Freedom!

Freedom at last!  I am going to be quilting till my heart's content for the next 3 weeks!  You cannot imagine how excited I am to be cutting up fabrics, looking at beautiful prints and colours and to hear the sound of the sewing machine.  Second semester of school is over and the last two weeks was... lets just say I would not want to re-live it again.  Though, I have a funny feeling those moments will be part of my life for the next 2 years until I finish this degree.  Oh well, I will cross that bridge when I get there.

In the meantime, I have cut into these lovely Full Moon Lagoon by Mo Bedelle to make a twin size snowball quilt for my god-daughter.  I am in love with this fabric line.  The colours are so refreshing and beautifully coordinated.  It makes me feel so happy and cheerful having to focus my eyes on these lovely prints

I have also cut these little mini 1.5" x 1.5" squares of pink shade fabrics I have on hand (pink is also my god-daughter's favourite colour).  I hope these will hopefully go together with the main fabric and white solid fabric that I will be using.

I hope the quilt will turn out the way I have envisioned it in my head.  I will try to post my progress on the blog as often as I can but for now... it's pretty trimmings and happy quilting to you all.

Thank you for stopping by xx

Star Quilt Progress

 Progress on these EPPs has been slow.  I realized I only work on them as an in between study break to calm the fast approaching exam nerves down.  However, slow it may be, I am happy to be seeing it grow from the last time I blog about this long term quilt project here and here.  I am eager to start on a new quilt that I have in mind as soon as my exams are over for the tri-semester.  So many projects to do, so little time isn't it?  Can't believe is the month of August already... the last stretch of the winter season (Yipee!).  So looking forward to warmer weather but in the meantime...

Happy quilting and thank you for stopping by.

De-stress with some fabric love

It's that time of the year again - the dreaded exam week is looming very soon.  So to do de-stress, I did a little fabric shopping at Westwood Acres (the best kind of de-stress other than chocolate in my opinion).  Amanda has lovely fabric bundles and I couldn't resist the Anna Maria Horner (AMH) mixed voile bundle and her latest Hand Drawn Garden Fat Quarter bundle.  I also bought a Fat Eight bundle of Full Moon Lagoon with in mind to make a twin size quilt for my God-daughter when I am on school break - watch this space!  The little mini charm pack was a nice surprise from Amanda - definitely made my day!

Here's a close up of Hand Drawn Garden bundle.  The colors and prints are amazing, feels very boho like.  So looking forward to cut into it.

Thank you for stopping by and apologies for a short blog - squeezing in some fabric love time to share with you all in between work and studies.  Happy quilting and crafting!

Still alive...

My dinning table/sewing table has been taken over by books, research papers, articles and laptop at the moment.  It's the dreaded 3 assignments and 1 presentation all due on the same week madness at the moment.  However, I am trying to breath through it all knowing that it will stop at some stage (counting down to tri-semester break in 7 weeks time!)  In the meantime, I am squeezing in some EPP time between breaks and I am hand quilting a commissioned quilt in the evening which will be revealed, hopefully very soon.  

Thank you for stopping by and Happy quilting!

... and Happy 4th July to my American quilters and bloggers! 

Stripey

I have always find making a baby boy's quilt a little challenging.  Not because I am bias to a particular gender but what I struggle with is the fabric selections.  I wasn't particular drawn to animals, rockets, dinosaurs or cowboy prints.  What I wanted was a quilt that had a bit more millage that could see the use of it from new born to say 10-11 years old. I also wanted something modern for this quilt.

So I thought... what would be suitable for a baby boy's quilt?  In came in stripes! I thought it would be suitable for 1) a boy's quilt 2) modern 3) millage.

I have decided on a simple hourglass design to express a modern feel to the quilt, and I was also pressed for time as I had to get this done before 2nd semester of school starts next week - Bo!

Any how, I am very happy with the outcome of the quilt.  By adding some blue clown stripe fabrics from Michael Miller combined with the fat quarter bundle of the colourful stripes and white solid fabric has made this quilt simple, modern and suitable for a boy.

I have opt for a simple grey solid backing from Kona called 'Iron' and added a boarder of the quilt design vertically to give the backing some detail.  I have machine quilted this quilt with simple horizontal and vertical lines, about an inch spacing in between seams.

I must admit that my lines are a little wonky and not completely dead straight but I hope with lots of quilting practice in years to come, I would master it a wee bit.

This quilt is making its way to London as present for a dear friend who is expecting her second child.  I hope she will love it and will keep the baby warm till he is too 'grown up' for it.

Quilt facts:
Size: Approximate 45" x 54"
Fabric: Stripe from a FQ bundle, Clown stripes in Aqua & Blue by Michael Miller, Solid White by Emma Louise; backing in Kona solid 'Iron'
Quilting: Machine quilted using Auril 40wt in White

Fabric Love #6

I was after some stripey fabric for a baby boy quilt that I will be making once my exam is over.  Found this fat quarter bundle on Etsy which I thought was pretty delightful and cheerful for a baby's quilt.  I have in mind a relatively simple modern quilt design, here's hoping it will turn out the way I imagined it.

Here are some lovely stripe bundles from Etsy:
West wood acres (really nice stripe bundle)
My Fabric Addition (this where the stripe bundle came from)
Vintage Sheet Variety (reclaimed vintage bed sheets)

Happy Quilting!

Fabric Love #5

Fat Quarter bundle of Pure Elements solids designed by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics - the lovelies fabric I have ever come across thus far.  The fabric quality is amazing and the colors are just beautiful to look at.  Definitely worth the purchase. 

Available at:

Fat Quarter Shop

Hawthorn Threads

Stay Beautiful and Happy Quilting!