too late

I was too late finishing this to call it a 2018 finish.

But here it is:

It is based on a Red Wagon pattern which I "customised"

The flip-side.

This is a remake of one of my very first quilts and the owner of that has claimed this.

After the usual round of social media and public exposure.

Cheers for 2019 

and here's to lots more blogging.

In one piece

Have you seen me on Instagram?

If so you would have seen that the house quilt is in one piece.

It's quite big so hard to get a good photo.

Maybe an uncropped one is better.

Look at that ironing board:

only just ironed the quilt.

 

I thought these colours might suit this post...

I went for a walk in the bush the other day in preparation for next BIG walk.

Who thought I would see an echidna just on the path!

And the bush is own kind of dramatic.

 

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A word on the roof

The instructions for this pattern read:

cut and piece 59 houses.

I guess back then we made templates.

At first I thought the roof and sky would be "flying geese".

But it turned out to be a bit more complicated.

You could just make photocopies and foundation piece

or

play with the maths as I have done 

 I have added a bit of extra and cut out 2 rectangles (4 1/2" x 5 1/2")

Placed wrong sides together and cut diagonally.

That way I ended up a piece and its reverse for either side.

And then I trimmed to the pattern measurements.

If you are as keen as me to have some of these old books here is a good source

and keep in touch if you have decided to make one of these.

Unplanned

It was unplanned that my two ideas would collide like this.

I realise that it was in remaking this quilt that I had

Linda Brannock, Jan Patek and Gerry Kimmel on my mind.

 

I am making progress on my houses quilt

so much so it has out grown the design wall,

that is, the quilt on the wall I have been pinning the blocks to.

But when to stop?

Here's the one I did earlier:

About 20 years earlier!

It's on my son's bed and I had to get him to message me a photo.

Just now. Ahh technology.....

It's from this book.

Glad you kept them? I am.

 

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Old favourites

Sometimes I think I'm done with quilting.

What more is there I want to do?

And people say to you:

"And how many quilts do you have now?"

And then you stumble on a new blog like this one

and I am back at the beginning looking at all the quilts that got me started.

And I am getting started.

Again.

This is my first finish for 2016.

It's from this book by Linda Brannock and Gerry Kimmel

dated 1992.

I have used fabric from the stash for the back

and I'm liking it more and more.

The current project is also from one of these old books.

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