Goth quilt finished

 What can I say? I LOVE this quilt. I love that all the coloured fabrics are made from off cuts. Some of the little pieces of fabric are older than I am.

 Yes, I did buy the black background fabric and the border and the backing new but I still think this is a great bit of recycling.

The chief quilt holder upper didn't want to stand outside for much longer.  I used Quilter's dream green green wadding. I am very pleased with how looks and feels. I have used polyester wadding before and found it disappointing, this is very similar to my usual 80/20 mix.

Measurements: 64" by 76''
Pattern: Lynnebobsquarepants.  Using my accuquilt 2.5" HST cutter and 2.5" square cutter

I am linking to Crazy Mom Quilts.

Have a good weekend

Scrappy trip quilt top finished.

 I have found a layout I  liked. The yellows were the problem. First I thought I should put them all together but this was too overpowering.

 I settled on distributing them around the quilt. I am happy with the design I settled on. Not sure if daughter 1. I will find out when she comes home from school.

This is a bona fide scrap quilt. No new fabrics were bought and all fabrics are left overs from dress making or other quilts. Personally I really like it. I liked the process of making it as well. I may have to make another.

Conspiring against me

My Schipperke has decided it is not time for me to finish this quilt. Not a lot I can say to that.

Swim bag 2 finished or should that be PE?

 Well here it is with white cord. There may be a little whiff of halloween about the fabric.

It is already in use. Dirty PE kit was brought home yesterday and loaded into the new bag. New clean bag with dirty stuff went back to school this morning. I did try to wash the dirty kit but "the weather isn't good enough to have it dry before tomorrow". I do have a drier but I wasn't going to argue.

In other news; The scrappy trip quilt has all 48 blocks but I can't find a layout I like. I need a floor that is clean and big enough to use. Part of me is tempted to go to my parents' house. They have a huge table that I steal for basting quilts. I am sure it would be big enough for trying to figure out the layout. Technically my living room floor is big enough but the small black dog is far too helpful. I don't fancy chasing after her to get my quilt squares back.

The goth quilt has been quilted. I hope to finish it over the weekend.

I had better do some ironing. It was lovely weather this weekend so I did lots of washing and line drying. Unfortunately I have lots to iron now.

WIP Wednesday - Swim bag 2

 As I explained earlier Daughter 2 now NEEDS a swim bag. She does not have swimming lessons right now.

 So four rectangles were cut. 50cm by 40cm.

 

 This is how far I have gotten. The grey cord I had in mind for the bag was rejected. It needs to be white. Bag can wait  because Daughter 2 wants to make Paverlova. (I know it's Pavlova but she pronounces it with an er in the middle)

Meringue is waiting for the whipped cream and berries. Shame that husband doesn't like it. More for us. 

Other WIPs:

Goth Quilt finish quilting and bind.

Scrappy trips sew together the last 6 blocks 

Blue green quilt still needs basting and quilting. 

I am hoping to do some scrappy trip blocks after daughters are in bed. Tomorrow I am going to a cosmetics party (think tuppa ware but then different), so probably won't get a chance then. 

Linking to Freshly Pieced's WIP Wednesday. 

Swimming Lessons

Swimming lessons can commence again. The eldest daughter has a new swim bag. I should maybe not have given her free choice of the fabric cupboard. Daughter 1 chose a rather nice Cath Kidston fabric I was saving. Not sure for what I was saving it but I was. It was a remnant according to the Cath Kidston shop. I don't call 1.4m by 1.7m a remnant but seeing as they were selling it for £5/metre I didn't argue.
I added a waterproof lining, reused the cords of the old bag and hey presto.

 I think some photos of the making process might have been helpful. But don't fear she also needs a new PE bag (Hello Kitty is so "Infants") and daughter 2 needs a swim bag and a PE bag because obviously there can be no bias.

The eyelets presented a small problem. Above is exhibit A. I blame the pictorial instructions on the back. I believe Pym could have done a better job. 

As you can see the eyelets were inserted successfully in the end.

More drawstring bags soon.

Goth quilt - update

 No Friday Finish today. I deiced to use some child free time to baste the Goth Quilt. I even started quilting.

So far I am pleased with the Quilter's dream green wadding. It seems to handle well and not too much fluff. It's warm here today, so I have given up quilting for now. At 20C being under a quilt can leave you feeling quite flushed.