Skip to main content

FNSI and another finished quilt top and....




So, yesterday was Friday Night Sew In. I spent the evening working on my Countdown to Christmas quilt - it's a Jelly Roll sampler quilt and I had finished all the blocks and did most of the piecing last weekend. Last night I finished it off by adding the borders and made a start on piecing the back. This morning I worked solidly on the back and finally finished that too. I like it so much it's almost sad to call it the back!

Here's the front
And here's the back (I've had to find a new "glamourous Assistant" as Michael is away for the weekend - thanks Nicola).And now for the most exciting part of my day: I have just been and picked up my brand new Husqvarna Viking sewing machine:

New machine
Sad machine Now I'm off to unpack it and play with it.
Labels:

Comments

barb's creations said…
Love your quilt top and I agree the back is just as good as the front,have fun playing with your new sewing machine :) Barb.
20 November 2011 at 00:01
CaliQuilter said…
Your quilt is darling!! Congrats on that new machine.
20 November 2011 at 03:43
Quilter Kathy said…
You just made a fabulous 2 sided quilt!
20 November 2011 at 13:18
Anonymous said…
Your Christmas quilt is so pretty it deserves to have such a pretty back too. Great FNSI result.

Have fun with your new sewing machine.
20 November 2011 at 21:07
Ellen said…
Lovely Christmas quilt - back and front. Congrats on the new machine...how exciting!
23 November 2011 at 13:17
Wendy said…
Your Christmas quilt is so beautiful, and the back is lovely too. You had a wonderful FNSI.
24 November 2011 at 06:06
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

365 Quilt Challenge 2016 [A finish]

I can't believe I've just typed that heading! When I made the block for January 1st 2016 I could not have imagined the journey this quilt would have taken me on. So make yourselves comfortable and grab a cup of tea, because this blog post may get lengthy! I'd seen the 365 Quilt Challenge on Facebook. I think every quilter on Facebook must have been aware of it. Loads of my friends had signed up and it kept popping up as a "Page you might like" thing. In the end, in November 2015, I joined the group, had a poke round. Decided it wasn't for me. One of the things that really put me off were the fabric requirements: you needed x amount of dark dark fabric, x amount of medium dark fabric, x amount of dark medium, medium, light medium, light, background.... I just couldn't get my head round those requirements. I'd looked at the mock ups on the wesbite and couldn't bring myself to pick a colour. I put it to the back of my mind. But I had obvious...
6 comments
Read more

Tula Nova [A Finish]

I can't believe it's been nearly two years since an epic day out in Huddersfield with the amazing Tula Pink. That day at Simply Solids was pretty close to the best day ever: a morning lecture by Tula where we got to see some of her quilts - and the amazing quilting by Angela Walters - and then an afternoon workshop with her starting work on the Tula Nova pattern. The centre that I made that day became a cushion, but I redid my centre and kept going with a rainbow or stars around it to create my final Tula Nova. All of the print fabrics are Tula All Stars with Pompoms and Stripes. The solids are all Kona. This was my first real time working with Tula Pink fabrics. I'd long been a fan of her patterns, but not her fabric. After this day I was a convert. We won't discuss how much Tula fabric I now have, nor how many of my current WIPs are Tula WIPs! But this was the start. The medallion is all hand pieced using English Paper Piecing. I learned about fussy cutting to...
4 comments
Read more

All the Little Finishes

 I've had a few recent finishes - mostly smaller pieces and mostly not on my list to finish this year (because I've only just started them!) - lots and lots of pouches! Here's a round up... Three pouches I made for the kids for our holiday - all are the Seamingly Sane Pouch pattern, but I used the pattern add-on to adjust the sizes and customised with some straps and in one case, a pocket. These three pouches are made for our work Yubikeys when we travel to protect them - it's a slightly adjusted Aneela Hooey pattern - the peas are an inside joke! I knew I had pea fabric for a reason! A couple more Seamingly Sane pouches - the smaller one was a birthday present for my Dad, and the floral one was for me to protect my diary when I travel. Seven pouches made entirely from my scraps to hold EPP pieces pre sewing! This is the Peekapouch pattern by Sweet Cinnamon Roses. This is the Not So Little Zippy Pouch by Fabric and Flowers. The pattern is a bit of a challenge, but this ...
3 comments
Read more

Labels

Show more

Archive

Show more