The Great Granny Quilt Along...

I have always loved the crochet version of the Granny's Blanket, and at the moment I am trying to make one of my own...this for me is taking a long time, I am so slow at crocheting.... and these are my blocks so far!!

BUT....then I came across this.... "The Granny Quilt" 

I discovered this quilt awhile back and I loved the simple design, so I decided to give it a go....if you would like to make your own version of this quilt, this is how you do it...

What you will need:

2.5mt of white homespun (or a plain fabric of your choice to match your colour palette), 

* Cut the white homespun into 38, 2 1/2" strips, crosscut 25 of these strips into 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" pieces, you will get 12 pieces out of each strip, which is what you need for each block.

* Crosscut the remaining 13 strips into 2 1/2" x 5" pieces, you should get 8 pieces from each strip, in which you will need 4 pieces for each block.

* Lay the white cut pieces into their sets, 25 sets in all.

Assorted fabrics from your stash - the challenge in this is to use what you have - no buying any extras!! Can you do it??

You need 4 different fabrics for each block, cut as follows:

* 1,   2 1/2" square for the middle square -

* 4,   2 1/2" squares for round two -

* 8,   2 1/2" squares for round three -

* 12, 2 1/2" squares for round four -

Place all your sets together with the white pieces you cut previously, now your ready to stitch.

Stitch it all together:

Lay your first block out in the correct formation, placing a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" white piece at each end of each row, except the middle row. 

Join each square together to create rows, pressing seams open as you go. Then join rows together, and press the seams open.

When the rows are all stitched together, trim of the ends to neaten.

Then stitch a 5" x 2 1/2" pieces to each end of the block, and press seam towards the outer edge.

Using a 12 1/2" square ruler, square up your block, trimming each side. Each block will be 12 1/2" unfinished and 12" finished, when all the blocks are stitched together.

Make all 25 blocks using the same method. 

Tune in later for the completion of the quilt top.... I'm sure the making of the blocks will keep you busy for a while...I'm still making mine!!

Keep stitching...

Sharni

XOXO

Some New Things....

I decided to treat myself with a day out and went down to the local patchwork shop to see what they had that would spike my interest...I just love the citrus greens and oranges at the moment, with that touch of navy and grey!! Now what can I make with these???


I came home with a few of...."Lucy's Crab Shack" by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics...

and some of..... "Bella" by Lotta Jansdotter...

and on the way home, called into "Safeway's (Woolworth's) for some groceries, and picked up a few of these very funky 

bowls and I also happened to buy the matching mugs....cute!!

Kaleidoscope Quilt....

I found this quilt in a new book that I purchased awhile back, called "Little Bits Quilting Bee" by Kathleen Ricketson, founder and editor of Whipup.net; a woman who has brought into being the world of creative craft blogging!! 

Kathleen's quilt is called "Gold and Garnets", which I love, but when I purchased Tula Pink's fabric range, "The Birds and The Bees", I knew straight away that I was going to use this range of fabrics for this particular quilt. The contrast was perfect.

As I was making it, it started to remind me of those old fashion kids toys; 'The Kaleidoscope'. Don't you think?

The challenge was the points...but as Kathleen says, don't be to perfect with the points, just match the green/blue intersection, and it will all be okay...and she was right...This is my version of the quilt...and I love it!!

Until next time...keep stitching...
 xoxo

Summer Holidays and a little Recovery...

I know you normally do a "Spring Clean" in Spring, but because I work full-time, my spring clean comes whenever I get the time.

At the moment, I'm on holidays, it is Summer, so I get to do my cleaning now!! I love to wash everything, vacuum every surface and get everything spotless ready for the next year!!

So I decided to recover the Sofa, as I washed the other covers, while on my mad cleaning spree and they promptly fell apart!! Why does that always happen???

So I took a trip to my local fabric shop, and bought some fabric and spent 2 days measuring and stitching, and finally the Sofa was done.

I Think it Looks Good!! Nice and fresh!! Ready for the next year of wear and tear!!

Doing A Little Work Lately...

It seems that I have been taken over by the quilting monster recently....I have been consumed by getting some of my quilts that I started awhile ago, finally finished...and I can say I have almost done it...

Here are some final pictures of "Swoon"...finished..

A little mini quilt using a sampler pack of "Vintage Modern" by Camille Roskelley...finished...

Some hand quilting on "Flower Sugar"...almost finished!!

And the finished "Kiss Kiss" Nightshade Quilt...which I am very proud off...and has gone to my new daughter-in-law for her birthday....and she loves it!!

Am I allowed to start something new now!! Always!!

Quiltology...

I saw this quilt on the "Hawthorne Threads" website....

and really liked the colours and the design, it looked really simple and really effective, 

so I bought it and it sat on my shelves in my 

sewing room for a few months, 

before I rediscovered it again and decided I really 

should make it....

Well, why not, I had everything in the kit to do it, 

I didn't even have to go out to get anything else...

I downloaded the odd shaped hexagon from my pattern in ebooks, and began cutting!! 

Next, I had to cut all the cream fabric into triangles to stitch to each of the corners of the hexagon...hundreds of them...

Then I began to stitch...and I'm still stitching...but this is what it will look like when I'm finished... 

I even took a photo of all the scraps as I put them to the side, they look so funky, I decided to put them in a jar on my sewing room shelves...kind off like a jar buttons!!

The Farmer's Wife...

Okay!! So I'm addicted...I found this amazing quilt and decided I just had to do it....but it's got 111 blocks!! 

That's right....I've started "The Farmer's Wife" Quilt....

Already I have made 6 blocks and have another 

12 blocks cut out....

I have an order to things...

Work out my fabrics and which colours 

I want for each block....

Put each block, when it's cut, into a zip-lock bag for safe keeping until I'm ready to stitch it.... which are all numbered as to which block it is...

And my finished blocks so far...

#Block One - "Attic Windows"

#Block Two - "Autumn Tints"

Oops...Block Three is still being finished as there was some hand work...

#Block Four - "Basket Weave"

#Block Five - "Bat Wing"

#Block Six - "Big Dipper"

For more amazing pictures of this quilt visit..."Simplify"

Until Next Time...

xoxo