Jennie's Threads

All of those Trinket Blocks. 138 of them. And 160ish half square traingles. Lots of little 4" squares. And of course that inevitably means that they have to put together... lots and lots of long seams. Commonly known as Jennie's least favourite job. It took me several days and a lot of self-control to not abandon the whole process.... but here it is, my finished Trinket top. I am chuffed to bits that I didn't just follow the pattern - the chequerboard layout it contains is good, but it was so nice to do something original (I don't always have the imagination!). The finished top is 64"x 88". Too big for the backing I chose before I had my layout brainwave. So Asda has kindly provided some fabulous new duvet covers for me to cut up. Now I need to find the energy to baste and quilt it.

You know I'm a sucker for a quilt-along, especially when I already have the pattern. So when Alison Glass announced a quilt-along for her Trinket pattern, I was in! I've had the pattern a while, but it's foundation pieced, which, whilst I can do it, I haven't always enjoyed. This was the push I needed. I had just finished the extra rainbow cushions , so I had all my Alison Glass stash ready and waiting - it was clearly meant to be. The 40 blocks in the pattern are split into groups of ten - here are my first ten - I've made multiples of some of the blocks so I'll have a lap quilt when I'm done - they finish at 4". And the second ten blocks: And you know what - I'm really enjoying the foundation piecing, and it's even pushed me to make progress on a few other foundation piecing projects!

At the end of January I finished my Alison Glass rainbow triangles cushion . It was much admired, as I mentioned at the time. And it just so happens that both my mum and my mother-in-law have February birthdays, so I pulled out all my Alison Glass fabrics. It turns out I have quite a collection... I may have added a few as well. I started cutting triangles for two more cushions. Rather than hand piece, this time the cushions are machine pieced. Machine quilted. Machine finished. As these cushions were rather unplanned, the backs are a bit of a scratch job. I used the grey Diatom print for my Mum's - it's lighter, and she likes light. For Linda's, I pulled out all the dark Stitch fabric I had left - in multiple pieces. It would appear it has come from two different sources as they are slightly different colours.... I decided to use the leftover triangles (all of which were pink and orange), to make a definitive break between the two fabrics and you can't tell t...