Author: Coral

The Salty Quilter - Sew Stitchy Machine Cover

Sew Stitchy Machine Cover

General Info

Start Date  Nov 3, 2013
Finish Date  Dec 8, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  ~25″ x 30″
Pattern  My own design
What it’s for  Covering my sewing machine
Batting  Cotton

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

I wanted to make a dust cover for my sewing machine that would fit while it was in its table. I used a charm pack of the Sew Stitchy range, 5 x 6 squares, quilted diagonally. I used pre-made bias binding, and some measuring tape ribbon for ties. It’s a little big, but will do the job.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Straight line quilted diagonally.

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The Salty Quilter - Poinsettia Quilt - Finished

Poinsettia Quilt

General Info

Start Date  Sep 29, 2013
Finish Date  Dec 6, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Lap
Pattern  From Keepsake Quilting
What it’s for  Christmas gift for Mom
Batting  Cotton

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

The pattern was not great. It’s a shame they don’t include instructions for a length wise outer border. If alternating colours of scrappy blocks, make sure 10 start with colour A and 10 with colour B. The pieced border should end with the same colours length wise, and the other colour width wise. The amount of fabric listed for the backing will only give you approx 2″ overhang on the top and the bottom of the quilt. If you are sending to a longarmer, recalculate the backing requirement.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Quilted from the back, using the Poinsettia print fabric as a guide for quilting.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Poinsettia Quilt - Finished

The Salty Quilter - Poinsettia Quilt - Quilting from front

Quilting from front

The Salty Quilter - Poinsettia Quilt - Quilting from back

Quilting from back

The Salty Quilter - Poinsettia Quilt - Quilt top The Salty Quilter - Poinsettia Quilt - label

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Canberra Exhibition

Star of India

General Info

Start Date  Mar 3, 2012
Finish Date  Oct 12, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  87.5″ square
Pattern  Star Sapphire by Jinny Beyer
What it’s for  For me.
Batting Matilda’s Own Cotton/Poly hi-loft batting.

Shows

Entered and shown in the 2013 Braidwood Quilt Event.
Won first prize for Contemporary Patchwork and Quilting at the 2014 Royal Canberra Show.
Won 2nd place in Bed Quilts (non-professional) and Excellence in Machine Quilting (domestic) at the Canberra Quilters Exhibition 2014.
Shown at Australian Machine Quilters Festival 2014
Shown at Australasian Quilt Convention 2015 as a “Best of the Best” representing the ACT

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Begun in a Lone Star class taught by Sue at Rosemont Patchwork Shop in Tugerranong.

I consider this quilt to be my “thesis”, graduating from a beginning to intermediate quilter.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Quilted in the ditch with YLI invisible thread (clear). Star is quilted in Signature Variegated thread in blue/green 40wt cotton. Feathers in Gutterman 50wt cotton, micro stipples in Rasant. Rest of quilt in Gutterman and Signature. Outer border quilted with Sew Art smoke invisible thread and the Bottom Line poly thread in the bobbin.
First quilt using “show blocking” technique before squaring and binding. Very effective.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Canberra Exhibition

On display at the Canberra Quilters Exhibition

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Awards Selfie

#QuiltSelfie

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Canberra show first prize

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Braidwood

On display at the Braidwood Quilt Event

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - blocking The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Quilting done

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - feather quilting

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Star quilting

“Paisley” or shell quilting on centre star.

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Quilt top

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - centre The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Star

Pinning the diamond rows together.

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - lone star diamonds

The Salty Quilter - Star of India - piecing diamond rows The Salty Quilter - Star of India - Label

The Salty Quilter - Painted Poppies - Finished

Painted Poppies

General Info

Start Date  Sep 1, 2013
Finish Date  Sep 20, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Wall hanging
Pattern  Poppies by Helen Godden
What it’s for  My house
Batting  ?

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Class by Helen Godden at Hobbysew Belconnen. Her poppies design, traced and painted by me. It was done using Genesis Creations Liquid Radiance pigment. It was similar to doing watercolour. Used salt to get splotchy effect on border.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Flowers outlined in black thread quilted over at least twice.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Painted Poppies - in progress

The Salty Quilter - Love Birds Pillow

Love Birds Pillow

General Info

Start Date  Sep 9, 2013
Finish Date  Sep 17, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  18″ square
Pattern  Love Birds
What it’s for  Wedding gift for my cousin and her wife.
Batting  Iron on poly.

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Raw edge appliqué. This pattern requires a medium weight fusible web like Steam-a-Seam 2 and a fabric with a fairly tight weave like a batik, otherwise the curls fall apart.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

 

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The Salty Quilter - Love Birds - Finished

Love Birds

General Info

Start Date  Jul 22, 2013
Finish Date  Aug 24, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Queen
Pattern  Reflection Kit from Addicted2Fabric
What it’s for   Wedding gift for Andy and Megan.
Batting  Matilda’s Own wool/poly

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Pattern uses “stripe” fabric cut length-wise with matching solids.

Made a matching Love Birds Pillow

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Quilted by Jeanette at GoneAussie. Paisley feathers pattern with cream thread.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Love Birds - Finished

The Salty Quilter - Love Birds - Quilting The Salty Quilter - Love Birds - Matching Pillow The Salty Quilter - Love Birds - Label

The Salty Quliter - Space Pillow Cases

Space (Pillow) Cases

General Info

Start Date  May 14, 2013
Finish Date  May 14, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Standard Pillow Case
Pattern  The Quilter magazine Pillow Case
What it’s for  Pillow cases for my cousin’s son to go with his (to be made) solar system quilt.
Batting  N/A

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Made with “The Quilter” magazine pillow case pattern, modified to be slightly smaller and with a French seam. The fabric is by Elizabeth Studios. I got it at Spotlight (Australia’s version of Joann’s). I was really impressed by how bright the fabric is, even after washing.

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The Salty Quiter - Vintage Modern Blue - Finished

Vintage Modern Blue

General Info

Start Date  Sep 30, 2012
Finish Date  May 11, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Large Lap/Twin
Pattern  Just Can’t Cut This
What it’s for  For a co-worker’s daughter. Also making another in different fabrics from this line for her other daughter.
Batting  Cotton

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

 

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Daisy flower quilting design. 50wt Rasant cotton wrapped poly thread.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quiter - Vintage Modern Blue - Finished The Salty Quiter - Vintage Modern Blue - Quilting close up The Salty Quiter - Vintage Modern Blue - quilt top and pillow case The Salty Quiter - Vintage Modern Blue - centre

The Salty Quliter - Fall Flowers - Finished

Fall Flowers

General Info

Start Date  Apr 7, 2013
Finish Date  Apr 24, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Wall Hanging
Pattern  My own design
What it’s for  Hobbysew Belconnen “Autumn in our Town” challenge. Given to my BFF who loves orange
Batting  Cotton.

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

I designed and made this for the Hobbysew Belconnen “Autumn in our Town” challenge. All the fabrics except the light blue background were in the fabric challenge pack.

I had seen a pieced quilt that used on point log cabins as flowers, so I used a similar idea, but with applique. I used a small zig zag with invisible thread to attach the log cabin blocks and leaves. I used fusible web and blanket stitch applique for the ground and stems.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

After taking Helen Godden’s intermediate free motion quilting class, I wanted to push myself with the quality and design of the FMQ. The sky is based on Leah Day’s ocean currents design, and the ground is based on Helen’s baptist fan design. I put clouds in the negative space as another design element.

One issue I had was I pieced batting together using a zig zag stitch, which was visible through the top. Next time need to try a herringbone stitch as suggested by Harriet Hargrave.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quliter - Fall Flowers - Sky quilting The Salty Quliter - Fall Flowers - flower quilting The Salty Quliter - Fall Flowers - quilt top

The Salty Quliter - Vintage Modern Ivory - Finished

Vintage Modern Ivory

General Info

Start Date  Nov 3, 2012
Finish Date  Mar 13, 2013
Status  Finished
Size  Large lap/twin
Pattern  Just Can’t Cut This
What it’s for  Second of the two quilts for my co-workers daughters.
Batting  Cotton

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

 

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Quilted in all over flower pattern. These quilts were way too much work, but they did help me to learn how to deal with the bulk while free motion quilting on my domestic machine.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quliter - Vintage Modern Ivory - Finished The Salty Quliter - Vintage Modern Ivory - quilting done The Salty Quliter - Vintage Modern Ivory - quilting close up The Salty Quliter - Vintage Modern Ivory - Quilt top The Salty Quliter - Vintage Modern Ivory - centre