Jennie's Threads

Back in early 2017 I made ten blocks from the Quilters Planner. I shrunk the original 12" patterns to 6" and used an orange rose print from Floral Garden by Chloe's Closet for Moda as my colour inspiration. But I only made 10 blocks - and at 6" each they weren't going to make a quilt no matter how much "neutral space" I added, so they have just sat in a box for the last two years. Last weekend I decided it was about time to do something with them. I set myself a bit of a challenge and within 24 hours I had four finished items: An Open Wide zipper pouch - nice and large. I used the tutorial by Noodlehead to insert the zip, but the panels are a bit bigger than her pattern - 12" x 9". That used four of the blocks (two on each side). The lining is the leftovers from a duvet I used as quilt back over a year ago - it was the perfect green! Two Speedy Vinyl Pouches using a recent pattern from Aneela Hoey. I made the large size from th...

As you may be aware, I'm a bit of a sucker for a quilt along. Don't say a word, Helen (@Archiewonderdog). Well Angie (@gnomeangel) has been rabble-rousing again and is leading us in #52weekswiththequiltersplanner quilt along. The quilters planner is a truly beautifully designed planner with space for everything - and quilting. It is a lovely, ring bound planner with some really nice quilt designs, a weekly block and free motion quilting design, inspirational quotes, and useful information. The dowside is that I don't need it as a planer as I have a very comfy bullet journal type system that I've used for a few years. And as such, I'm slightly uncomfortable that I spent a lot of money to get it from the States. I'll get over it! And the pretty blocks I've made so far are definitely helping. We're four weeks into the year and thus four blocks in. This is "unnamed": I confess I didn't really have a plan when I started. I had picked up ...