29 May, 2014

Siblings Together #3

Lol, I don't post for ages and only with a finish. I've got another little finish but that'll be for a post over the weekend. We've had loads of bank holidays here and school trips, it seems the kids haven't actually had a full week in school for ages. They have yet another day off a week Monday, which i'd forgotten about opps.

Last Sunday was Mothers Day here and after breakfast in bed, flowers, choccies and home made gifts, I cooked up a smashing roast dinner and loaded up my red/white siblings quilt.

This one was originally part of a Valentines round robin, it went all over the USA before coming back to me,
This was my first block, pair of loving siblings :)





It's quite appropriate as my first block was a redwork machine embroidery of two small children
@siblingstogether flimsy. Dd wants it but I think she'll let another little girl have it. Was a round robin project. @lilysquilts that'll be 3 from me this year if I get a move on :)

it sat as a UFO for ages and then I added some borders to make it big enough for a small child quilt.
Feeling my inner @trudi_wood this afternoon red on whitish quilt may have been slightly foolish

I used some magnifico superior threads polyester for both the bobbin and the top thread. I wanted to have a bit of a play with the quilting as it's about time I moved from the swirls and loops.  There are e's and L's, some banana type swirl things, some back and forth rounded bits, some stippling, some loops and swirls and a tiny bit of squarer quilting.
Final @siblings2gether quilt from me this year, labels to go on next. This one is only 48" square but ideal for a smaller child or snuggle quilt. Will blog later but its a round robin project and quilted with @superiorthreads this time round
I only noticed the baggy bit when i took the photo, I didn't want to quilt in the middle as I thought i'd muck it up and you'd notice it too much but the baggy bit isn't as bad as this in real life, well I hope it won't spoil it for a little kid, I'll sew the label on there.  I binded it in some fab Minnie Mouse type white spots on red fabric.
It finishes at 48" square and a perfect size for a little 7 or 8 year old.

My third and final Siblings together quilt for this year and the exciting news, I'm taking it over in person :)  Fat Quarterly have issued some Saturday day tickets and as I'm in UK for only 8 days that was so much better for me, cheaper and no hotel costs :0) although i'm on the 7am train and the 11.30pm one back.  Handing over the quilts and talking to the wonderful founder of the charity was last years highlight for me so i'm hoping she'll be there on Saturday night and not Friday lol...


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5 comments:

  1. Dianne Neale30 May 2014 at 07:37

    Great quilting, and a love finish.

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  2. margaret30 May 2014 at 08:18

    quilt looks good and good for you with all the different quilting. have a good day , I am sure there will be lots of catching up though I do not think many are going from the Leeds MQG this year, they said it is too expensive.

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  3. Annabella30 May 2014 at 10:11

    Three quilts - that's an amazing contribution. This is perfect!

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  4. Pippas quilts30 May 2014 at 15:58

    Quilt looks great. Have a lovely day look foward to seeing the results.

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