I have been working on my slow stitching Kawandi project I received at Aprils Scrub Stitchin retreat.
This is all the fabric I had left out of a charm pack.
I have been working on my slow stitching Kawandi project I received at Aprils Scrub Stitchin retreat.
This is all the fabric I had left out of a charm pack.
I went on a sewing cruise back in 2014 for my birthday and did a class with Jane MacDonald.
Have a look HERE at the project she taught and I started.
I have done all the HEXIES. No I don’t like EPP.
So where am I now. A few blocks have been done, some started a lots still to do.
I am linking up with Deana for this month’s start. I did not achieve August challenge as we have been away.
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At Scrub Stitchin this year we were all given goody bags. In this bag was our project to make. A Kawandi using a charm square pack. There were a few different packs. Mine was mostly solids with some sparkles through it. I have cut some into pieces and laid them on to my fat quarter backing piece.
Okay, so I know it is hard for people to get inspired about this project.
Kate got hers done during the week.
What will it end up being? A placemat, table centre or ?
Well I am travelling atm in our caravan and I took mine along to stitch.
I have not added the pula flowers on the corners
because they won’t work for the project I intend it to be.
Here it is atm..
I will get this finished by the time I get home and will do something with it.
What will it end up being?
Watch this space.
If you want to make what I do I’ll let you know what you need
and can show you at the next retreat 2026
August over at Angela’s is AQUA. I received my Bordertown B’s back from Judy. She has done an amazing job at quilting it for me.
(Close up photos to come)
Now it is time to get the binding done. Trimming up.
I think I have enough of the aqua backing to do it. Time to measure and get started.
Back to my purple quilt and it’s time for borders.
I have played with purples again while I had the mess out on my table
My # 7 for this month’s challenge is to quilt my round robin Dalmatian quilt.
I finished this quite some time ago and started it in March 2020.We did a fun round robin where we worked on our own quilt but with monthly themes chosen. It was really fun to do. It has been basted since January 2023.
It’s time to get it quilted.
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Challenge #9 progress
After having it packed away for so long it took me quite a while to work out what size the pieces were and where I was up to. All sorted now though.
I have cut out the sashings and cornerstones and now am sewing the rows together.
And it is sewn together. I have reached the top right corner. 2 more rows and I will have the bottom left corner done. Then my rows will get smaller.
So I did achieve my goal this month.Thanks Deana
I have been calculating amount of fabric required to make a quilt for a raffle. We have a certain amount of fabric so had to work out the best size we could get out of all the fabric.
We decided on working out a French braid with a piping strip. So off I went and had a play. Out came my purples.
Cut into 2.5” * 6.5” pieces. We need 7 strips of 50”. How many pieces do we need for each strip. Well, I am a visual person so I had a scrap piece of wadding about 60” long. Perfect. Sew, sew, sew. Quilt as you go technique.
Yes I counted correctly. We need 40 pieces per strip. I have drawn out a design and calculated fabric. Wonderful. We have enough for a quilt about 60” * 72”. Now to put this braid to good use.
Trim the strip. Guess a rough size for some placemats. I can get 3 out of this piece.
I had a scrap of this fabric that is perfect for the backing. 3 across the width uses it up.
Now I’m late to the party. I was at my friends and talking about putting bindings on fully by machine. I do this quite a lot on placemats and charity quilts. Just to save time. She was saying she uses her stitch in the ditch foot on her Janome. I didn’t even know my machine had one. Yes, it sure does. Foot G. What a game changer. This was a perfect spot to give it a go. This will be getting used more often now.
3 pretty placemats
All together. This makes 37 out of 50 completed….
After having a great weekend making this quilt top with friends.
It was time to work out the backing. I wanted to make it scrappy too. Out came the pen and paper.
I never used to piece backings together but with scrappy I now do not want to use meterage. So I’m having fun with designing the backs. The strips for borders are cut.
Here is the start of it. It just looks like a normal block but they are 10” squares in the 9 patch.
And here it is sewn
Here is a side by side to show that it actually looks like the quilt block on the front
Now this did use up so much of my blacks. I think I only have one piece left of a plain.
Now to quilt it. I have cut a striped fabric for the binding.
I had a lot of fun making this quilt. I used up so much of my black and white scraps.
Damien loved the quilt.
This month over at Angela’s is purple
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I saw this great tutorial on YouTube for a mini bucket bin.
https://youtu.be/YKY-nZZBlr0?si=7EN2McqxdXjBdZnj
I wanted to give it a go. So I decided to use up some purple scraps.
Okay. What is my # 9.. hang your britches on the line.
Oops. Haha. My inner child coming out.
Progress on my Farmers Wife quilt. I have not touched this since 19th July 2024. The concentration and time required to do these 6” blocks has not been with me with what I have been dealing with. At the moment things are in more of a routine. I have finished some quick finishes but it’s now time to make a little bit of a difference on this quilt. So here is where I am at now.
And here are some of the blocks
Now to work out where I’m up to.
Thanks for the push Deana
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