Friday, September 14, 2012

A light bulb moment

My quilting group has been running a block swap where each month one member nominates a block and the other members make that block for the nominator.   For my block I chose the pattern weave the rails which is  in keeping with my theme of  "the year of the using up scraps".  When I received all my blocks and started putting them together that pesky 1/4" seam which seems to differ between each machine caused me quite some problem.   I thought that I would have to re-sew many of the blocks and then I had my light bulb moment - I started to play around with the blocks and decided that I would go with the pattern Chinese coins which is a far more accommodating  design for my problem.    This is what I ended up with.


Last month we were issued a challenge by our quilt group president to make an item with a Christmas theme and I decided to make a tablerunner.  This is the first time that I have used a patchwork binding and I was pleased with the result.   Again I used only from my stash.


The last item is tabletopper that I made for mum.    She loves fairies and when I saw this fabric I thought it would be perfect for her.  


I have been pleased with the sewing that I have achieved during my holiday.

9 comments:

Linda Moore said...

Love them all but particularly the Chinese Coin quilt :)

Liz said...

Nice work. I love the table topper for your mum. .

Gloria said...

Beautiful work Karen.

Quiltin' Sandy said...

Lovely work, Karen. The table topper is gorgeous.

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Shirlwin said...

Lovely work Karen:) I love the table topper for your Mum.

Ondrea said...

Some gorgeous things Karen. I particularly love that table topper.

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