Salty Giant Finished!

Apologies for my absence this week.

It's been quite a week, and one I am looking forward to forgetting. So it is wonderful to finally be able to show you not only some quilting, but a finish!

70" x 70"

You may remember me posting about this quilt top (and back) several months ago.  This will be a class sample for an upcoming one day workshop, based on Jeni's pattern here.

I quilted my Salty Giant (so called because the fabrics used are called 'Salt Air' by Cosmo Cricket) the same way I quilted my Brit bee giant star.

As yet unwashed!

And of course, stripy binding to finish!  Oh how I love stripy binding!

I'm hoping that as this quilt hangs on display in my classroom it will inspire folks to want to spend a fun day making one for themselves.

Giant Star Saturday Workshop (10am - 4pm): 16th November

Looking Back!

Just thought I would show you a couple of quilt backs I've made recently.

This is the back of Salty Giant, a day workshop I will be doing next term based on this tutorial.  I was working from a FQ bundle - 8 were used for the front, and the leftovers and 1 more fq were used for the back, along with some navy yardage.  I kept back the stripy fqs for the binding (love a bit of stripy binding!).

Next up, my Brit Bee '13 (part 2) quilt back:

I was short a few siggys, so thought I would just go ahead and make them myself and get the backing made!

Some of my Brit bee buddies very kindly made me mini blocks with the leftover cuts from the main block.  I love them floating in the back of that vintage sheet!

So these 2 are now basted and added to the growing pile of quilts needing quilted (currently at 6!). 

Can you tell I'm more of a patchworker than a quilter?!

Have a great Wednesday!

Jxo