Category Archives: freebies

grey cushion cover – a last minute christmas present

Before flying to Prague over the weekend, I have made a quilted grey cushion cover as a Christmas present for my Mum. The pattern is Santa Fe from the Fat Quarter Shop blog.

19 cu santa fe chair - skalabara quilts

I must admit, that it was a mistake to choose at late night the fabrics for this cushion cover. The light grey fabric for the middle half-square triangles doesn’t have enough contrast to the white fabric.

19 cu santa fe 3 detail - skalabara quilts

Well, there is always something new to learn with each new quilting project.

19 cu santa fe 1 - skalabara quilts

I like the pattern and will make some more next year. But will be more careful with the colours and intensity of each hue.

On the following two photos you can se the optical difference when the cushion cover is moved 90°. The cushion cover is 20″ x 20″.

19 cu santa fe 5 - skalabara quilts

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Quilted in straight lines using the walking foot.

19 cu santa fe quilting 1 - skalabara quilts

19 cu santa fe quilting 2 - skalabara quilts

19 cu santa fe 4 detail - skalabara quilts

Cushion cover size : 20″ x 20″ with an envelope closure

Quilting thread : Aurifil Mako 40/2 color 2600

Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a very happy year 2020! And looking forward to new quilting a sewing projects!

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quilted cushion cover

Something for in between projects : a double sided quilted cushion cover. I made the hexie side a few weeks ago – see this post. When I was sorting out my sewing room, I found an extra log cabin block for a quilt I made earlier – Magenta and Golden Flowers.  All I needed was to add strips to the original log cabin un till I had a finished cushion cover size of 20″ x 20″.

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 1 - skalabara quilts

I have used for both cushion cover sides bright Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

CU kaffe fassett log cabin detail 5 - skalabara quilts

The log cabin strips are 1″ wide when finished; i.e. cutting is 1,5″. The center square is 2″ finished; i.e. cutting 2,5″.

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 3 - skalabara quilts

Quilted in straight lines with the walking foot along all seams. I have used a diagonal stitch so that I could quilt this cushion cover in one go, without cutting off and burying any threads.

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 6 - skalabara quilts

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 7 - skalabara quilts

Here the finished cushion cover :

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 9 - skalabara quilts

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 8 - skalabara quilts

My favourite zipper insert – tutorial by veni vidi vicky

cushion cover log cabin with kaffe fassett fabrics 10 - skalabara quilts

Thanks for visiting, happy quilting!

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cushion covers – pdf patterns

Please find here patterns as pdf files of cushion covers I have made over the years.

charming cushion covers pdf pattern

charming cushion covers - skalabara quilts

diamond square cushion cover pdf pattern

diamond square cushion cover - skalabara quilts

lost in space cushion cover pdf pattern

lost in space cushion cover - skalabara quilts

sea blue cushion cover pdf pattern

10x15 CU sea blue

 

 

 

wip – chicken quilt

Today I have a few photos from my wip –  a Chicken Quilt Throw inspired by Emily from Quilty Love. The free chicken block pattern and tutorial is by Vicki from Sew Inspired. Thanks ladies for inspiration and sharing!

wip - chicken quilt throw 3 - skalabara quilts

The block is easy and quick to piece, but nevertheless it makes a nice decoration quilt for the sofa.

wip - chicken quilt throw - skalabara quilts

The chicken block in detail :

wip - chicken quilt throw 2 - skalabara quilts

The chickens are waiting for sashing and quilting :

wip - chicken quilt throw 1 - skalabara quilts

 

Thanks for stopping, have a nice weekend and enjoy sewing!

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magenta and golden flowers – free pdf quilt pattern

As promised in my last post – quilt with Kaffe Fassett fabrics – I have written the pattern for this quilt. It is a free pdf pattern that I would like to share with the large quilting community.

For the quilt I have combined two variations of a classical log cabin block – one is the courthouse steps block and the other block is a log cabin with stitch and flip squares around the flower panel.

magenta and gold flowers quilt - skalabara quilts

magenta and golden flowers quilt – pdf pattern

Fabric details :

  • flower panel 6 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ is Corsage in Gold by Kaffe Fassett
  • solid is magenta from the linen texture collection by Makower UK
  • all other prints are diverse fabrics from Kaffe Fassett Collective

 

Happy quilting,

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