My First Patchwork

I may have finished a fair few quilts and other patchwork projects since but this is the quilt that started it all off way back in 2011!

Lisa (who else!) talked me into a Jelly Roll workshop in early February 2011 and this is what i made. I can't for the life of me remember what the pattern is called or where it came from*** but i do know that the fabric is "Fandango" by Kate Spain. I've also managed to glean from a forum post that after the top was finished it was put away until the Stitching Show at Sandown in early 2012 where i bought the yellow fabric "for the borders".

So, I had a day trip to Plush Addict on Saturday where i bought several Kona Solids to co-ordinate with some of the Stash - including the pink/purple range of "Eastern Miniatures" by Fabric Freedom, yes, i am finally going to do something with it!! I have admired it for long enough and it is now time to take the plunge and cut it up before i fall out of love with it because i can't decide what it wants to be LOL

But i digress... As usual! I decided that as i was buying MORE fabric i should finish some longstanding projects and  really, shouldn't the most longstanding be the first finished?

As soon as i got home i got the sewing machine, iron and irong board out and got to work. I decided to forego borders so that i could use the yellow fabric as the backing and actually it makes a lovely sized cover for my legs and feet :)

I used the backing as the binding, even remembering how to turn the corners properly and then i hand stitched the binding. I have always machine stitched the binding but i think i am a convert! Yes, machine stitched is a LOT quicker but hand stitched looks beautiful and actually it is very relaxing. This one took probably about 3 hours, maybe a little more but that's just an evening in front of the telly!

Here are the Kona solids that i bought on Saturday, along with the fabrics they were bought to go with!

On the left we have Pool, Peridot and School Bus (top to bottom)
At the top we have Crimson and Sweet Pea
At the bottom we have Cayenne.

Picking out these colours was a lot of fun, the reject pile was MASSIVE due to the fact that Plush Addict carry over 200 colours of Kona Solids.
I can't wait to get these made up so i can go and choose the next lot! :D

Now, shall i finish my "Mountain Majesties"* quilt or my "Twisting the Night Away"** quilt next?

Decisions, Decisions!

*Mountain Majesties was another workshop quilt. This time it was on June 7th 2012 and the top was finished on 18th June 2012
**Twisting the Night Away top was finished on 22nd June 2012 but i can't remember or find any other details than that!
***The pattern is called "Strip the Willow" and it is from Two From One Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott :)