Kels SAL

Ta dah!!! Here we go! Finish no 9 for q2 of the finish along, well it’s not the 9th finish but was no 9 on the list. I committed to making 2 quilts this year for the annual Alice Caroline SOS quilt drive, they have a very particular size quite rectangular and long so it’s always good to find a pattern which fits this perfectly. When I saw the Kels pattern by Jenny Haynes, Pappersaxsten I knew it would be perfect! I made 2 of the blocks and that was the perfect size for this quilt.

My Scoobs doing his usual Sterling quilt holding!

Llama down! Llama down!! Poor Lloyd, casualty of the binding phase of the quilt making!

Dignitynrestored!

Making the quilt was great fun, I am not used to using such large pieces of fabric so this was good learning and practice. Jenny had a class which was also good to help with the piecing.

The backing was also liberty , i AMA till using up all the fabric I bought on the trips to stand fast and barracks! Those were such fun trips!

 

This fabric below is a favourite and many folks commented that they liked it too.

Whoops!! Someone was not happy I was using capel 😂😂

 Another fun project and I do love the Alice Caroline sos quilt drive every year, just one more to make for this years drive.

Lovely Lou from flip flop fabric shop!

 Lou from the flip flop fabric shop is super lovely, when I ordered fabric from her she sent along a whole heap of pretty fabric to make charity quilts with, I decided that a simple block layout was best to show off this sea themed fabric. It will head off to Linus very soon! Panda backing from Sarah Edgar pretty fabrics, sent via Trudi Wood.

New England Motel

 Panda backing for the win!! So this is the New England Motel quilt, a fab free pattern from Brimfield Awakening. A great scrap buster, my layout is not the same as the original cos I didn’t read the pattern properly 😂😂 thee should be half hexies at the end of every alternate row which offsets the full hexies. I will definitely do this pattern again so will try the original layout. This was finish no 7 on my finish along list q2. Very happy with it. The panda backing came via Trudi Wood, dontated for charity quilts by Sarah Edgar pretty fabrics and trims.

FAL 2021 Q2!

 and off we go for Q2 of the 2021 FAL, and yes I know I know its not on blogs any more! But I like to have it here too as well as on IG.

No 1 - Blossom Jane, I’m really keen to get cracking on this, I have made good progress but need to make more!

No 4 - yes I know look blogger jumbled up my pictures and I cant be bothered getting them in the right order! So no 4 is a selvage quilt.

No 9 is a liberty he is tile quilt for the Alice Caroline SOS project.

No 5, well when you have super lovely chums who give you fabrics to use for charity quilts it would be roode not to put them on the FAL list! Im still deciding on this one, but a disappearing 9 or 4 patch might be an idea?

no. 6 in the same vein! the lovely Lou from Flip flop fabric shop sent me a jolly bar and a charm pack for charity quilts, so I am happily sewing these together.

No 8 - I have had a pattern for a hexie sewing case for a while and when i get my cataract surgery done i will be able to see to EPP a bit more, and I cant think of better fabric than liberty for that.

no 10 - well there is a smidge of liberty left over from the garden trellis quilt ... yes just a smidge! so it will become another Alice Caroline SOS quilt

No 3, Michael Powell Cross stitch

No 2 - Garden Trellis quilt, all ready to be longarmed!

and thats it, lets see how Q2 goes!