Yikes, can you see that? 2011!
The last time I worked on this quilt was around July 2011...that's four years! Four years!
The last time I worked on this quilt was around July 2011...that's four years! Four years!
So I've picked it up again. Why? I hear you ask. For a couple of reasons.
1. Our regular Wednesday Patchwork and Quilting class is on school holiday break and I don't want to work on my Celtic quilt unassisted. (The truth is, Anne is such a wealth of hints I don't want to miss anything she may have to offer if I continue to work on the quilt top on my own.)
1. Our regular Wednesday Patchwork and Quilting class is on school holiday break and I don't want to work on my Celtic quilt unassisted. (The truth is, Anne is such a wealth of hints I don't want to miss anything she may have to offer if I continue to work on the quilt top on my own.)
2. I've lost a project I'm making for my Sister. Can you believe it? I've lost a whole bundle of fabrics with which I've promised to make more cushion covers for my Sister! So in my hunt for the elusive project I unearthed the French General quilt top I have avoided for the past four years.
On closer inspection I realised that there is not much to do to finish off the French General so I've added some sashing and a border.
Layering the quilt and machine quilting will be easy as it's not large, more a single bed topper size. If I'm organised enough I can have it ready for Mum's 82nd birthday in September.
In the meantime, I've made these upbeat drink coasters.
I know...they could also be mug rugs but for some reason I have an aversion to mug rugs, and the person I've made them for is slightly eccentric and I think he probably has an aversion to mug rugs too but I can totally see him using these to place his crystal cut glass scotch whiskey tumbler on.
The graphic fabric is the infill out of a panel of Milvale Quilt Labels. I fussy cut these very carefully as I didn't have much area to play with.
The graphic fabric is the infill out of a panel of Milvale Quilt Labels. I fussy cut these very carefully as I didn't have much area to play with.
The binding is a remnant from my Youngest Son's 21st birthday (Yikes again...in 2008!)quilt which I can't show you as that was before my blogging days.
A few weeks ago, feeling excited about the capabilities of my upgraded sewing machine, I practised applique and free motion quilting on a square of fabric.
I'm always loathe to discard anything and the end result was a very scrappy raggy quilt made with some boring fabric. The end result turned out much nicer than I imagined.
Now, I wonder where I've stashed that fabric?
Have you ever lost a quilting project among your stash? And did you find it? Was it where you expected to find it?
Have you ever lost a quilting project among your stash? And did you find it? Was it where you expected to find it?
Have a happy sewing week.
