Friday 20 April 2012

Good News and Good Progress

Well the first thing that I have to report today is that I have passed Module 4 - hooray!  Well, actually it's not really a pass/fail type situation, it's more of a 'have you met all of the criteria' thing and if not then you are told what you need to do to meet it... and the good news is, yes I have met it all.  Phew.  And enormous sigh of relief.  Onwards and upwards to Module 5!

But before I make a start, as previously posted, I promised I would make William a quilt, and after two very long, late nights, I have finally managed to put the quilt top together. 



I wanted it to be something quite simple so that I could piece it together quickly and I found this design on a blog by Flossie Teacakes - a popular, delightful and informative blog that I have been following for some time now, about all things sewing, and with a little quilting thrown in for good measure too.  (You can find the tutorial here).  I didn't follow it too closely, just used it mainly for the inspiration and measurements.  I also cut long strips and sewed them in sets of three then cut them up into blocks of three, rather than doing them all individually, as the tutorial suggests -  cheating, I'm not sure, but far, far quicker!

But now I have a problem.  I don't have enough fabric for the back.  I am going to go with the blue stars on white for the back, but given that it was a fat quarter bundle, I shall have to go back and get some more fabric.  I am also wondering how to quilt it.  I want to use my lovely number 8 perle cotton white thread, but I am unsure how best to do it.  Stitching 'in the ditch' is an option, but slightly boring I feel.  Any suggestions gratefully received!




4 comments:

  1. Not enough fabric, and don't want to spend more money on new fabric? Use all the leftover fabrics for the back, making it "reversable!" I have a picture n my blog of a quilt, and I did that for that quilt.
    Clothesandcrafts@blogspot.ca

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  2. I love your latest quilt top and I also love reading your blog. I am enjoying hearing all about your course and your Finished Objects are all gorgeous.

    I would, therefore, like to have the great honour of presenting you with the Liebster Blog Award. There are more details about it over on my blog

    http://lizofdandeliondaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/

    Congratulations Sarah on your award winning blog.
    xxxx

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  3. Well done on finishing Module 4 ... you can relax now, before heading into Module 5. Love William's quilt, but then I love all your work. What about quilting circles randomly, Helen Cowans uses a lot of circles in her work and they look nice. I'm sure whatever you choose to do will work well.

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  4. Have no idea about quilting, but think this looks fab!

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