Hearts of friendship

At Caesarea Quilters on Monday, we were asked to make two hearts to make a lap quilt for a member. I suggested we also add two squares of fabric to alternate with the hearts, so the quilt grows quicker. 

The brief was a blue heart on a white-on-white background. 7" unfinished so they can be trimmed down to 6.5" I almost made the classic mistake and used a white on cream. Fortunately, I spotted my error. I love the combination of the Bonnie & Camille blue fabrics on the Alison Glass background.

I was going to pack this for retreat, but it took less than an hour to complete so it's now ready to be mailed to the organiser.

 

2024 folk sampler

This is the folk sampler 2024 by Art East Quilting. I had fallen out of love with the project and it had been abandoned. I am off to Cleckheaton again for the Modern Quilt Club retreat this weekend so I decided to pull out the project and see how many more blocks would be needed to make it up to the size specified by Quilts 4 Care Leavers.

I laid them out on the bedroom floor and was pleasantly surprised that I had the central medallion pieced as well as a few of the columns. 

The perfect size for Q4CL is 44" x 70" and I was thrilled to realise I just needed on small filler block to bring it up to the right size. I abandoned any other projects and pieced the blocks together.

The top is now pieced together and ready to quilt. I need to find a suitable backing and quilt it over the next two days. Then I will trim it ready to pack for retreat and cut the binding ready to apply at retreat.

 

Rozel quilt

Here are some more details about my project in Make Modern issue 65.  If you're not already a subscriber, you can subscribe here (affiliate link) 

The project uses one layer cake almost completely with just backing, wadding an binding to add.

My 97 year old father accompanied us for a trip to a local beach to take the photographs. He didn't really understand why we were taking photos, but he helped move stones to anchor the quilt as it was very windy and had a hat with a friend of mine who had just finished her morning swim. He enjoyed the trip out but unfortunately passed before I was able to show him the article and project.

Make Modern issue 65

 

Today Make Modern Issue 65 is published, and I have this joyous Ruby Star Society strawberry quilt included as a project. More information about my quilt on Monday. If you're not already a subscriber you can subscribe here (affiliate link)

We'll start at the beginning, given that seems the most logical way to progress. How about this beautiful cover quilt? Shifting Symmetry, designed by Vasudha Govindan features a simple colour scheme and a single block. HSTs and HRTs are all that’s required to make this stunning quilt – proof that sometimes a finished design is much greater than the sum of its parts.​ ​ ​

That's just our cover quilt! Here's a little collage we put together to show you all of the beautiful projects we have just waiting for you in the pages of Issue 65! Quilts Galore!

This issue we meet Makers, Sue Bone and Jennifer Marks, make beautiful and bold quilts, and motivate you to draw inspiration from art into your next quilting project.

Plus ... just by reading this issue, you have a chance to win a fantastic prize! Check out the competition on page 12 and enter for your chance to win for a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of Indelible by Anna Maria Textiles + a $100 Fat Quarter Shop gift card! The competition is open to readers worldwide and the lucky winner will be announced in Make Modern Issue 66. 

Ruby Star anniversary quilt

My version of the Ruby Star Society anniversary quilt is complete with 100 blocks and a secret X in the middle to represent ten years. I had intended to stitch ten blocks a month to complete it by the end of 2025 but a got carried away.

I ordered a Ruby Star sateen wide backing from Sew Hot in a recent sale. It is such a smooth feel. I used a fast feather pantograph to quilt an allover pattern and bound it in a Ruby Star blue speckled fabric.

Friday Finish - Moda blockheads 6

Last Wednesday block 6 of Moda Blockheads 6 was released but the block isn't speaking to me, so I caught up with block 5 this weekend. This block is from Chelsi Stratton, and I chose my scrap bag of reds to use for this block. 

The red and white fabric lifts the whole block. I now have eight blocks complete and I'm ready for block 7.