Chubby Granny Churndash!

Working title for my granny side churndash!


When I showed you this granny top which was too small to match up with the 9-patch churndashes top I made last year I got all sorts of suggestions for making it bigger so they could fit back to back!  

Including two suggestions from the lovely Hadley - well I have to say I loved the second one as I had been thinking along the same lines myself !   That was to make the granny square blocks the centre of a really big churndash...


I have now completed the giant churndash and basted my quilt tops together!  You know me two quilt tops are definitely better than one!  And my next question was how to quilt it??  Always a bit tricky when the quilt tops are so different!


Well after a little pondering I decided to go with the traditional overall pattern of clamshells!   I saw this pattern when reviewing Carolyn Forster's book  Utility Quilting.  But should I machine quilt, hand quilt - traditionally or with cotton perle?


Here is a sneaky peek of what it looks like so far hand quilted with cotton perle!

Do you approve!?  


I have done a little bit now but am waiting to see whether I like it or not yet!


The jury is out at the moment!  I need to see a bit more before I know if it is working or not!

UFO on the go!

Ok you know what is on my list of UnFinished Objects or UFOs!  If not please look on my updated UFO page!


You may know that I am very tempted to start all sorts of new projects before I have even finished those UFOs - I am weak willed and quite frankly that's how I got into this pickle in the first place!


You may even know that I am trying to resist it!  Swoon for instance has been calling to me for ages....


Well I have started a Sibling Together quilt - that was new!  


How could I resist Lynne's call to arms and Katy's offer of that Riley Blake Jelly Roll - by the way I have just bought some white Makower fabric at £6.99 per m to piece a back for that one along with a meagre sprinkling of the left over Riley Blake!   That is for a good cause so that does not count - in my opinion!








Now what I have been sewing could be called new...I guess if you were very strict and harsh.....  but on the other hand it could be called old - it could be called helping to finish of a UFO


This one...

It is on my list ....I just didn't think I was going to get around to it this quarter.  You see the poor thing is backless and I rarely just put a bit of yardage on the back so....




I had some left over thirties repro fabric and some Kona Snow crying out to be cut into these

Sewn into these

And cut again into these

So you see this cannot count as a new project can it!  Can it??  Oh dear  I may need professional help....quiltmaker's addiction - my name is Nicky I cannot stop making quilts!

PS If you like this pattern and want to make your own quilt then Jolene's great tutorial is here!  And if you are making some blocks why not make a few extra for Trudi who is collecting them to make a quilt ....or two? ....for Quilts for Siblings Together - her flickr thread is here!

Not heard about Quilts for Siblings Together?  Then please do help, join in and read about it here chez Lynne at Lily's Quilts!

FWQ 18 blocks!

I forgot to do my Farmer's Wife blocks last week so I am playing catch up here.


I have done three blocks to get up to the correct number - I had also done three blocks two weeks ago.  So I have a total of 18 blocks.


After all those Spool and Churndash blocks my first two blocks were an obvious choice

Then I did a block I have always had a great affection for - the Friendship Star!

And here are the eighteen blocks together..

Has anyone thought of how they are setting their blocks?  I know they are on point but I haven't really thought about my sashing yet.  I will think about that this week - perhaps the very lovely Kona snow will help calm down my patterns and lift some of those darker colours....!




Nicky

Churndash nine!

Previously I showed you a quarter of a quilt which I had made, inspired by a quilt by Julie from juliekquilts.

I have worked a bit more on this one yesterday evening and this is how far I managed to get

And here is Emily - she just couldn't help herself but get involved!  Isn't she pretty and nonchalant looking?  

Who would have thought she had just been racing backwards and forwards, and ended up running up this tree? 

But back to the quilt....

I really like it but wonder what to do next? 

Border or no border?  Julie's quilt had a four patch and outer plain border. 

At the moment I am thinking another narrow sashing all the way around but I don't think I have enough thirties fabric so it will have to be a solid fabric instead - I'm thinking red.  The tiny cornerstones can still be in thirties fabric and will help to finish my last scraps off.  Then possibly a white border ....and then?  Binding? Another border? Or I'm tempted to just go straight to binding in red now?

I'm not sure yet...thinking caps on girls what is your advice?

Nicky

measurements

block size 14" square  finished size

top size 59" square 

fabric

thirties jelly roll

kona snow and peridot

previous posts
http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-nine-patches-and-those-churn-dash.html
http://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-orphan-blocks.html


inspiration
juliekquilts

More Nine Patches and those Churn Dash blocks!

Well I did make a few more of those nine-patches

Here are 12 blocks out of 16 which will make a 4x4 layout.  






Using the other four nine patches I completed 4 churn dash blocks to try out my solids choices against the thirties fabric.   Unlike Julie's quilt I am using the same solids for each Churn Dash.  

And then I added a thin sashing strip with contrasting cornerstone in the same fabrics as the ninepatches.  So far I am liking it!  

I was not sure of the size of Julie's nine patches but I am sure mine are giant-sized compared to hers.  No little lap quilt this after all!  This is one-quarter of the quilt top unless I add a border too.

But I cannot finish without getting more of those solid fabrics - back to Mandy at Simply Solids then...

Nicky




Measurements
block size  14.5" square
quarter quilt size 30" square 
projected quilt size 60" square



Solids are Kona Peridot and Snow from Mandy at Simply Solids
Inspiration from Juliekquilts



Related post More orphan blocks!