January 2014 Stash

I managed just a few finishes in January and mostly spent the month increasing my stash. I signed up for a couple of swaps and bees and 'needed' a few extra fabrics. As ever I also snuck in a few extra pretties for myself.

First up the fabrics I actually set out to buy:

These prints are for a Bee I am part of within the Quilt Club Australia Facebook page, the Mug Rug Revival group over on Flickr, and the 4x5 Modern Quilt Bee which is also on Flickr.

All of these fabrics are for the 4x5 Modern Quilt Bee - can you believe this is my first text print purchase? Late to the party on that trend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/101032446@N07/

These blues and grey's are for my own quilt blocks in the 4x5 Bee. I have used this mosaic twice so far and received some amazing blocks in return.

My 'just because' pile.

I am planning an Everyday skirt from the black fabric and a selection of pieces for my daughter from the pink (I bought Puppet Show, Playtime, and After-School patterns in the recent sale).

I also picked up a couple of low volume prints and saved the best till last...

How cute are these? I have a little chicken in mind to make for (one of her first words and my pet name for her) but undecided if they need to be a quilt or clothing - together or separate? Let me know if you have any ideas in the comments.

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Cotton + Steel Divided Basket

Today I have my very first guest blog. The Noodlehead Divided Basket sewalong I am co-hosting over on Instagram starts today and my co-host Peta is here to show you her gorgeous Cotton & Steel basket and share a tutorial on a handle detail she came up with which looks fantastic.

Thanks Kendra for letting me hang out on your blog today. Excited? Well yessiree I am!
How great is Instagram! I love checking through my feed each day to see what the wonderfully talented quilters and sewers have been up to around the globe. Instagram is such an inspirational and generous community and, of course, it’s how I met Kendra and how the Divided Basket Sew Along came about. I don’t have a blog (and really admire people like Kendra who do) but I’d love it if you came and said hi on Instagram, my user name is @shequiltsalot.
Now… onto the Sew Along. I love Anna Graham’s style and patterns. I’ve sewn a couple of items from her tutorials and have found the pattern instructions reall…

Lady of the Lake - quilt in progress

A few weeks ago the Fat Quarter Shop sent me an advance copy of their latest quilt along. The Lady of the Lake block is a traditional block in the FQS Classic and Vintage series but I think it is a design that remains very modern.

I made my version of the quilt mostly from my stash. I started with this pile of April Rhodes Bound collection and added in a variety of grey and grey ombre fabric.

By focusing on my stash I am really happy with the variety of colours and textures in the finished quilt.

The Lady of the Lake quilt block is created from 8 half square triangles in two sizes so it made sense to use the 8 at the same time method for the smaller triangles. The pattern recommends HST paper which I didn't have time to purchase but I will be adding some to my next fabric order to try.

Each block also creates a spare large triangle so I was able to make more bonus blocks.

I really enjoyed getting these blocks up onto the wall, they create quite an impact and I was tempted to lea…

National Sew a Jelly Roll Day

Moda Fabrics has declared the third Saturday of September National Sew a Jelly Roll Day.

To celebrate this fun event Fat Quarter Shop offered me a choice of their wide selection of Jelly Rolls to take part in Project Jelly Roll. The aim of the day is to break open those Jelly Rolls and whip up a quilt.

I chose the Desert Bloom Jelly Roll by Sherri & Chelsi and it was a perfect match for the Jelly Roll Jam II pattern. Look at the gorgeous rainbow that was created when I de-fluffed the edges with masking tape before taking off the ribbon.

It was really fun to plan the colour placement in this quilt. Desert Bloom was a new to me fabric collection and the navy designs really caught my eye. I played around with a few different ideas but in the end I decided to use the white, yellow, salmon and terracotta fabrics for the narrow blocks and allow the deeper colours to shine in the wide blocks.

This pattern is ideal for chain piecing and the blocks come together really quickly.

It is a m…

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