More scrappy quilts​
2020 was all about plague - and my way of getting through it was to make quilts - lots of quilts!
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over 1,200 small rectangles in each quilt. great scrap busters and the different colour ways make these look very different
Scrappy Diamond Quilt​
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I put many of my blue fabric scraps to good use in this lovely quilt. With highlights of bright stars this quilt and another row of diamonds running along the back you got two quilts for the price of one.
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A great allover quilt design of triangles complements it.
Blue Log Cabin​
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You may be sensing a theme here - there was a huge amount of blue fabric in use over lockdown.
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This is a fairly traditional log cabin quilt although in shades of blue, white and grey.
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I always said I would never make a log cabin quilt but never say never!
Peacock​
I love teal colours and when I went through all my fabric bits I discovered I had enough for a quilt. The front is alternating squares of teal and white and the reverse is a lovely wandering pattern of half square triangles. It is quilted all over with stylised peacock feathers.
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It measures 216cm x 175cm and is still for sale
Birch Trees​
Well, this was an attempt to make a dent in my scrap pile. It didn't - but I love the effect of the scrappy lines and just quilted it with irregular lines that highlight the tree look.
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The reverse is a simple pattern of 'dropped sticks' in creams and calico, with contrasting lines of cream and calico fabric
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All Squared up​
My favourite quilt so far, I love the simple abstract pattern and the amazing quilt job by Graham at Farr Quilting. The back is a soft, self patterned white and there is a lot of white background in this.
The coloured fabric mainly came from a curtain sample that I picked up in a charity shop. There were so many shades of fabric they were crying out to all be used together.
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It measures 209cm x 209cm
Summer Roses​
A really unusual colour for me - I am not really a roses or pink person but found this part made quilt languishing in a forgotten corner so redesigned it and ended up with this. The centres are quilted with a simple flower design and you choose which is the front and back - they are both lovely on this old fashioned looking square quilt.
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It measures 198cm x 198cm
Stripes...or not​
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More blue fabric here and a lot of recycled striped shirts. I had much fun fussy cutting the stripes to make concentric circles and also joining different sized squares
I still have lots of striped fabric left so watch this space - a brighter version of this is on the way!
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Rainbows​
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And finally (for now), lockdown has featured many rainbows and this was my nod to them. One amazing piece of fabric cut into rainbow strips and pieced into stars. I finished it off with some simple ruler work and a lovely white back.
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