Friday update

Thisafternoon just the 3 of us (L and L) at my place.  I got stuck into finishing the cutting out for a scrap quilt I started a year ago.

3 diamonds for each tumbling block times 81 blocks equals... a lot of little pieces of fabric! Nine rows of nine or 10 rows of 8 - I haven't decided yet.  Plenty of time to think about it as this quilt will be hand stitched.

There's something wonderfully tactile about a pile of fabric cut and stacked neatly and ready to be stitched together.

Memories of Summer quilt

I was reminded today that I hadn't posted a photo of this quilt finished.  I made it for my sister and brother and law for their wedding.  I gave it to them last Christmas.  Over a year late!

The finished size was 207 x 207 which covered my queen-size bed nicely but in the end was much bigger than I anticipated.  I used a pattern called 'Memories of Summer' by Suzanne Lyle.  I purchased the pattern from Ballarat Patchwork a couple of years ago.  The fabric was purchased at GJs in Brunswick.

The overall quilting design of butterflies was done by Lucy Thompson of Lasting Creations.
I enjoyed putting the blocks together but they were a little trickier to piece than anticipated because of the small squares and narrow rectangles.  The strong geometric lines and large central pieces make it a good quilt to make from fabric with a large print.  Easy to make smaller by only making as many blocks as you need.