FMQ/Q16 practice pillow

Catching up on sharing some projects from last year and earlier this year...

 This pillow was made from a panel that we were given to work on during our Bernina Q16 ruler-work class at the NZ Quilt Symposium.  The class was a chance for attendees to try out using a table-top Q16 machine.

I was planning to purchase a long-arm machine so took the class as a chance to try out the table-top version (and learn a bit about how to use rulers when quilting).

I was really pleased with how I went with the quilting; it was great to try out some curved rulers.

Purple Passion

A couple of finishes from during the Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown that began here in NZ 

on the 26th March...

Mum wanted a pillow to sit on her bed (replacing one I'd made for her about 15 years ago, and to match the new quilt I gave her for xmas).

I wanted to use some leftovers from her quilt and decided to try out a quilt-as-you-go technique. I added some teal from my stash to brighten it up and give the pillow a point of difference from the quilt. I used Cori's tutorial to help me.

Also using leftovers from the Gypsy quilt, I had earlier in the year made a couple of bassinet quilt tops that needed finished and lockdown was a good chance to do it!

#1: 'The Days Go By' 

(these quilt names are inspired by Stevie Nicks' lyrics: 

'Edge of Seventeen', which I love listening to)

#2: 'Sings a Song' 

Fun Pillows

I think this is my fave! It's 18" square.

It has a gorgeous blue backing made from a furnishing fabric.

With selling at a carboot sale or local garage sale on my plans, I made use of some fat quarter quilting 'sandwiches' that I've made in the past couple of years to practice FMQ designs before doing them on bigger quilts. They each have a zip opening (I use Lia's tutorial).

This is a 12" pillow that I quilted with straight lines (see original quilt here).

I also had some unicorn fat quarters that I thought might make cool pillows.

18" square

16" square

And I also used up some Cars movie furnishing-weight fabric that I'd found in a sale bin. These were one of my 2018 Finish Along fourth quarter goals.

These are each 16" square. Two have a black minky backing, one has a grey curtain fabric backing.

Cute Bunny Pillows

Found this panel of bunnies on the sale shelf at Spotlight a couple of months ago and thought I'd make some pillows...they've turned out even better than I imagined! These were one of my 2018 Finish Along fourth quarter goals.

Sold to Laura McV

Sold to Laura McV

Sold to Paula P

I machine embroidered around the main features of the designs, plus some French knots on the 'whiskers' and hand stitches on one bunny's accents.  I used FMQ for simple quilting as well (echo lines on the double bunny pillow, and a small stipple on the other three, with a stipple on the backing).

I think I almost love the carrots print on the backing more than I love the fronts LOL! 

It was also on the sale shelf too.

They are each about 13" square and have a zippered opening (I always refer to Lia's tutorial).

I intended to sell these at a school car-boot sale but ended up selling two to a workmate and one to a FB friend during the week - so rushed back into Spotlight on Friday to grab another panel (of which my FB friend has already put 'first dibs' on another one!) and spent Saturday afternoon getting them made. (And I didn't go to the carboot sale today after all as the weather was so grotty - have now booked a table at the local playgroup's annual garage sale next weekend, where I'll be inside no matter the weather).

Sharing on Myra's Finished or Not Friday and Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday -
as well as Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday - hello! 

Thanks for visiting!

Charmed Pillow

A 14" pillow/cushion made from a mini charm pack of Bonnie and Camille 'Vintage Modern' fabric, and the first completion from my goals for the first quarter of the 2018 Finish Along challenge.

The charm pack was a complementary freebie when I ordered the backing kit for the 2012 Moda Designer Mystery BOM Sampler quilt that I had made. I patched the squares a couple of years ago and last week I used it to practice the quilting design for my current laptop project. Then I made a backing of some leftovers from the BOM kit.

On the front I was using a circles design (is it sometimes called an 'orange peel?) and for the back I just used straight lines.  It has a 12" zip at the bottom.

Frozen pillows

No, not the weather - the movie! I created these four pillows a couple of weeks ago using Frozen fabrics and a lilac spot minky from Spotlight...

Two are 18" pillows and two are 20" pillows...

I fussy cut the fabrics so there are plenty of princess pictures to delight any young Frozen fan...

...and quilted each panel with a swirly, loopy snowflake-style design...

Sharing my projects with the quilting world through Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday linky party...and Sarah's Whoop Whoop link-up...as well as Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday linky..."kia ora" everyone!

I was making one for my Frozen-fanatic little cousin Claudia, turning 5, and figured if I was gonna make one, I might as well make four! Here is Claudia having just received her present...

...two sold at market and I have just one more left to sell/gift...