August! What a month …

Today I’m linking up to Lily's Quilts and Fresh Sewing Day.

I’ve had quite a busy month … I’ve been sporadically on holiday (yay!) and trying to fit in a load of sewing (double yay!) … as well as celebrating my first blogiversary last week!  (triple yay!)

I put in some long, long, hours of mad improv piecing for my ruby star spring quilt … which is now ready to quilt, despite the interference of the cat!  I’ve tried machine quilting it but my machine just can’t handle all that linen (it has a completely linen back too) it’s too heavy and too slippy and it looks ghastly, so on with the perle cottons it is!  I like a sofa project ;) 

There’s no deadline on this quilt as it’s for ME! (this will be my first full size quilt for me).

I also finished my Pingwheels of My Mind quilt for my goddaughter. using the wonderful Happy Mochi Yum Yum I won over at Lily’sQuilts :

Then I went a bit bonkers barmy for my For The Love of Solids Swap .. I started with fibonacci sequences and then mixed it all up. 

The quilting was even more bonkers … I used 3 bobbins for all that cosmic chaos quilting!  I’m going to sit and bind this tonight …

I’ve also been working on some hexies for the 4x5{modern}bee on flickr:

... and a little bit of test knitting (shhh don’t tell anyone)

with this wonderful linen & some variegated yarn I’ve had for yonks:

What a month! 

And now it’s time to get on with my Bletchley Park Quilt:

... be sure to pop over and support all the lovely people linking up for fresh sewing day …

Pingwheels of My {Happy Mochi Yum Yum} Mind - Finish!

Pingwheels of My {Happy Mochi Yum Yum} Mind - Finish!, a photo by Sarah @ pingsandneedles on Flickr.

Quilted and Bound ... Yay!


This is for my god-daughter Frankie's birthday ...

Finished a week early? Gadzooks!

Pingwheels: Happy Mochi Yum Yum (my giveaway winnings from Lily's Quilts ) & Kona white - The Mochi Yum Yum is just wonderful to sew with. It's soft and supple, yet it completely keeps its shape for HSTs. Lovely stuff!

Sashing: lightweight pale blue 100% linen (slippery little sucker!)

Outer Sashing: white Klona cotton - it's a bit stiffer than the Kona ... keeps its shape better, I think ...

Binding: Happy Mochi Yum Yum

Batting/Wadding: Bamboo blend - This is fantastically soft and light and I thoroughly recommend it. Next quilt I'm going to double it up for even more loft but it's just wonderful.

Pieced Backing: Mochi, linen and bright multi polka dot cotton ...

Hand quilted with Anchor Perle no. 8 in toffee, blue, green and white.

Pieced with: Aurifil 50 netural thread (heavenly!)

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Ha Ha! That was like the credits on a boring movie!

I took it into work to photograph ... the college is a modern building with a huge glazed atrium ... duh!! ... light! Not like my gloomy for photography but not living basement.

The students and staff thought I was a bit mad ... Nothing really new there - When someone asked me what I was doing I told them I was photographing my quilt! And he walked off, nodding his head and muttering "As one does ... as one does ..."

This quilt was a delight to make. I made it up as I went along but I had some form of picture in my mind, of which this is a pretty good representation!

I'm entirely converted to using linen as my main solid. I love the feel of it.

you can see more pics of the process in my flickr set here