9 October 2014

Quilty Fun


Hello my name is Sarah and I am a quiltaholic.......... or so it would seem from the number of works in progress I currently have....... I blame the fact that I am surrounded by gorgeous fabric everyday.... I mean just look at this.......


For weeks and weeks I have been seeing snippets of Miss Kate on Instagram being sewn into the most beautiful quilts and pretty things.  So when our bolts arrived last Friday, it was inevitable that I would just have to snaffle some of it and get stitching.  I have been promising Poppy a new snack mat for ages, so I grabbed my Quilt Fun book which I got back here, and chose the super cute Tulip Block.....

 Oh and look, (she says patting herself on the back) a completed project!
Ok..... so we won't talk about this then..........
or maybe we should.......those new Tilda's have been taunting...yes taunting me.... since they arrived a few weeks ago.  I was showing so much self control......I had talked very sternly to myself and had no intention of starting a new quilt until firstly my scrappy trip along was finished, secondly those teeny hexies that I started on holiday had been turned into something pretty and thirdly I had made a few more Farmers Wives Blocks....... but then this happened........
........ honestly they jumped into that basket all by themselves and before I knew it, were cut up  and stitched into a new brick quilt.  Ok so not a finish as such, but that's a quilt front all done...... whooppee......
So as I was stitching the bricks together, I thought to myself wouldn't it be fun to have a bit of a Quilt-a-long kind of thing.......nothing complicated and really aimed for newbie / want-to-be quilters..... so before I knew it, I had bought home yet more fabric...... this time a selection of pretty low volume prints.....
and after a happy few hours yesterday of cutting, stitching, bondawebbing and a little more stitching, this is what I came up with.......
a pretty small size lap / baby quilt.  As you can see it's not finished yet, there's a border to be added, some quilting and finally a binding around the edge.  My thoughts are, that I'll publish some detailed step by step stages, with lots and lots of photo's so that if you've always dreamed of a making a quilt, you may be encouraged to give it a go.

Right I'm off now to write out 100 times......

I must not start another quilty project until these ones are done and dusted
I must not start ano....... Do you think a new crochet project would be ok????

Thanks as always for stopping by!
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11 comments

  1. Love the cute little snack mat that you made! I'm an addict too!

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  2. I really love the brick quilt!!!!
    xxxxx Ale

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  3. Hi Sarah, yes please to the step by step small (beginners) quilt project, I am excited already, just exactly what I need. Love the heart on the square, so pretty.
    I don't have a lot of space and struggle with time (don't we all) so a talk through a full but small project beginning to end would be fantastic.
    Thank you so much.

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  4. It's all so pretty! Love the Quilty Fun tulips of course. And the Tilda is beautiful. I NEVER have too many projects happening at the same time. wink wink.

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  5. Both are so lovely Sarah, I cannot imagine what it must be like to be surrounded by such beautiful fabrics all day and not get tempted by them. I really like the way that you quilted the tulips on the diagonal, it gives a lovely different feel to it and adds to the flower shape and gives more dimension somehow! xx

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  6. Lovely quilts and fabrics, Sarah! I can see why you are inspired to begin new projects when you are surrounded by so much gorgeous fabric! Enjoy your makes and have a happy week ahead.
    Helen xox

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  7. I cann see your dilemma, how do you choose which fabric to buy, easier just to choose them all! Lovely quilts
    Caz xx

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  8. I have 6 quilted table mats to finish. And a quilted bag. there isn't much more to do but I just keep on crocheting. And starting something else to crochet. And planning the next thing to crochet!

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  9. Oh Sarah - soooooo much loveliness, you are so clever ! Your work is so perfectly detailed, I love it.
    Oh and never say never to starting a new crochet project,
    Have lots of quilty fun,
    Kate x

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  10. These are all so, so lovely but I think I like the brick one best of all. I have a drawer FULL of fabric scraps, enough for a few quilts, but I am a bit scared. It must be a nightmare for you, working with all these amazing fabrics, just tempting you all day long! x

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  11. Such beautiful quilts! No wonder you can't stop! Just gorgeous. And i say a definite YES to starting a new crochet project....
    Marianne x

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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment, it really does make my day! If you have a question, please do ask away and I will do my very best to answer. Sarah xo

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