Some clean up finds.

 WOW!!!!!

Here are some of the finished quilt tops I found when cleaning up my room. Just need to find some backings.

1. Started in 2020. My Christmas stocking top made from swap blocks. I think this will be used as a coffee table cover. I’ll wait n see what it’s like when finished. Here is where I got to. It measures 52” * 75”. 

Hanging up in the hope I get to it soon

2. Next found was a charity quilt top made in 2021. It was made with blocks made by SPF members.

3. Convergence started in 2018

4. Red, white and blue 4 patches and 9 patches.

No idea when this was made.

Convergence is in the cupboard

I had this quilt in parts up on my design wall for quite some time.
As you can tell by the photos it was when I was having trouble with focussing.
Anyway, I got it off the wall and the top completed.
I had no pattern. It was just figure it out as you go.
I'm loving it..



I have finally got my top together and I am very happy.
It's 48" *72". A great size.



I was given 2 fat quarters for my birthday in the swap at our group.
Others find it hard to work with stripes but they make the most striking bindings.
I'm all set now for this quilt.

It is now in my cupboard for one day it will be quilted.

Convergence so far

Here is my convergence with all the flying geese borders on. Now to add the other borders and decide the exact size.

Convergence . Red White and Blue for an AUSSIE HERO.

Using up my birthday fat quarters and continuing on with my Convergence quilt.

This is where I am at.

I can see it in my head but getting it where I want it is another thing...

Oh boy. All those flying geese are taking forever. Paper foundation piecing has its place but this is a lot of work.

I have had a play and need to make this block longer to make the size required.
This quilt needs to be around 42" x 72"
The original block was not square. It was about an inch off.
So I had to think of some way to make it longer.
First up I thought to add a row top and bottom BUT I was in a workshop the other weekend and throwing around ideas it was suggested to only add rows to the bottom.
So here goes.

So far I'm happy with where it is going.

Convergence planning

I was at a workshop for the weekend.

It was about adding borders on a medallion quilt. I didn't want to start another long time quilt but wanted to work on something I had. So I decided to pull out my convergence quilt.

I needed to think of an idea and with everyone's help and listening to what they were all making I decided upon flying geese....

And lots of them.....

Playing with lots of flying geese .... REDS, WHITES and BLUES

Convergence... Scrappy Strings

Okay,

My convergence quilt centre is now in one piece ......

What to do with it now.

I'll have to put my thinking cap on.

I want to make this into an AUSSIE HERO QUILT 

But to work out how to make it longer..

This is where I got my inspiration from --- http://adventuresinquiltingandsailing.blogspot.com/2010/04/ricky-timms-convergence-quilt-workshop.html 
It was a great help with the photos and instructions.

While I have been doing my stitching over the last couple of weeks I have been making string blocks.

These will be made into a string half square triangle block for CHARITY.

I will be working on these for a while.

These will be something I'll be showing my group and hopefully they will be joining  in too.

This was what I showed them on a weekend away.
EASY AND EFFECTIVE

Convergence 2

I got back to this after a week or two.

Opened up the strips and started sewing them back together.

All stitched and looking very different.

Guess what now. Yep, cross cut them again

Reposition them 

Convergence 1

I have always wanted to try to make a CONVERGENCE QUILT.

Well here I am going to try.

This year for my birthday fat quarter swap I asked for RED, WHITES OR BLUES. So it's about time I cut into them and made something.

I chose 4 fat 1/4s

Stitched them together into pairs

Cross cut them in strips starting with 1" and increasing each cut by 1/2" intervals until I reached the end.

Then you interlace them. Moving the pile from the left to fit into the space of the strips on the right.

Here they are laid out all ready to sew back together again. 

That's as far as I got this weekend.