Silence is golden…

This blog has been awfully quiet eh? Reason being, there has not been much sewing done lately… Hubby and I are in KL for a bit and we’re staying in this service residence which is so small (courtesy of his company) and I don’t even have a suitable place to place my machine and do some sewing…

But that didn’t stop me (*grins*)… a few hours of pain staking back a day and I still manage to make some stuff…

Biggest success so far is an order that came in last Monday (19th September 2011).

Remember The Katie Charm Pack. Well, it went under my scissors and attach them to some beige plain cotton and formed the bellow.

Then, they were arranged to form the Diamond Quilt as below.

Added some sashing to the sides…

But, it was too small… I was told the little princess is 18 months old, and so I figured a little bigger would be better, so I added another row on one of the sides to make it rectangle.

Quilted it…

Close shots on the quilt!

Applied binding on it…

Close shots on the binding…

And finally, made a matching pillow case!

Completed the project after 4 days with 2 working hours each day!

Final details:-
Material: 100% cotton for patchwork, 100% cotton batting, 100% flanel for backing.
Size: 50” x 40”
Price: RM 180.00
SOLD

Colorful Strips!

My Colorful Strip Baby Quilt finished over a week ago but because it was meant as a surprise, I could not post a blog on it until the recipient receives it!

Well, the recipient finally received it early this morning, and I hope the wait was worth it.

As usual, photos are all courtesy of hubby :)

I used the balance of "It's a Hoot" CP purchased few months back... I used up all the pink colored ones for the Diamond Baby Quilt and the balance pieces went through my scissors and ended up as strips and joined together to produce 9 blocks as below.

For the backing, I used cotton with small blue prints.

Well, the recipients (ie. parents) are happy, so let's just hope the little bundle will be too when he receives it... :)

Baby Blue - failure!

I guess due to the extend of the delay, many would have guessed something was not right! Well, to those who did, you got that right!

Baby Blue has been my greatest challenge since I started quilting (not that I have done many)... and I must say, I'm pretty embarrassed at the output...

It was such a challenge and I had to undo the stitches (done on all 3 pieces) a few times and still could not get it right :(

The patchwork was good but somehow quilting was tough... to make things worst, the backing cloth (printed felt) that I purchased was too small and so I had to add cloth at the back, making all the alignment wrong :(

And did I mention how difficult it is to undo stitches on a felt? Boy, that's another challenge!

This Baby Blue was meant for a friends baby, due in May, but I'm so embarrassed at  it that I've decided to make another project for  him... I was so effected by it that I started preparing the quilt last night itself! Baby's due in May and so I really have to hurry!
But the sewing will have to wait as I'm off to Kuching tomorrow, to a remote Aborigine Village to offer some social service... so, till then... adios....

Diamond Baby Quilt - trial #2

So, here goes trial number 2, a baby quilt for a future niece to come :)
Baby's dues in May and being an apprentice to quilting I was worried if it would complete in time but wahlah...  a pink diamond baby quilt with orange yellow borders :)

Hubby really like this piece and even offered to take the pics for me... I used "It's a Hoot" charm pack and selected only the pink pieces (so i needed 2 charm pack to complete this piece)

Instead of the usual cotton backing, I used printed felt cloth (the texture is so soft) and also cotton batting... cotton batting is so much easier to work with compared to the fiber ones... they cost higher but will definitely be my choice of batting from now :)

I also wanted to explore the pattern stitches function on my machine and decided on tiny heart shapes along the side :)

And now, more pics courtesy of hubby...

Next project is also a baby quilt, but this one's for a baby boy... so blue... here I come :)