Quilt Tops at the ready!!

After a stressful day at work yesterday, I resolved to do no work today - just stuff for me. And of course that always has to involve crafting. And all my preparation for the quilts has paid off today!!

So, the strips I shared last time have been sewn together with long strips of sashing, and voila!! Two bed throw quilt toppers. Have to say, though, that I put on on the bed and it's come up a little smaller than I had planned - and that's before any quilting which will cause is to shrink a little more! But.... it will do the job of co-ordinating with our feature wall, AND protect the quilt when Molly comes up for a cuddle when we're chilling out!!

The next job is to baste these to the wadding and backing. I have chosen some plain fleece fabric as the backing, as we have always had fleece blankets on the bed to protect them before. I may regret it when I start quilting as it will be a little thick and bulky to move through the machine!! I may have second thoughts and just back it with more sheeting, and edge the fleece to use separately!! Decisions, decisions.....

Take care,

Cxxxx

Quilt Progress!!

It's been a busy half term, but I managed to find some time to do a bit more work on my quilts. So, now I have 10 strips (5 per quilt) ready to sew together for the quilt tops.

And this is where it all gets very big and unwieldy - and I wish I had tried to learn how to quilt as you go!! Ah well. Watch this space!!

Cxxx

Noah's Ark 2 by 2

Our family has been expanding in the past few years, and it means I am now getting to make some cards for the little ones. This one is for my great nephew who was two this  past week.

The topper is a Hunkydory Pick and Mix called Animals on the Ark - the whole two by two thing seemed appropriate for a 2nd birthday!! I teamed this with gold mirror card, orange Core'dinations card, Kanban Parcel Paper background card and some really old yellow Papermania stars paper.

The number is cut using Diamond Press Block Numbers, and the letters with Die'sire Kinetic alphabet.

I have to admit that this started out as a 6x6 card. But I stuck everything on the wrong way, so had to put it onto a 7x7 instead, and add the pearls. You wouldn't have known if I hadn't told you!!

Take care,

Cxxx 

Bright and Cheerful Valentine

A couple of days late, but have finally got round to sharing the Valentine Card made for my other half. Was in a bold mood when I made it - hence the lime green with the red - very striking!! Not really sure what my OH made of it - he's always far too polite to say!! 

The red card us from Papermill - always my absolute favourite red card and I always have a supply in my stash. The lime green is Centura Pearl Trends, and the patterned paper is from an old Works paper pad. 

The decorative part is cut from an old Crafter's Companion A6 Create a Card die called Adore, the waste of which created the red heart embellishments, and the fancy red heart. The other large hearts are Crafter's Companion Stitched Edge heart dies, which the "I love you" and the string of green hearts are Diamond Press dies.

Take care,

Cxxx

Blocks and Sashing!

Have had a little time to finish prepping all the bits for my bed throw quilts. The sewn Crafter's Companion Country Yard strips have been cut into the large blocks, and the sashing cut from a flat bed sheet to make sure it co-ordinates with the bedding.

Love my True Cut Rulers for cutting the blocks, but have a pretty naff rotary cutter at the moment. I broke my True Cut one ages ago, and was in desperate need so had to buy my current one out of necessity. But think it might be time to invest in a new one.

Next step will be to assemble to quilt tops. Can't decide whether to do one at a time, or both together. Mmmmm - things to ponder.

Cxxx

Not a football in sight!!

After my last post about football card, I thought I should do something different for my stepson's birthday - even though he's partial to a bit of football.

It's not the best of photos as I was in a bit of a hurry when I took it, but I wanted to show that the topper extends off the top of the card. The topper is from Create and Craft's Birthday Celebrations - a really old "Get the Nation Crafting" set, with silver mirror card, and orange, black and a textured cream card from my stash.  I used some little black pearls to emphasise the corners. It was all mounted onto a plain white 6x6 card blank. 

Take care,

Cxxx