WIP: Stars 8

More stars were completed this week. There seems to be a green/purple and orange theme emerging. I initially just started looking for fabric that I could fussy cut, but I have slowly started to develop groups of colours. I think I will do another 20 or so stars before I decide on a layout. I would like to make a queen bed size quilt out of these, but not sure I will get there!

I’m off to my quilting group today to do some machine piecing on a small project.  I’ve been very slack on that front lately, I just seem to come home, have dinner and a glass of wine and curl up on the couch with “the boys”. I’ve also been working on week-ends so I do have some excuse!

I hope you have a creative week.

WIP Stars: 5

I’m very pleased to report that wonder cat Cosmo is feeling much better!  He curled up on my legs while I stitched another star.

As some of you know blue is not a colour I’m fond of, but I wanted the stars to have a range of colours, so a couple of stars with a touch of blue have now been stitched. I’m thinking of creating circles of stars, each featuring a different colour.

I hope to find some more inspiration at the Modern Quilt Show tomorrow!

I’m off to my local farmers’ market for my weekly veggie shopping. Happy week-end everyone.

Modern Quilt Show

I’m off to see the Modern Quilt Show on Sunday which is being held at:

THE PAVILION – KIAMA
2 Bong Bong Street, Kiama, NSW  (Doesn’t Australia have some interesting street and place names?).

Ode to Orange
October 2014

The show is on Saturday and Sunday and should be a lot of fun. I hope to see some of you there.

I thought about entering my Ode to Orange quilt, but chickened out!  I’ve decided to have a look at the standard of entries and perhaps set myself a goal of entering a quilt next year if my skills seem up to an acceptable standard.

Very little stitching as been done in the past weeks. I have managed another two stars and hope to do another one tonight,  so I might be able to post another Stars WIP tomorrow.

Cosmo having a rest

I’ve been very busy at work and my beloved Cosmo has been unwell and needs lots of care and attention – we are off to the vet again this afternoon.  It makes me sad when the boys are unwell or unhappy 😦

Stars: WIP 4

It’s been a bit quiet on the Stars front  as I needed to finish the Oops a Daisy baby quilt and get some housework done!

I paid a quick visit to one of my fabric shops last week, selected a couple more fabrics and managed to fussy cut and paste the diamonds on Sunday night.  The weather here has been rainy and getting cooler, so last night I settled down on the couch with Pepe on my lap and Cosmo sitting on the back of the couch at my shoulder and did some stitching.  This is the result. I have now done 23 stars and I think I will need about 50 for the design that is percolating in my head.   You can see some of the others here and here.

Stars: WIP3

I’ve been down  and out with a cold and terrible cough, so between sleeping and trying to work not much has been happening on the creative front.

 

I have managed to stitch some more stars as I lay on the couch with the boys on my lap and at my feet.

They enjoyed me being still!

There does seem to be some sense of a colour scheme starting to appear, although I think it will be a while before I decide on the final version. It has largely been determined by the fabrics I have.

I’ve done 14 stars now and I want this to be a at least 60″ by 70″ so I have also started to think about layout. I could just go with stars filled with hexies in alternating rows, but I kind of like the idea of adding diamonds of a solid colour around each star to highlight a background colour in the star. That would mean a different layout – not at all sure what. Suggestions anyone?