WIP Wednesday

This week I've been working on my Star Duvet cover. This is my design (that I did myself):

I've been making it using a 20 fat eighths from Acacia by Tula Pink and a black Ikea double duvet cover. I cut out the centre of the duvet and I intend to reinsert the patchwork, we'll see how well that works later on!

I've made my blocks and joined them into columns, looking good so far!

Now I need to join up my columns, then see how flat it is. I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

2014 Pantone Quilt Challenge

Hiya

Having somewhere to post my entry for the Pantone quilt challenge was one of my motivations to finally start a blog. You can go have a look at all the fabulous entries over at Play Crafts.

I have to confess that I've never quilted a quilt before and have been procrastinating over taking the plunge. Therefore I have made an entry for the Just The Top category.

I came up with the design myself with inspiration from Pinterest and it consists of 12 blocks which are 12" square and a 6" wide border.

I tweaked my original concept slightly but the basic plan I made is shown above. I used 1 mostly black fat quarter (Minimalista by AGF studio) and two mostly black half yards (Summersville Spring by Lucie Summers) to form the border. The centre background consists of 6 white/black/grey fat quarters (Also Minimalista). My 3 radiant orchid inspired fabrics came in fat quarters and I used Kona cotton solids in Plum, Spraytime in Aubergine from Makower and a print from Bungalow by Joel Dewberry. I bought the fabric from Plush Addict and  Knotted Threads and John Lewis!

My colour choices were intended to highlight the radiant orchid fabrics and my radiant orchid palette was intended to tone in with my Mum's Living Room as that is where the quilt will eventually go.

This is by far the most complicated sewing project I have ever attempted and  I'm very happy with how it's turned out, even though its not perfect! My theoretical dimensions were 48" by 68" and my finished top is 46.5" by 58". I'll leave you with a couple more photos!

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Hi! Welcome to my first ever blog!

My name is Catriona and I love to make a whole variety of things using a wide variety of techniques. I make Jewellery and Stitch markers out of silver:

I dye my own fiber, card my own batts and spin yarn on a spinning wheel.

I also knit and weave and do whatever takes my fancy.
Recently I have been doing increasing amounts of sewing. It started with some simple knitting project bags but I've been doing more and more. As part of this sewing discovery process I've been reading some great blogs and decided to start one of my own for the first time. I intend for this to be mainly about sewing, patchwork and quilting with other random stuff I get up to thrown in on occasion. I hope some people will read and enjoy!

I'll be posting about some recent sewing projects very soon.