Custom Creams!

This one takes the Biscuit!

Hot off the frame is the outcome of last year's challenge for Studio Quilters. 

You've already seen my 3 cream on cream squares made into this little wall hanging. 

Meanwhile everyone else held theirs back to go into a quilt. Now Susan has put them all together and I've just quilted it. We all thought it would be nice to present it to Pat Hawkes, as it was her idea for the challenge. 

There was such a variety of techniques; some were pieced, some appliquèd and some embroidered (by hand and machine). 

I wanted to accentuate rather than overwhelm the different pieces. 

So I framed them all with ribbon candy in the sashing. 

I still find this quite tricky and it takes real concentration, but I'm getting better at it. 

Then I custom quilted each block individually.

 All it needs now is trimming up and binding.

Since finishing my Log Cabin quilt with the hearts, last week, I have ticked off the first resolution on my Connecting Threads challenge list. Here is my Tilda Angel, made from a kit I bought last year. She is the first of many Tilda projects I want to make this year. So I forced myself to follow the instructions exactly, to decide whether I should adapt some of the techniques in future. I certainly learned a lot. This doll had painted on sleeves and bodice which made it very difficult to sew through when attaching the arms. I don't think I'd do it that way again. Also, I'm not so keen on the painted on hair. I was watching YouTube videos as I was making her and found many useful tips on hairstyles. 

And I found out about 'hemostats', which I ordered straight away - now my favourite tool for stuffing!

I put them to good use filling these sweet little 'Bunny' hanging hearts that I made for my Folksy shop. 

Now I have just restocked my plain black fabric in anticipation of a run on this for backing the incubator quilts. It arrived today and somehow an additional 50 metres of other new fabrics found its way into the box! 

How did that happen? 😏

Happy Quilting Everyone!

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