At last, a finish for 2022!

 

Sawtooth star quilt

Fabrics used were mainly from two fat quarter bundles, which complemented each other.  I really should record the fabrics I use.  As I go along with the blog, I will get better at those sort of details, I'm sure.  They weren't recent fabric collections, I can tell you that much.  

Finished size:  49" x 59" (125cm x 150cm)

Backing was pieced from fat quarters left over from the quilt front's fat quarter bundles, as well as some other complementary fabrics, and one spare block.  And I had just enough of the perfect binding fabric.  (I wish I had more of that fabric, it has been great in so many quilts.)

I machine quilted this relatively heavily and am sort of happy with it.  I ran out of top thread twice! so was not happy with the third colour I used.  With the quilting, the top shrunk by at least an inch each way.  

I finished the final stitches to the binding last night, as we head off on holidays today, and I wanted it done.  I'm taking some hand stitching with me on the holiday, not sure if I will get much done but it is there, just in case, with my good portable rechargeable light.  

No fabric tally in this blog as I actually recorded the fabric used in this quilt back last year!  Naughty of me as my intention is that fabric use is not recorded until the item is a finish.

A slow start to 2022!

2022 has started well for me, although I don't have a finish yet, which has frustrated me a bit.  I quilted the sawtooth star quilt, spending time quilting it with various free-motion patterns in the blocks.  Looking back over my blog posts, I realised that I actually pinned it back in July.  However, I haven't made the binding or attached that yet, so that will be a February finish and photos.  

I've been working on the next round of the Quatro quilt, cutting pieces using the templates and starting to glue baste them onto the papers.  I have worked out how many pieces I need to cut for each round, and am pretty hopeful that the fabric I have will be enough.  

I'm still working intermittently on the elephant wall hanging for my friend.  I'm much closer to finishing now; but I find it hard to work on for long lengths of time.  I keep on needing to make so many decisions on which way to go - which colour, block, size, up or down, left or right, too much or too little, etc. - that I need to walk away regularly to give my brain a break.  When I come back to it feeling fairly "fresh", it is easier to work on it.  My friend's birthday is in August - I'm really hoping it is finished well before then!

January 2022 fabric tally

Sadly my daughter lost the apron I made for her business, so I made a quick new one last week for her - once I had bought some new printable fabric sheets.  No picture of the finished apron though.  That's the only finish for the month though.  

 

Fabric brought in:  + 0   m                 Fabric used:   - 0.5 m

January fabric tally:   - 0.5 m

Year to date:   - 0.5 m