Heart to Heart

First off the frame

Well it didn't take long before I was back in the loft after the Christmas break. I was on a mission to finish piecing my version of Lynne Goldsworthy's lovely log cabin design, having been so inspired by Jean's when I quilted it for her last month. Here it is on the frame, ready to start quilting. 
As I mentioned, I didn't use such a variety of fabrics for mine. It's unusual for me, I know, but I was just so keen to dive straight in without sorting through lots of scraps.
The finished result was very pleasing (to me at least), as it seems to define the layout so well. 

Of course I got to use some of my lovely Edyta Sitar prints from her 'Blue Sky', 'Sequoia', 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue', 'Little Sweethearts', 'Bed of Roses' and 'Sonoma' ranges, with a little bit of French General 'La Vie en Rouge' thrown in!

It took a good deal of concentration to get the blocks right and I had to label them all as I went along. All the hearts had to be the same way up, which meant that the orientation of the logs was different for each block. Even so, I used the wrong fabric in one and didn't see it until the whole top was assembled and I stood back to admire it! Fortunately, it was near the edge so I was able to unpick just enough to replace it without disturbing the other blocks too much. 

I did a full feather job on Jean's quilt but went for a looser effect on this one, with trailing hearts and flowers to pick up on the fabric motifs.
 












I still have to bind it, but that won't take long once I put my mind to it.



Meanwhile, I have new inspiration after last night's Connecting Threads meeting. 
We handed in our new year's resolution for the challenge and will be called to account for that in November! (Under wraps for now, but I have some work cut out for myself!)
Then we heard from Jenny Strong about the wonderful work being done by Dulwich Quilters to produce incubator covers for the Kings College Hospital neonatal unit. Our group has chosen to support this effort this year and we are all inspired to get started on these bespoke quilts. They need to be made exactly as Jenny explained to us and will eventually be taken home by the parents when the premature babies are well enough to leave the unit. 
I anticipate a wonderful response from our group, like our 'Sew a Row' Linus quilts in 2018.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

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