This is four table runners ...

Obviously this is not four table runners! It is actually four finishes combined from my FAL Q4 proposed finishes numbers 7,8,9,10 to be precise. Well i was going to make four table runners but then when i got down to it, i had this gorgeous pink paisley pattern fabric that went so well with the charm packs. But i couldnt use it up in just one table runner, so i thought and i thunk and then came up with this! I also needed something bright and cheery to keep my spirits up and boy did this one do the trick! So i dont know if its elgible as it is changed so much from the origianl proposal but hey its the taking part that counts! And this will go to siblings together which makes me happy.

Jenny Haynes, Pappersaxsten quilt top

OK, i may have gone at Q4 with a vengeance! Yep another finish from the FAL Q4 list number 2 to be precise. This was from the workshop the EMQG ladies did with the rather lovely Jenny Haynes @pappersaxsten i chose to make the sunflower cot quilt

I had quite a bit of Heather Ross fabrics left over from a baby quilt i made earlier this year, so i threw in some sheep and unicorn greys for the center.

Those wee dancing ballerinas are ace arent they!

Annnnnnnd just enough IKEA pink polka dot for the back and binding.

Twisted snowball with Zen chic True Blue

Q4 has been pretty epic! Another finish from my list!! Number 12 to be precise, it was a last minute addition but i got cracking with this at the Thistle Patch retreat. It was such a quick and easy pattern from Pam and Nicky Lintott, snowball with a twist. I so wanted to use up my zen chic True blue layer cake, i adore the effect. Its been really really grim trying to get pictures in the grey Scottish winter so this is the best i could do!

I used up some meterage of camper van fabric, fun and cheerful. This one will either go to Social Bite quitl drive by Jo Avery or Project Linus.

Using up precious scraps

It's done!! Number four on my proposed finishes for Q4 I had some quite substantial scraps left from my Petra Prins quilt. There was a sweet cross pattern from a schnibbles pattern book and hey presto we have a sweet wee quilt.

I even backed it with Liberty thanks to my huge stash of cheap seconds! I like it.

A month in the country BOM

Oh the force has been strong with this quilter in Q4! Finish of number 11 on my Q4 list this has been a year in the making. The month in the country BOM from Todays Quilter by the rather talented Jo Avery (shes a chum you know :-) i get hugs :-) ) I loved making this, i had a load of animal themed fat quarters, sadly the fair trade fabric shop closed down, i got loads in their sale. It did feature applique which im not terribly great at any more with my stiff wonky old fingers. I just machine appliqued what i could. I do love it, nice and bright. Here is some work in progress:

And here is the finished quilt! Please note that the block second row far left is four small snowflakes. They are waaaaaaaay smaller than they should be as i forgot the “enlarge by 200%”instruction! 

Royal wedding fabric

Well I am most definitely not a royalist! But this fabric was so pretty I just had to buy this commemorative fabric for William and Kates wedding 

I have a lovely chum who is a huge Royalist so I wanted to make her some things for her birthday 

I had forgotten how much I hated sewing the binding on a zip up tray 🙄 but otherwise it's a great pattern

I made a small table topper too

Perfect to hold a wee  bottle!

 

First finish! FAL Q4

You know that thing when you are scrolling through your photos and you realise you did your first finish of Q4 and hadnt noticed!!! Yup - that.

 

No.3 on my list for Q4 was to make a mini sewing machine in liberty, i did this as my entry for the mini competition at the last Gartmore retreat.

Gertie the Gartmore sheep approves 😀 first tick for Q4

2nd greek cross quilt

Phew! I didn't think I would get this one ticked off my FAL Q2 list but I did! I didn't stress about the quilting just straight squiggly across and down.
I had been given enough of these blocks from the lovely ladies of the siblings together quilt bee to make a second quilt top, I just needed a few more blocks to complete it. After raiding my stash of blues I got it finished ....ermmmm 10 minutes ago!
squeaking in for the linky party.

Petra prins Dutch quilt

Another quite massive tick off the FAL Q2 list!! When we had a trip to Amsterdam last year I had a trip to the Petra Prins shop. I have always loved her reproduction dutch fabric. The yellows and purples and dusky pinks just sing to me!

I wanted to make a quilt from one of her books, unfortunately I developed joint problems and was slightly daunted by the gazillion and one HSTs ..... plus all the rotary cutting.

Never fear, the fiskars rotary cutter guillotine thingy is perfect as is the clingy thing, clearly perfect angles. I only had to trim about 2 out of every dozen triangles I made and I think that was because I hadn't been too accurate in the initial cutting - sorted!

The original center of the quilt was hand appliqued, well that is out for me, my shonky old joints couldn't cope so I found this foundation paper pieced pattern by Lynne Goldsworthy, perfect!

I took it up to a quilting retreat up in Cullen and got cracking, the finished quilt is on its way to siblings together.

Liberty hexies

More ticks on the FAL Q2 list!The stitchgathering always has such great goody bags, and in 2015 the lovely Duck Egg Threads gave us this pack of Liberty hexies. I had grand ideas of adding to them and making a bigger thing but my wonky old hands have put an end to my hand sewing. So I decided to use these up. I make four flowers from them and thought they would be fab on the back of my Christine kitchen quilt along Liberty quilt.

Liberty on Lecien, ahhhh match made in heaven.

Fussy cut quilt

Another tick on the FAL Q2 list! Next up in my insane rush to get all posts done for the next FAL linky is the fussy cut quilt. I've been in this swap for a gazillion years, lovely swap. At the end of each year I take the 12x12 blocks and put them together for a linus quilt. So here it is backed in snuggle fleece all bright and perky ready for new home.

Heart quilt

First finish!! Phew! I was under pressure with this one, it was for the first granddaughter of a lovely lady from the Rural. The pattern is from two for one jelly rolls by Pam and Nicky Lintott, I loved making it even though I had to do some major reconstructive surgery on it ...

Whoah yea I had to take out a corner triangle after it had been quilted, I got slap happy with the seam ripper ...

Never mind, it's done, the rural lady is over the moon with it and I can tick tick tick it off my FAL Q2 list!

 

Seahorse

   

Done! I adore this! Such fun. I blogged last year about the fab weekend we spent with the lovely Juliet, @tartankiwi. My sooper lovely chum Ruth and I decided to both make the seahorse pattern at our quilt guild annual retreat to Gartmore.

I chose Lace Mountain by Zandra Rhodes for my fabrics, Ruth had some gorgeous batiks.

I loved the pattern. Such good instructions.

Here is a Frankenstein mash up of our two quilts in progress. Ruth's head and my body!

Some more progress shots of mine.

Ruth loved the pattern so much she bought the small version too!

Adorable!

My top says hello to Ruth's baby seahorse!

Fab fun, great pattern, happy memories

Greek cross, final finish for FAL Q1 !

My very patient and rather lovely husband Mark (known affectionately as Scoobs because he does a great Scooby Doo impersonation) is displaying my final finish for Q 1 of the 2017 FAL, this is my Greek Cross quilt from the FALQ1 list 

 I am in a lovely bee for siblings together and December was my month, I have this idea of doing a quilt to commemorate ever holiday I go on. I have wanted one to remember my trip to Athens a few years ago. I will never forget going up to the Acropolis on a beautiful sunny day and see it in all its splendour. 

What really struck me was the gorgeous blue sky and the creamy marble. It was a mental hop skip and jump to putting together a Greek cross block in creams and blues.

Here are mine:

The lovely ladies from my bee and some other IG chums who weren't sent me a ton of blocks to put together.

Which gave me more than enough for one, so I might have to add a second one to my Q2 list!!