Finished Quilts

Thursday 24 January 2013

one week to go......

.. til the end of January and that means the end of my Dryathlon for CancerResearchUK and may be a wee glass of something nice to celebrate.  It also is the end of the first month of A Lovely Year of Finishes and I am making progress, having just finished Jack's quilt top (apologies for the photo but I was just so chuffed to get it done that standing on a chair, directly underneath a useless an energy saving light bulb at night seemed a decent enough option)...

around 42" by 46"

it's not perfect but I'm fairly happy with the sewing.  I've learnt a lot about cutting 60 degree triangles and sewing them together so I'd do this style again I reckon.  I went for random random not planned random apart from the end strips and I'm not sure it was the right choice but Laughing Boy thought it was pretty cool and I don't often get much more than a shrug so thumbs up I say!  Now I have to make the back, sandwich, quilt and bind this baby before the end of next week.  50/50 chance I'd say.

Oh and in keeping with my attempts to use what I have rather than buy, during a rummage this morning I found some cotton webbing, T-shirt transfer paper and this tutorial and came up with my own labels:


I still have to iron over them with baking parchment paper to take the shine off and I have shed loads of them now of course!  Still it was cheaper than the etsy options so I'm happy :)

11 comments:

  1. Love the colours in your triangle quilt

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  2. Looks good, I'm keen to make a 60 degree triangle quilt at some point, it's a fun pattern :)

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  3. I think it's great! I love that teal solid, really makes it sparkle. Cool labels, too!

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  4. Love your triangle creation. Your labels are great - thanks for the link to the tute!

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  5. Triangles always look good! Love the colours you have used. I think treat yourself to a nice bottle of NZ sauvignon blanc at the end of the month!!

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  6. Great triangles. The quilt looks modern and fresh. Liking the labels too...perhaps a tute is in order? Di x

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  7. Love those triangles and labels, very swish. I should have joined you on the dryathon, I haven't had a drop of alcohol since Christmas day!??? I think I need to rectify that, this weekend ;-)

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  8. Oh those energy saving bulbs are rotten arent they!! Quilt top still looks fab though :-) And well done on the dry month!

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  9. The quilt top looks great. Those labels are darn clever...

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  10. Great quilt Moira! I'm tackling a triangle quilt myself right now too!

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  11. I like the font on our labels. Did you write those or do you have a program on your machine? Love the scooters. I just finished a play quilt with the pink version of that fabric in today's post.

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