Hearts & Patches Tilda Quilt

I have a particular soft spot for Tilda fabrics.  I love the calming colours and the vintagey feel the ditsy florals and spots evoke.

'Autumn Tree' is a collection that came out last year, and is still available to purchase.

I went with simple 16 patch 'on point' blocks with appliqued hearts for my autumn quilt submission to Pretty Patches magazine.

And they put it on the front cover!  Woohoo!

I definitely think there will be more Tilda quilts in my future!

Happy sewing!

Jude xo

Bee Block Bonanza!

I support 2 charity quilting groups - Bee Blessed and Siblings Together.

This means making different blocks for them each month, which is a non-demanding way of supporting these wonderful causes.

Here is a wee round up of my recent bee blocks.

In Bee Blessed, we were making Woven blocks in pastels for September .....

.... and Wonky Cross blocks in 'male appropriate' colours for October.

In Siblings Together Bee 2 I got to set the block for September, and requested Canvas blocks, in any 2 colour-ways.  Here are what I have received from the other ladies in the bee:

I only need to make 5 more blocks, and after putting it out for consultation (asking a few sewing friends on FB!) it was decided that I should make the remaining blocks in purple, yellow, pink & green!

October's blocks in STB2 are these fabulously scrappy 16" blocks.  These were so much fun to make, because they were scrappy (my fav) and the irregular improv angles meant they were super quick too!

So that's me up-to-date with my bee commitments!

And it's half-way through October already!  So I'll leave you with a few of my recent Autumn pics!

Happy scrunching!

Jude xo