Author: Coral
A Song of Ice and Fire
August 4, 2015
The Bad Ass Quilters Society is hosting a Game of Thrones quilt challenge. We Aussies were fortunate enough to get a local supply via Professional Quilting Services.
The quilts must be made completely with the fabric provided (including binding) and can only be 18 inches square.
I bought both colourways and have finished my first quilt – A Song of Ice and Fire – using the Blood, Stone, Steel and Fire colourway.
My inspiration was of course the name of George RR Martin’s book saga. The three snowflakes represent the prophesied three heads of the dragon.
My friend Jennifer was kind enough to loan me her “glitteriser” to add some sparkle with hot fix crystals.
I used Sew Fresh Quilts flanged quilt binding tutorial. I will need some more practice with this technique, but I’m happy with the overall effect.
I’ll be sending my quilt to the USA for display at AQS Chattanooga in September 2015. There will also be online voting.
Now I have to figure out what do with the other fabric pack.
Broken Star
July 7, 2015
General Info
| Start Date | 7 July, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | 22 July, 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
| Size | 24 1/2″ square |
| Pattern | My Own Design |
| What it’s for | Canberra Modern Quilt Guild Modern Takes on Traditional Challenge for the Canberra Quilt and Craft Fair 2015 |
| Batting | Two layers bleached cotton. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
The Canberra Modern Quilt Guild sponsored a challenge for our display at the Canberra Craft and Quilt Fair in August 2015. The theme was a monochrome (black, white and gray) “Modern Traditional” mini quilt 24″ square. I used QuiltSmart’s Little Lone Star fusible interfacing to make scrappy gradient lone star blades.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
I drew a full star out using the Clover water erasable pen. I used two layers of bleached cotton batting. The basket weave fill is based on Margaret Solomon Gunn’s grid based fills article in Machine Quilting Unlimited July 2015.
White/black Gutterman 50 wt cotton thread and dove gray Rasant cotton poly thread for basket weave fill.
Progress Pictures
Interfacing used to make the star blade.
Finished star blade.
Broken Star block.
Broken Star Quilt Top
Straight line quilting done on star.
Basket weave fill in star.
White background filler quilting.
Quilting done before blocking.
Bee’s Knees
November 24, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Aug 2, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | November 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Lap |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Christmas gift for my dad. |
| Batting | Matilda’s own cotton. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Bee my honey layer cake cut into 60 degree triangles. Created monochrome “hexagons” into the strips. Added in extra fabric to increase the size. Back pieced with offcuts.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted by Gone Aussie Quilting in a loopy design.
Progress Pictures
Hanawa
September 28, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Sep 11, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Sep 28, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 12″ x 36″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Braidwood Quilt Event 2014 Blue and White Challenge |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% poly for trapunto. Matilda’s Own 100% cotton for batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I wanted to make a trapunto feathered wreath for my buzzsaw blocks in my Blue Steel quilt. This was the sampler. I didn’t end up using the wreath on the main quilt, but my samples were worthy of finishing off Quilt As You Go.
Top wreath was my design.
Middle wreath was designed by Anita Shackelford.
Bottom wreath was designed by Three Sisters Fabric.
I thought the finished quilt had a Japanese look, so I named it “Hanawa” or “wreath” in Japanese.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Gutterman 50wt cotton thread in cream. Signature 40wt cotton thread in navy.
Progress Pictures
Barbapapa Dresden
July 29, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Jun 22, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Baby quilt |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Baby gift for friend |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Nursery is themed with French 70’s cartoon Barbapapa, who is a pink blob married to a black blob. Went with those colours.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted with invisible thread in and around the Dresden plates. Feather quilt in border.
Progress Pictures
I made a baby Dresden for the label.
Springtime in Greenslopes
June 8, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | May 31, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Jun 8, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Small wall |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Quilt created for 2014 Under 35s Quilt Comp with the theme “Outside my Window.” Gifted to Rachel. |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Inspired by pink trumpet tree that was outside my sewing room in Brisbane. Used confetti quilting technique with pink organza for the tree.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted in “bricks” of building. Used fabric design in sky as a quilting design.
Progress Pictures
Modern Wedding Ring
March 23, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Aug 11, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Mar 23, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 92″ square |
| Pattern | Modern Wedding Ring from McCalls Quick Quilts Magazine 2010 December issue |
| What it’s for | Gift for my sister’s wedding |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Used a mix of batiks from Hancock’s fabrics.
Grandma Mary Jean pieced the blocks, I added the borders and quilted it.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Used Harriet Hargrave’s clover heart template for the blocks. Continuous curves in the rings. Feather spiral in the border.
Progress Pictures
Presenting the finished quilt at the wedding.
I used a plastic template and a net template for the different sized motifs.
Sea Change
March 1, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Mar 1, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | |
| Status | Piecing – Stalled |
| Size | ~55″ square |
| Pattern | Sea Change Pattern by Sue at Rosemont Patchwork |
| What it’s for | Me |
| Batting |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Storm at Sea and Ocean Waves quilt begun at Rosemont Patchwork class. Fabric from my stash.
I am struggling with getting points to match piecing the half-square triangles for the Ocean Waves blocks. The Storm at Sea pieces were cut from a template – I’d like to go back and re-do them so they’re paper pieced.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Progress Pictures
Boldly Go Pillow
December 21, 2013
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 21, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 21, 2013 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 16″ square |
| Pattern | Design Sponge’s zippered pillow tutorial |
| What it’s for | Gift for my MIL |
| Batting | N/A |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the pillow Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new furniture, to comfort new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no pillow has gone before.
This pillow is for my slightly geeky Trekkie MIL. She’s more of a TNG fan, but original series was the only fabric available.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Progress Pictures
Winter Wonderland
December 14, 2013
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 9, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 14, 2013 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 12″ x 10″ |
| Pattern | A Winter Wonderland from Love of Quilting magazine |
| What it’s for | Gift for my Grandpa |
| Batting | ? |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Fusible appliqué with buttonhole machine stitching. Embroidery and sunburst beads.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Progress Pictures
