Jennie's Threads

Rather last minute but here is my ridiculous list for Q3. 1. Round We Go 2. Alison Glass Triangles 3. Marcelle Medallion 4. Summer Sampler 2018 5. Sloths and Unicorns 6. Awesome Ocean 7. Blueberry Park hexies 8. Tula Nova 9. Kittens Around 10. Dachshund Cushion 11. Alphabet Embroidery  

I think it's fair to say that I didn't achieve as much as I had hoped in Quarter 2 of the Finish Along. Various  commitments, and a desire to hand sew rather than machine sew, have meant less time at the sewing machine and as a result, fewer finishes. Though some good progress on my hand-sewing projects has been made. First up, my final finish of the quarter: a hoop I started on a whim last year using a pattern by Louisa at Sew Motion. The pattern uses her signature curved paper piecing, and came together quickly. The ring was then appliqued to the background, and I added some hand quilting and a splash of embroidery. The pink is a Kona Solid (probably Candy Pink), the blue is a shot cotton, and the pineapples are from Art Gallery. The quilting and embroidery is in Finca perle #16. Now for the rest of the quarter: just three other finishes... firstly a quilt for Jess , with lots of cats on it.  The Inside Outside Pouch I had planned using a pattern by Ane...

Back in February, you may recall that I managed to get my hands on a last minute ticket to see Tula Pink at Simply Solids. It was the best day ever .  The morning was a lecture, and the afternoon was a class. During the class we started work on the Tula Nova pattern - I purchased a huge amount of her All Stars fabric line and the Stripes and Pom Poms to go with it, and during the afternoon I made a start on the very centre of the pattern. Over the next few weeks I spent quite a lot of time laying out fabrics on the bed to decide how I wanted it to look. And I won't lie - I also bought quite a bit more fabric! I pieced a few more of the sections and added the next round to the centre I had started. Then it all got laid out again. And I realised that while I loved the centre, it wasn't quite right for where my quilt was heading. I needed something a little more....rainbow!  So I repieced the centre. I have to confess at this point, that I did consider...

Back at the start of the quarters I planned to make an Inside Outside pouch using a pattern by Aneela Hoey so I popped it on my Finish Along list. The problem was, I couldn't decide which fabric to use... so I made two! I didn't get the fussy cutting quite right on either, so the racoon peaks and bird has lost it's beak.... and some of it's head. Whoops! But I love these fabrics, and I love the bright green lining. The finishing, hand-stitching binding on those internal corners was a bit of a bugger, and I really struggled to get it neat. Also, the top-stitching on the binding round the vinyl was mixed - a matching thread, which I didn't have for the racoons, is definitely more forgiving. I hit 1000 followers on Instagram a few months ago, so I did a giveaway for the bird pouch, and I've kept the raccoons. To be in with a chance of winning, I asked people to tell me ideas for new projects - when one's WIP list is dangerously close to dropping...