Au Point, Mon Ami!

  

This lap quilt or large cot quilt is one of a set of three cot or lap quilts I made from one jelly roll of 'Mon Ami' by Basic Grey for Moda, using a pattern called To the Point by Amy Gibson.

The quilts are all made with half square triangles that are cut from joined strips of the jelly roll and I quilted this one with randomly spaced wavy lines.

It is one of my goals for the first quarter of the 2017 Finish Along.

And the girls came over for a look-see...

May 2017: I have donated this to the Lindsay family to auction at their fundraising quiz, raising money for their church mission to India later this year - what a great adventure they will have, full of purpose, and such a fascinating part of the world to visit. I wish them good luck for their trip!

"Kia ora" to all my visitors from Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday linky party!

Diamants, Mon Ami!

This is a cot quilt, one of a set of three cot or lap quilts I made from one jelly roll of 'Mon Ami' by Basic Grey for Moda, using a pattern called To the Point by Amy Gibson.

The quilts are all made with half square triangles that are cut from joined strips of the jelly roll.

I quilted this one with straight lines - it has crinkled up just nicely with being washed. The backing is a soft flannel.

It is one of my goals for the first quarter of the 2017 Finish Along.

"Kia ora" to all my visitors from Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday linky party!

July 2018: SOLD $115 (incl. pp) to a customer in Wellington via my felt.co.nz account  (Good timing too, as I've just made a 'wee' purchase this morning at Spotlight for fabrics for my Modern Cross BOM and another special project...in one hand, out the other!)

Pour Mon Petit Ami

This is a small cot quilt, one of a set of three cot or lap quilts I made from one jelly roll of 'Mon Ami' by Basic Grey for Moda, using a pattern called To the Point by Amy Gibson.

The quilts are all made with half square triangles that are cut from joined strips of the jelly roll.

I have quilted it with simple diagonal lines and the backing is a soft flannel.

It is one of my goals for the first quarter of the 2017 Finish Along.

"Kia ora" to all my visitors from Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday linky party!

Diamants x3

In January/February I used up a jelly roll of Basic Grey for Moda's 'Mon Ami' that was in my stash (or textile preservation collection)...

I used a pattern called To The Point by Amy Gibson which is designed to make two crib quilts from Half Square Triangles by using one jelly roll and gives about nine options for layout patterns.

I wanted to try three of the layouts so worked out how to create three different-sized quilts. I named them with French themed names in tribute to the fabric name and the pattern name:

Pour Mon Petit Ami

Diamants, Mon Ami!

Au Point, Mon Ami

These three were goals in the first quarter of the 2017 Finish Along.

Dr Seuss The Lorax quilt

Gifted today to our five-year old nephew, Fergus (Gus) - he's a big school boy now just like his two older brothers, so he gets a quilt from me as did Austyn and Bain!

The Lorax is such a good story, with an important message, and you just can't beat Dr Seuss for fun language and illustrations. I bought this panel kit from the Fat Quarter Shop after Gus was born and have had it tucked away for his 5th birthday - I got it all sewn up well ahead of time during the school holidays in January and have been admiring the bright colours as it's been laying on the spare bed.

It is a single bed quilt, with 9 picture panels on the front and one on the back.  I have been collecting extra Dr Seuss fabrics from Spotlight over the past couple of years, so that helped hugely to bulk out the kit's supplied fat quarters.

I quilted it from top to bottom with wavy horizontal lines, using a multicoloured thread; super easy.

The binding is one of my favourites - a black and white geometric; 

and this quilt was one of my goals for the 2017 FinishAlong First Quarter.

Linking up with Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday - as well as my other favourite linky party...Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday -  kia ora everyone!

Wedding Wishes (Upon A Star)

My lovely workmate, Aleisha Williams, is getting married next weekend and we held a morning tea for her today at work to wish her all the best. Of course I just HAD to make a quilt for her!

I decided to do the Amy Gibson 'Triple Barn Star' pattern that I first used last year, as it is a lovely big lap quilt that can also easily be used over a bed, so Aleisha can use it wherever she likes.

Another workmate gave me some ideas on possible colours to use and I found this really cool range of teal and grey 'Pearl Essence by Maywood Studio' fabrics at Spotlight.They have gorgeous metallic prints in flowers and geometric designs.

I was decided to just quilt with straight lines, some in-the-ditch and others just as echo lines or detail lines. The quilt measures 71" square and I backed it with leftover yardage.

And here is the bride-to-be - wishing you and Kurt all the very very best for your big day and for many years of happiness in the future!

Linking up with:

Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday

Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday