Christmas Quilt

 

I started this quilt a couple of years ago and only managed to complete it last night!!  It was such a joy to finally sew my label on it!! The quilting was done by a friend (she is a professional quilter.....contact me via email if u need her help) as I wanted this quilt to be extra nice...she puts my quilting to shame!  I love piecing quilt tops together but the quilting kind of slow me down quite a bit!!  Got lots of quilt tops  sitting in the cupboard waiting for their turn!  LOL

Adeline's Quilt

I finally had a chance to see this finished quilt.  I pieced the quilt top but I didn't do the quilting.  Made this for my sister's 50th birthday!  I told her I don't have time to quilt but I don't mind piecing together a top!!  This is a king size quilt and I do like the colors.  I seldom make quilts in these colors!!  In future, I should consider making more quilts in these colors!!!  LOL

Square hearts color variations!

 This purple quilt is made by cousin Emma.  She has changed the pattern of the heart .  She made it more curvy at the sides.  I like what she did!  Her heart looked nicer than ours!!

The yellow and blue combination is made by cousin Michelle.  She extended her heart by 2 rows top and bottom. 

The blue and white combination is made by Aunty Cindy.  She took our advice to go for a patchwork class.  Well done for the 'first' project!!

I will be off to Bangkok for a week for some R &R!  Back soon!!!

I was so excited to see all the blocks together!!!  There should be a 1.5in sashing all round the center block but I can omit that if I want to.  Now I have to make some decisions!!  To add sashing or not?  To applique some butterflies??    There are still some more work to be done...After joining all the blocks together, I still have to applique hearts in between all the blocks.  But the  biggest part of it is DONE!!!  Woohoooo!!

Tulips N Anemones

I finally completed the center block!!  I started this three years ago as a 'while waiting' project. Whenever I have to wait for someone....especially Luke (when he was in and out of the hospital), this really kept me busy.  This is time well spent!  I have something to show for it!  I didn't rush to try and finish it ASAP but just took my own sweet time.  Brought it with me when I know I have to wait sometimes 2 to 3 hrs at the doctor's for him.  I am contemplating whether to add some butterflies or not......

I machine appliqued the leaves and resized the blocks. Added plain green fabric for sashings and printed green fabric for the frame. Found some nice yellow print fabric to match the yellow background of the blocks. I didn't know I had that fabric in my stash! Need to use up more of my stash fabric. This is a single size quilt and I hope my aunty likes it! The stems will be quilted directly on the blocks later.

I am happy with the outcome of the rescue mission!!

Rescue Mission

WOW! Time just flew by since my last post!!! I have been quite busy working on a few projects at the same time!!

One of it, is this rescue mission!! This quilt top was made by my Aunty Cindy. Her first patchwork project. There were many flaws in this quilt because she just started and didn't pay enough attention to making the blocks all the same size and the quarter inch sewing allowance was not there. She was very reluctant to show us the quilt. But we said constructive and creative criticism is what every quilter should welcome! We all encouraged her to go for a basic patchwork class and she was the one who started the square heart quilt craze! Will post a picture of her quilt later! I didn't want her to be discouraged by her first quilt so I decided to see if I can rescue it!! My quilt challenge for the year!!! The first thing to do is to rip it all apart!! LOL