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Here is my sugar block for June. It is called Teach and I made it extra sweet again.
Here are all my blocks so far.
When I put all the blocks together I feel I need to change the February block (the middle block on the right). The yellow seems too bright, almost orange. And the grey seems too harsh.
But I'll wait a few months. I might redo it or use fabric in the coming blocks so the February one will fit better.
We started another round of the Cocorico bee, and the first month (two months really) was for Erin. Her theme was Sewing Machines. I chose to make a block portraying my own modern Janome machine.
I started by taking a photo of my machine, because it's easier to see something in 2D on a photo than in real life. I made a drawing of the machine leaving out most of the details, focusing on the big lines.
After that I put thin see (and sew) through paper (pattern paper) over my drawing and started copying the lines with a ruler, keeping sewing logic in mind.
Now to make useable pattern pieces I needed to turn my ruler drawing over and copy the pattern in mirror image. I did this bit by bit, doing some of the sewing in between. I did some more simplifying as you can probably see, replacing the tiny buttons with 'sweet' text fabric.
Eventually I ended up with the finished block. I think it turned out rather cute. And a bit vintage looking even though it portrays a modern machine. The block finishes at about 10.5 inches square.
I finished the quilt I was planning to! Here is my Charm Pack Cherry!!
And the back, I love the fabric I found for it.
I quilted horizontal lines and a wonky zigzag pattern, all using my walking foot.
I bound the quilt with green polka dots and added a label.
Here is my goalsetting post (I was #100 in the goal setting party). That post has details on the free pattern from Fat Quarter Shop I used.
I can't wait to give the quilt to my unknowing recipients...
I'm linking to the A Lovely Year of Finishes June Finishes Party.
I'm back in the Lovely Finishes game. I skipped a few months because I had no time or secret goals that I couldn't reveal beforehand. This month's goal is also a secret project, but I don't think the recipients read my blog, so I'm safe :-)
I want to finish the Charm Pack Cherry quilt that I started a while ago. The pattern was free from the Fat Quarter Shop (including a cute video). I was all uncreative and used the same fabrics as Kimberly in the video, but I loved the look so much. Also I thought the colors would fit my recipients and their "we don't want to know if we're having a boy or a girl"-situation/frame of mind.
I found the loveliest and best fitting backing for this quilt at the market in my town. It's from Stenzo, a Dutch brand of children's clothing fabric. The binding I still have to pick, but that's fun. First I need to baste the quilt sandwich, a hot job with the temperatures we're going to have in the coming days...
I'm linking to the June goal setting party of A Lovely Year of Finishes. I'm #100, cool!