chicken quilt – finished !

A few hours of quilting over the weekend and I have finished the Chicken Quilt. Details about the quilt progress in my last post.

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The chicken blocks in detail :

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I have quilted this quilt throw with straight lines but using the wavy stitch #4 on my Bernina Aurora 440 QE, once more using the walking foot.

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A photo of the back, with the chickens shining through the wadding and backing :

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A detail of the binding with a rich solid yellow fabric :

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I have used solid white from Makower UK for the background, taken the grey and yellow fabrics from my stash and used orange and red fabrics from my scrap box.

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Quilt size : 52″ x 72″  /  Block size : 6,5″ x 7,5″

Wadding : Bosal Acadia Premium 80% cotton / 20% polyester Autumn weight in white

Quilting thread : Mettler Quilting Cotton col. white 02 and yellow 500

 

Happy quilting, looking forward to hear from you!

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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!

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

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The chicken block in detail :

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The chickens are waiting for sashing and quilting :

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

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charles bridge, prague, november 2018

When I went to Prague a few weeks ago, I passed over the Charles Bridge on a wonderful sunny autumn morning. The light was incredible and there were hardly any tourists on the Charles Bridge, I just had to take a few photos. Here a selection of my favorite ones :

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The National Theater with the river Vltava on a foggy morning :

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And a few autumn impressions from Prague 6 – Stresovice district :

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Thanks for visiting !

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kittens – cushion covers

As mentioned in my last post, I have some cat lovers among my friends. What could be a better gift than a cushion cover with a cute kitten face? Using The Kittens pattern by Elizabeth Hartman I have sewed two cushion covers.

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I have quilted both cushion covers using the walking foot with Gütermann Sulky Cotton 30 thread, one in straight lines, the other one with a wavy pattern.

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candy cat and fishy bones

Browsing on the web for foundation paper piecing projects with cats I found these two great blocks (and the best : both are for free) on Craftsy. The designer is Jo from Unicornharts. The blocks are Candy Cat and Fishy Bones.

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My friend Julia is a passionate cat mom for two of these species. I thought a cushion cover with two hungry cats would make a nice gift.

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Foundation paper piecing is still high on my sewing agenda. The Candy Cat is a straight forward block with fairly large fabric pieces. But the Fishy Bones block ia a bit tricky as it has a lot of small pieces : a new challenge for me.

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I decided to finish the Fishy Bones block still as an entire fish but with a visible skeleton.

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I have quilted the back of the cushion cover in diagonal lines using the walking foot.

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To quilt the cushion front I have decided to go with the walking foot. This time no straight lines – but irregular waves instead.

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I have added a zipper closure to the bottom of the cushion cover following a tutorial by Vicky from veni vidi vicky blog.

cusion cover candy cat zipper 1 - skalabara quiltsCushion cover size : 20″ x 30″

Wadding : Quilters Dream Cotton Request (very thin loft)

Quilting thread : Gütermann Sulky Cotton 30 colour 1082

 

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Hope you enjoyed reading this post and maybe this is an inspiration for you to make some more Candy Cats! Happy quilting!

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