Did You See My Quilt? British Patchwork & Quilting Mag: Aug 2015

It's just one little photo on page 60 but it's long awaited and I'm excited to have a pic of my 'Daddy's Little Girl' quilt included in the August edition of the British Patchwork & Quilting magazine.

Back in January 2013 I pattern tested a sampler quilt for my bloggy friend Sarah of Quilt Candy.  She was writing the pattern for a magazine so I couldn't share much info with you about the quilt but the months went by with no news about the magazine article and in January 2014 Sarah gave me the go ahead to share my photos with you - you can read that blog post and find out more about the fabrics here.

Fast forward two years and seven months from when I made the quilt and I've just found out a photo of my version of the quilt is included in the August 2015 issue of British Patchwork & Quilting magazine.

Here's a sneak peek of how the magazine page looks - Sarah's is the summery lilac Kaffe Fassett version on the left and mine's the wintery red French General quilt on the right.

I love seeing mine and Sarah's quilts side by side in print though separated by thousands of miles in reality!!!

If you'd like to make your own version of the Building Blocks Sampler the project pattern is featured over three issues of British Patchwork & Quilting - June / July / August 2015 (issue #257/258/259) - copies available here.

Note to Mum: Can you drop in W H Smith and see if they've got a copy - it's available from 17 July?  I promise I don't mind if you show the pic of my quilt to whoever's on the checkout and tell them you're my Mum.  If you're going to take it to the club to show Eileen and Jean and to bowling to show to Joan and everyone there and to lunch with Nellie, Rita, Joan and Eileen on Monday send them all my love but maybe think about getting your own copy too ;D Love you xxx

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Finger Pin Cushion Tute

Towards the end of September, I got together with Susie, my friends, Ivete and Andrea, owners of the brand new online fabric store Gotham Quilts - (if you haven't visited their website, I highly recommend you head over there, as soon as you've finished reading this of course!) and Nancy to celebrate Nancy's birthday. Anyone who frequents The City Quilter knows Nancy - she's the store's resident fabric guru, doll maker and felting genius; in fact, there's not much that's crafty she's not a guru on!

Here's a pic of me with Nancy at Rhinebeck New York State Sheep and Wool Festival enjoying apple pie!

We decided we'd all make handmade gifts for Nancy, and I came up with the idea of making 3 small items using some of the French General Petite Odile fabric I had left from making my Daddy's Little Girl sampler quilt.

So, I made a tiny fabric pot using my own Stacking Basket tute;

I trimmed a hand towel with this fussy cut section of Petite Odile fabric - don't you just love the vintage costumes and toys? and

I made this finger-pin cushion.

Nancy loved her gifts, especially the finger pin cushion - in fact, everyone loved the finger pin cushion, so I wanted to share how to make one; they're sooooo easy - like 15 mins max!

Finger Pin Cushion Tute

• 1 x 4.5" fabric square

• Right sides together fold in half diagonally.

• Using a 1/4" seam stitch along two raw edges leaving a small gap for turning and stuffing.

• Turn and stuff and hand stitch gap closed.

• Pull the two longest points round to meet each other and overlap slightly - good to try on your finger at this point to see how far to overlap these two points. You can custom make a perfect fit though it's not essential, it can be a kind of 'one size fits most' project.

• Hand stitch overlapped points into place.

Go on, make a whole bunch, and see if you get the 'I have to have one' reaction I did!

Happy Birthday, Nancy :D

I also made another one - small prints are so cute on these finger pincushions. You can see more pics here.

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'Daddy's Little Girl' - A French General Sampler Quilt

Exactly one year ago I made a quilt and for one reason and another never blogged about it - so finally here it is:

my Daddy's Little Girl sampler quilt

Lots of pics, the usual specs but no words.

 

Quilt top fabrics - Petite Odile by French General Layer Cake for Moda

Quilt back fabrics - La Petite Ecole by French General for Moda

Quilting Thread - Aurifil 50/2 - 2905 Army Green

Finished quilt size - approx 62" x 46"

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