Monty the Monster - Finishing Stuff

Hi Peeps!

So as I mentioned last time, I have become the proud owner of a new to me Gamill Statler Longarm quilting machine named Monty. You can have a quick squiz at him here or just have a trawl through my Insta feed.

As a result I am getting a craaaazzzy amount of WIPS finished while I learn how to manipulate him and the quilting programme...it's awesome...and totally blowing my mind. But the one thing I didn't realise was how heavy the unfinished tops were laying on my shoulders??

Like this one...all the heart eyes here...I love it sooo much!

I accidentally made it while tidying up my sewing room......you know how it goes...found a cute pattern, saw a cute pile of fabric...stopped everything else to sew it up immediately like a woman possessed....siiighhh...life of a fabric hoarder/quilter LOL

And then I got Monty and he made this little quilts wishes come true and turned her into a beautiful swan.

I really want to keep it but I've made a pile of Quilts for a local charity that rehouses children into new families and the others like this one I am listing them in my Etsy shop....so I don't drown in quilts.

I've bound it with a coordinating Annabel Wrigley print from the front, the line is Daisy Chain if you're curious and backed it with a vintage pastel striped sheet...super cute and soft.

The sheet has a slight rust mark that I didn't notice despite pre washing but I'm confident it will fade over time. When using vintage sheets as backings I'm happy with the odd mark and/or stain ( as long as it's not blood ) for the sake of being able to recycle. The textile industry has a lot of responsibility on it's shoulders when it comes to polluting our planet.... I think :(

Talk soon Peeps xx

January's Flying By - Finished Flimsy's

So it's finally happened...I'm on the last weekend of my holiday...aaaagh!

I took an extra week this year due to Little OWB being in school and their term doesn't start until February!!!.....man I wish I was 5 again!!

But nonetheless it has zoomed by, I do not remotely feel ready to get back to the working week...... how am I going to get both of us out the door on time for a start???

Boohoo say those of you who have been working already for the last couple of weeks LOL...so let's suck it up buttercup and get to the fabric :)

I have been slowly...read very slowly...trying to sort and tidy my sewing room.

 While going through some patterns and random pieces of paper with scribbles on them? I found a magazine page I'd ripped out with a pattern on it that combined an 8 pointed star block with another...cue the Annabel Wrigley Daisy Chain pile and then I was off! Tidying can always wait LOL

Initially I wanted to mix the prints within the star, but it was late at night and I just wasn't feeling it

Trust me the fabrics are a lot crisper in real life, these are all night shots...sorry.....anyway my answer is always to sleep on it and in the morning I decided to keep the prints together and then I "felt" it.

I'm thrilled with the result and love the shabby chic feel of the gorgeous prints on the Riley Blake Le Creme Dot background....anyone know where I can get some more black dot on cream?? Fat Quarter Shop are all sold out

This little print is my favourite I think

Aaaaand because I started something new and finished it in a few days, I made myself finish a languishing WIP as well....feeling smug LOL

 

It only had a little to go and had stalled because I fell outta love with the colour combo and was unsure about the crossweave blue background

But I love it again and it's such a sweet little quilt that I think will look gorgeous quilted in a matching blue thread....it's good to move outside your colour comfort zone sometimes.

Pattern link is here

So although not completely finished into quilts...yet...I'm feeling pretty productive..yaaay me..does this counteract all the laying about I've done??...which now seems to be not nearly enough!!

Talk soon Peeps ( waving goodbye )

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