Starflash Quilts
quilting, patchwork, geology, ramblings
Saturday, 4 May 2024
Hand Piecing Bedside Table Project
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
2024-the Year of the Finish #2
My phrase for last year was 'the Year of the Finish'
It went reasonably well, 27 craft projects completed. I only started one quilt (which meant so many added to the list! ).
I am continuing the theme this year, focusing on getting quilt tops together, so at least I know where I'm at and I won't be overwhelmed by tubs of projects.
Here are some I completed last year.
I finished this little table topper chess board from precut 2 1/2" squares.
I made and yarn bombed lots of jellyfish, they are mindless TV projects.
I love this decaying harbour, it has so much character.
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I am still ironing strips and assembling crumb quilt squares, made form over 10 years of bits and pieces.
I KEEP FINDING MORE!
All the orphans and scraps will make lovely crumb quilts, which I would love to use as backing.
I am trimming to 10" squares.
It's definitely something I should have been working on regularly, instead of stuffing the strips into tubs!
This weeks audiobook is a free Librivox reading of Anna Karenina, on Youtube
Say hello, I'll drop by your blog xx
Sunday, 28 April 2024
It's been a while....
Many projects have been worked on since my last post, some have been finished😇, most not.
You can catch up with me on https://www.instagram.com/sussex_gansey/
I have been taking stock of my crafting tasks in the last month or so......things have got out of hand! It has been a useful exercxise whist recovering from back injury. I am trying to get as many of the quilt tops together and finnished as I can, to eliminate all the boxes and baskets of bits. I'm counting plastic storage donation as a win!
I have way too many four patches from 2" and 1 1/2" strips, made as leaders and enders. These four patches and pinwheels which I sewed up this week from pre-made scrappy four patches and red pre-cut triangles will be pieced into Patches and Pinwheels, a free pattern on Bonnie Hunters blog page. They need pressing first, along with a lot of other stuff! This project hasn't scratched the surface of the four patches. It will probably be a gift. There are enough scrappy four patches for two quilts and I have more precut triangles......slow and steady😏
I have lots of small four patches and 1 1/2" strips from another project. I had tried out scrappy houses a while ago, so I have made 15 six patch strips like this with what I had. Thats another small pile out of the way.
I will add to these as I cut more strips. More on the pressing pile.
I have also worked on the scrappy strip block pile, making up the strips, pressing cutting, making up the blocks for trimming to 10" square. So much to cut and press!
Old clothing, edge strips, uglies, orphan blocks, wonky blocks, crumbs and chunks, selvedges, ribbon from christmas gifts, it all goes in.
Linked to Quilting is more fun than Housework...: Oh Scrap! : Strings
I have been grateful for the things I have finished this winter. This picture is titled Unmade Bed- a puzzle quilt, a ten stitch blanket and a 16 patch leader ender quilt, along with the duvet. Cozy!
Saturday, 15 May 2021
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Babydoll!
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Sunday, 28 July 2019
Charity quilts update
And the next, layering in progress....
A little bit of cutting-I found this block a while ago, loved the sample and have been cutting the strips for a while. It looks complicated though it is only HSTs and four patches from 1 1/2'' and 2 1/2'' strips.
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And of course, MORE binding. It has been a week of record temperatures in the UK, so sitting with a quilt on my lap hasn't been an option for most of the week!
Friday, 26 July 2019
Charity quilts
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These broken dishes blocks are my leader enders, cut from 2" strips