much and think I should have cut each piece down smaller and joined them.  I didn't at the time because I was worried about how much fabric I would lose in each new join.

I used the same red dot in the binding which looks great from the front of the quilt.  I love the front!  I have already spent a bit of time under this quilt and plan on plenty more snuggly evenings too.

My last post on this quilt mentions who made what block with links if you are interested ;)

Round Robin Quilt Top

Last year I took place in a Round Robin Block swap with some of the girls on the EB forum.

We chose our fabric, sent it all in to Kirsty who then sent it on to all the other girls.

We each picked a block and made the same block 12 times in everyone elses fabric.

We didn't know what blocks had been chosen, so we didn't know what our quilts would look like when we got then back.

It is hard to choose fabric when you don't know what it is being turned into!

I got very excited when all my blocks arrived in the post and had my quilt top done within 24 hours!

I love it!!

Thank you to the girls who took part:

Alyssa ~ Card Trick block

Anna ~ Own design

Car ~ Summer Winds Block

Dani Circle of Geese block

Esther ~ Golden Gate block

Kayscha ~ Ohio Star block

Khris ~ Honey Bee block

Kirsty ~ Eight Point Star block

Louise ~ Coronation block

Rose ~ Whirlpool block

Ruth ~ Double T block

The 12 blocks I made for the swap ~ Schoolgirl's puzzle

Blogtober #29 ~ Part B

Blocks for the EB Round Robin block swap:

A test block for Around the Block, three more test blocks then onto the real thing. I will have a whole sampler quilt made soon!

Blogtober #16 ~ Out

I have finally caught up with my blocks for the Round Robin block swap I am in! I was not that far behind but my OCD side does not like missing a deadline! I am only allowed to show sneak peaks but here they are:

Round 3

Round 4

Now I have to set my sights on the two blocks I have to do for Around the Block and finish sewing down the binding on the EB Doll Quilt Swap item and then piece the top of my Chaletgirl block swap quilt...

I also signed up for a Christmas craft swap so have to put on my thinking cap for that one! It is good to be busy I guess :)

Progress is made

Finally I can blog about another couple of projects from the WIP pile! Above is Miss Possums coin quilt which is now on her bed having been (eventually) completed! I am really happy with how it turned out given that it is my first completed quilt and I did everything myself :) This quilt was made using vintage sheets from a swap and I think it has come up very well (if I do say so myself...)!

I have also managed to sew my round robin quilt swap blocks, a sneak peak of which is pictured below. I am not allowed to show them in full until the end of the swap so this will have to suffice in the meanwhile. I am not sure who owns these fabrics, but I enjoyed using them both for this block.

Next on the list? My Around the block quilting bee blocks!

A Busy Day

I have been a bit behind in my sewing over the last few weeks, I am not even sure why because I have had time, and material, and set projects I should have been working on...

I made up for it today and got a lot done!

First was all the 9 patch blocks for Mai lout Number 5 of Sheridan's block swap.

Lara's fabrics almost had me in a panic, I had no idea what I was going to put with them... Bright seemed to be the order of the day, I hope they are ok.

It is hard to see in the below photo, but the red is actually a red polka dot, which belongs to Lisa. I went with a green print, and a grey print from my stash for these two.

This pink belongs to Helen. I matched it with a lime green dot and a purple/grey fabric.

Then there was the Round Robin Block Swap.

My first mail out was some beautiful fabric belonging to Anna. This is just a sneak peak as I am not allowed to show what my completed block is.

As is was a rainy day today, Miss Possum was also well entertained thanks to Nikki at My Black Cardigan and her fantastic kids book idea. Many thanks for the email Nikki, as you can see it is already in very good use :)

I decided that instead of printing the animals onto coloured paper I would let Miss Possum colour them in before cutting them out to assemble her book. This went down very well even if Miss Apples nearly got in the way of the crayons and had to be removed to a safe distance...

And this is my 100th post!! I was trying to think of a giveaway option but have decided with baby #2 imminent it is all a bit much so will just do something extra special next milestone, maybe my 1 year blogversary or some such :)

Block Swaps

A sneak peak of the block I picked for the EB Round Robin block swap in my fabrics. I cant wait to get to make this block using everyone else's fabrics as there are some beautiful choices headed my way over the next few months!

Then I had to sew the blocks for the Chaletgirl Block Swap I have been lucky enough to be a part of over the last few months. I am now past the halfway mark for this swap and I think I will miss it when I am done. In saying that, I can't wait to get my blocks back!!

Bianca's fabric above

Rebecca's fabric below

I did see this morning that Chaletgirl is already thinking ahead to her next swap so maybe I won't have to miss out on the fun for long...

All of this sewing was done on the NEW sewing machine that Mum bought me. I think she felt sorry for me battling away on the old machine of hers! I won't say much more on this here as it really does deserve it's own post!

Round Robin Fabrics

The Quilty Girls on Essential Baby convinced me to sign up for a Round Robin block swap. I bought my fabrics yesterday which took a lot of head scratching, thought, and the odd startled fellow customer that I shamelessly bailed up to ask for advice...

Here are the results:

Red (Main 2): Rambling Rose Polka Dot

Green (Main 1): Tutti Frutti Swirl

Blue (Background Block colour): Muted moments

I hope these will work together alright as I have never done anything on this scale before.

I still have to select the sashing, binding and backing but I was tired from battle by this time so decided to leave that for another day :)