Finishers!

I love the excitement of finishing night in class!  Seeing the pleasure and satisfaction on the faces of my ladies as they hold up their finishes - aahhhh, there's nothing like it!

This is my latest beginners class.  There are a few ladies missing, but 6 weeks ago, most of these ladies had never touched a sewing machine before!  Just look at what they've produced!

And all of those cushions have concealed zippers in the back!

Well done ladies! I hope you enjoy many more happy hours of sewing.

And here are the finished (& almost finished) Pixelated Heart Quilts from my Thursday night class.

How stunning are they?  I can't wait to see these beauties displayed at our exhibition on 9/11.  If you fancy making one of these yourself, you can find the pattern here.

My Friday morning class were making Messenger bags, but I haven't got pics of them all yet so will show you their fabulous bags another day!.

Jxo

LPs to Pixels!

Anyone remember LPs and Singles?

If you do, I'm sure you don't remember them looking like this:

This is what my daughter does in her spare time!!

I'm steadily ploughing through my stack of basted quilts all needing quilted. 

Today, I'm showing you Pixelated Heart:

Approx. 68" x 68"

I will be teaching this quilt pattern in September.  It is satisfyingly easy, and you can have great fun experimenting with the values of the background and heart sections, as well as how to quilt it.



I went for condensed wavy lines.  I really like the finished look of this quilting, but be warned - you need to have your quilt really well basted & flat (otherwise you will get fabric drag) and you need to have lots of patience and muscle (quilting in 20+ degree heat not recommended)!  Ask me how I know these things!!!



I backed the quilt using another vintage sheet, leftovers from the same one I used to upcycle the drawers in my sewing room.



So that's another tick off my list!

Now which one shall I do next?

Jxo

Pixelated Heart Quilt Class (6 weeks): Starting Thursday 5th September