Candlewick Quilt in Progress

Candlewick quilt in progress

Today has been a fruitful day as I have started putting the candlewick quilt together and thinking of a border. Two lessons have been sent out to those who have signed up to receive them. Lesson three will be sent out tonight if everything goes to plan.

I am trying to source some black lace so that I can have a go at doing the same quilt layout with black background fabric.

Yesterday was a wet and miserable day with rain just falling down at times. It was good to get home at the end of a long teaching week.

My plans for the weekend are to keep working on the candlewick quilt along and prepare the tutorial for the various quilt as you go techniques you can use for this quilt.
I would love to do a video tutorial but I do not think my husband is up to speed with the camera yet.

I have taken some close up pics of the blocks as they stitch out with just the fabric and batting hooped. You get a lovely puffed up quilted effect and lots of dimension and texture added to your blocks before they are quilted.

I have just sent out the requirements list for my new Candlewick Quilt along. Hopefully the next instalment which will be a quilt as you go tutorial will be sent out over the weekend. I am starting 2 weeks of school holidays starting Friday of next week so the candlewick quilt will be one of the projects I will work on.
If you wish to be a part of the quilt along you can email here to be added to the email list.

New Quilt in Progress- anyone interested in a quilt along?

Candlewick Quilt

Back of quilt as you go block

I started a new quilt this afternoon. It is a candlewick using the new candlewick designs from Kenny Kreations. I have been meaning to make a candlewick quilt for some time and have had the lace and ribbon I intended to use for some time.

This quilt is a similar layout to the Kenny Kreations Royal Reflections quilt but I am putting a new tilt on it , having done the Royal Reflections quilt.The blocks are all on point and the centre ones are combined. I am making this quilt, quilt as you go using a couple of different  easy techniques I have merged together with no hand sewing.

The designs are on special at the moment and if the budget is tight you could do the quilt with just 3 designs with Block 5 being one of them.

I plan to do this quilt as a quilt along so if you want to be a part of it please drop me an email and I will send out instructions as I do them.

Blooming Art Nouveau Quilt-Tutorial uploaded

Blooming Art Nouveau Quilt

The tutorial for the Blooming Art Nouveau quilt can be found HERE. I have included instructions using each of the design sizes. The designs are from Embroidery Library and I have used Moda Ruby fabric.

The Blooming Art Nouveau quilt has already gone to a new home. I have given it one of the office ladies in our school and she was very happy with it.

I have had a busy week coordinating the national testing of literacy and numeracy in our school this week so little time for sewing . I hope to get back to it this weekend but do have lots of maths test papers to mark as well.

Blooming Art Nouveau Quilt finished

Moda Ruby Blooming Art Nouveau

I have just finished stitching on the binding of the Blooming Art Nouveau quilt and thought I would upload a pic before I headed off to school for the day. I will have a tutorial for the quilt construction on the blog in the next day or so and will post a link to it when I have it done.

Christening gown lesson

Lesson 4 Bodice Overlay

I have just out the latest lesson in the christening gown online class. This lesson is the bodice overlay.

My husband has also been keeping a visual diary of the appearance of a lovely little crop of orange toadstools in our front yard under a silver birch tree. Here is just one of the pics and I will add more during the week.