Twinkle twinkle little star...

A little progress on the star quilt.My Mother has finished all her 5 rows already so I need to get my act together…  I just started row 4 tonight.  I also better plan a visit to Sweden soon so we can combine the rows and begin planning the next step. As usual I’m without a plan on what to do next at this point. Not so good – need to change that.

The last stitch...

Finally finished… It turned out just perfect I think. The colors are so intense and the linen/cotton combination gives it a little edge. What I’m most happy about is the quilting though. I made a pattern – like a real pattern - wohoo.  Hopefully that will encourage me to take a step further next time…  freehand quilting. I fret about that and raw edge appliqué.

Top piece quilting

Normally I just do straight lines ‘cause that all I can do… But I decided after much inspiration from all the lovely projects I see online than I needed to challenge myself with the actual quilting.

I was too much of a coward to attempt free-hand quilting, so I decided to frame the squares with ‘stitch-in-the-ditch’ and then make cross-cross pattern in the other areas. And not to blow my own trumpet or anything but….. I LOVE IT.

I have A LOT to learn still but making a pattern is so much fun and makes the quilt even more special.  This morning it was just a quilt but now it is my very special quilt. The creativity process is amazing.

Rather than using a pen to do the markings I tried the Hera marker for the first time– and it works perfectly so far.

The pictures below are from tonight and although perhaps a bit premature because the quilt is not done… and the pictures are of poor quality… and because the quilt could use a bit of pressing… and because of a thousand other reasons I ought to wait until the quilt was all done and nicely made up. But I cant wait - I’m just way to exited

Half square triangeles almost done...

We had a national holiday on Friday – I could so easily get used to 3-days weekends.

Besides tons of activities with the family and with sports there has also been some progress on the quilts. Mostly the half square quilt though. I'm busy quilting it and loving it more and more.

I used a lot from my stash on this quilt - it's a sports in its own. The turquise border is from the Kaffe Fasset dot-to-dot I did recently . The linnen is another left-over from way back and I think the linnen-cotton combination is nice. It looks good with the quilt fabric and linnen. And the best part is it becomes really soft after a couple of washes

Inspiration guaranteed…

I am so looking forward to a quiet moment...

Half square triangles update

I now have 9 blocks of half square triangles and will make more blocks for sure as there are no babies to give it to at this point. And to be honest I love the colors so much I wouldn't mind to keep it myself.

The plan forward is a bit diffuse though so I have no idea what it will end up looking like in the end. Could be a border of appliqué to soften it up a bit or it could be just more squares. Still considering different options and will most likely find inspiration in all the lovely pictures posted this week from the Market.

So little time, so little progress...

Spring is here - it's been varm almost like summer and the weather has been too good to stay inside. And a new job on top of that. That my excuse anyway. Fact is that my Mom is way ahead of me at this point. Not that I'm competitive or anything like that  ;) She just started at row 4 while I'm still finishing up the second row. I saw her progress on Skype a few days ago and it is beginning to look like a blanket.  Love it.