Gift quilt

Do you remember this quilt I made with some friends as a birthday gift?

And this is its new happy owner!

Before Trudy was been very helpful in to prepare the gift box!

Inner border

I have chosen to quilt the inner border with some sweet saying....



...and the name of the friend who will receive the quilt as a birthday gift...

Wheels in quilting

I have started to quilt the Wheels quilt.

The soft batting I have used shows up the wheels.

They seem as colorful jellyfishes.

Quilt bee update and a new book

I told you about this project in this post . Now I have added the sashing and have started to make the outer border.

Now I like it and I'm happy as it is turning out.

Today I received a new book. The crazy isn't the quilt stile I prefer but the four crazy blocks of this quilt are simply wonderful.

The folk art designs for appliquè are very fun and full of details.

If you like this book or want to know more go here .

Wonky wheel tutorial

Have you liked the wonky wheel?

Today I post a little "how to do" if someone want to make it.

1- Freehand cut a circle from a paper square about 8"x8" (20x20cm) with a center hole .

2-Hand cut some slices from 3 (or, better, more) strips of different fabrics about 6" of height.

3-Using the paper circle as a foundation stitch the slices right side together and continue until the circle is completed.

4-Trim the excess of fabric from the border of the circle.

5-Complete as for an appliquè circle.

6-Place the wheel on the background an complete with a star (or a heart or a free hand circle...) to cover the hole in the center.

CONGRATS! Your wonky wheel is DONE!

A bee quilt

Last Saturday I met my friends to have a all day together to start a bee-quilt.

We want to make a quilt for the 50birthday of a friend.

The project is to make the wonky wheels in different colors and add them on a clear background with colorful sashing and border.

WE WORKED HARD ALL THE DAY!

At last we made 16 wonky wheels and 16 appliquè stars to complete the center of each wheel.

We are very satisfied of ours work !

In a future post the progress and tutorial...

Wheels

During the last days I have tried something totally new for me. I never made the Wheels before and I really enjoyed this blocks.

I made one Dresden plate and some Wagon wheels in different colors.

And I made also two wonky wagon wheels that I like so much.

I would like to plan a quilt using this blocks.