I am pleased that I decided to use my older fabrics in this quilt they certainly give a softer old-fashoned feel.
Showing posts with label Pineapple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pineapple. Show all posts
Monday, July 1, 2013
Pineapple Passion
Well I am still working slowly away on my pineapple which I posted about a few weeks ago - my progress has been slow due to hand surgery, but below five more blocks pinned to my design wall, not very straight I'm afraid, hopefully get on with number six today and then sew them up, that will make two sets of six and I will do QAYG six blocks at a time, I certainly can't tackle quilting a large quilt. I hope to put this in the city Guild show in November - fingers crossed. Still not decided how large it should be !!
I am pleased that I decided to use my older fabrics in this quilt they certainly give a softer old-fashoned feel.
I am pleased that I decided to use my older fabrics in this quilt they certainly give a softer old-fashoned feel.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Pineapple Passion
Hi all - following an email to Brenda a little while ago she very kindly sent me an invitation to join the group. I love string quilts and follow a couple of blogs where string quilts are the focus. I haven't been able to start a new string quilt at the moment because of hand problems (having hand surgery next week) but as I explained to Brenda I have been working on a Pineapple quilt and she was happy for me to post this. This quilt will be nine blocks across and nine down and I sometimes wonder whether I should have gone smaller!!
I am putting it together six blocks at a time and deciding as I go along how to quilt it! More blocks are pieced waiting to stitched into sets of six, think it has taken me longer to work on this one as I am using heaps of strips from my stash of older fabrics, some 20years old, and the colours are softer than I like to use, I love brights and am a collector of Kaffe Fasset and company fabrics (in addition to heaps of other fabrics of course) but just had to use some of the stash from my early days of quilting. There were more black florals in my stash than I had realised so they are forming my borders.
Looking forward to being a part of the group and have ideas for making more quilts with strings when I have full use of my hand again, which I hope will only be a matter of three or four weeks. Looking forward to reading all the posts while I am out of action!
I am putting it together six blocks at a time and deciding as I go along how to quilt it! More blocks are pieced waiting to stitched into sets of six, think it has taken me longer to work on this one as I am using heaps of strips from my stash of older fabrics, some 20years old, and the colours are softer than I like to use, I love brights and am a collector of Kaffe Fasset and company fabrics (in addition to heaps of other fabrics of course) but just had to use some of the stash from my early days of quilting. There were more black florals in my stash than I had realised so they are forming my borders.
Looking forward to being a part of the group and have ideas for making more quilts with strings when I have full use of my hand again, which I hope will only be a matter of three or four weeks. Looking forward to reading all the posts while I am out of action!
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