"The Brief"

 This Quilt came together very quickly, I had a firm idea from the onset what I wanted. 
The brief was a queen size quilt for an adult - modern - square - lots of white with a little bit of quirkyness. 


Easily done!!


The client picked five fabrics and gave me artistic license to do as I pleased -within the original brief, once I had a few squares done I emailed the images to check I was on track- got the thumbs up and here you can see the results.

I love the way the squares fall on the pillows, especially the big red square

I had it quilted in an all over swirl pattern to give it some movement

Quilt back

Quilt back

 Love it when a project turns out and everyone is Happy !


Xx

Endless Opportunities

 This Quilt has evolved over time, it kept being put away whilst other projects were started and finished. I kept losing interest or not really sure which direction to go in. I had at one stage actually put it all together ready to be machine quilted - then the next day up picked it all, it just didn't look right.


I started with the pink and navy nine patch checkerboard and then just didn't know what to do, it was such a strong and dark colour combination. 
After a long while I decided to add in some more material mixes and made some more nine patches. 
I then experimented with framing them - which after a while I liked and then sashed it in white - Voila! two finished quilts. 

I look back at the progress photo's and still see the endless choices .............


What would you have done?
Im curious - No two quilts are ever the same and everyone has a different eye for detail.

Edith's Quilt

Bea's Quilt - please note matching Pegs :)

Have a good week :)
Xx Siobhan

"The Pillow"

 Here we have the Pillow I made up from scraps left from Mr Darcy's Zig Zag Quilt, I hand quilted a few squares to add some interest - I'm really happy with the outcome. It's very comfy aswell, which is most important!
I have more than one child so there have been a few disputes already about who the pillow belongs to................... Looks like I'll be whipping up another three pillows :)

Pillow back

Pillow Front

I've added it into the Bloggers Pillow Party being run by Stitched in Colour.


Have a look and check out the other pillows - Lot's to look at and be inspired by :)


Xx

Do your Peg's match?

I have some funny habits, one is that if I'm hanging things on the clothes line - the pegs have to match, I mean the colour of them, for some reason that is very important. I think possibly it was a game my mother created when I was very young - to get her special helper (me) to help hang out the washing? I don't know - but thats my story and I'm sticking with it............. I cant remember ever not matching my peg colours. 


Anyway......... I have finally finished my pile of binding and my pillow for my !

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More later on each project, right now I have to dash...........

Impostor!

 Way back in another life when I was being interviewed for a spot in my Photography course I remember feeling very confident of my abilities, I then remember getting the letter of acceptance and thinking "Oh No! now they're going to realise I'm no good....... blah blah blah". 
Oh course I was fine and I then got a job as a cadet photographer. 
I later changed my direction and transferred to a Degree in  Social Work, which again was great - I Studied hard worked hard and loved my student placements. When I got my first real job in social work which I loved and had been striving for my whole degree - The feelings popped up again "what will I do when they find out I don't know what I'm talking about" etc etc.  


I was thinking all this through as I was ironing my quilt top - I was laughing at how I still don't consider myself a quilter and when asked if I'm a quilter I respond with "oh not really". I also tell people I cant sew - go figure? 


Anyway my point of all this Impostor talk and how it started was actually this Quilt.
It's in the shape of a Union Jack - but it's not a Union Jack, as I was ironing my quilt that I designed/Cut and had Sewn together I though of all the people I know and what they have accomplished  - Not many of them would recognise there own abilities. Funny really..........


So it appears I am a Quilter and I can sew :)




Here are all my recent Union Jack Impostors

*note the spotty dog
This one I finished today, I'm calling it my Convict Union Jack - It has the last bit of my text fabric I designed and printed and then mixed in with some linen and white. It's king size and has a nice big overhang.

*and also the spotty Miss 4yr

That's it from me Xx