Easy Street - Parts 3 & 4

Easy Street part 3 is finally finished.  Here is a photo taken before I finished it.

If you are interested in seeing the progress people are making on Easy Street, pop on over the Bonnie Hunter's blog Quiltville here.

Here is  a photo of the reason I am behind on Easy Street.  It is a quilt I was finishing for my sister for Christmas.  You can read about it here.

And here is step 4 completed today.  I hope to start step 5 tomorrow and step 6 is also going to be released tomorrow.  I am really enjoying this mystery quilt.

Country Cottage Quilt for Mags

Here are some photos of a quilt I have been frantically trying to finish in time to send to my sister Margaret in time for Christmas.  

The quilt pattern was a Block of the Month called Country Cottage from the Limerick Quilt Centre.  I loved the colours when I saw them and thought they would be very suitable for my sister.  I have worked on this quilt in conjunction with the wedding quilt shown in a recent post.  Both of these quilts now reside in Co.  Galway with Mother and Daughter.

Because of the time spent on this one recently I haven't been able to get any work done on Easy Street and also because of the time of year.  I hope to get some of step 3 or 4 done this evening.

A close up of one of the blocks and the quilting design.  I did free motion quilting on my domestic machine.  I traced the patterns for the nine blocks onto 'bank' paper and stitched over them.  I also traced the design for the outer border onto paper.  The remainder were done freehand.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.

Close up of another block and it's quilting design.  I tried to stick to all floral designs.

And another.  I used three different designs on the blocks.

And another!!

And finally the finished quilt.  I am delighted with it.

Easy Street - Step 2

Work in progress on my flying geese.

Some finished. More to do.

2" x 3.5" Black on Whites cut for next step.

2" scrap strips being cut for Bonnie's workshops at the International Festival of Quilts in Galway, Ireland next year.  I have booked all three classes as an early Christmas and birthday present to myself.

Almost there.

And so finally finished.  I just need to trim the dog ears on the flying geese units but I should have that done by next Friday.  I may not be as efficient in getting all my units done over the coming weeks but I am very pleased with my progress so far.  I can't wait for the next step.  If you would like to see everyone's progress or to get details on Bonnie's mystery you can check it out HERE

Trip Around the World

This is another recent finish.  This Trip Around the World quilt was from a workshop I attended in August with Rachel Wolstenholme of Pomegranate Quilts.  She is in the process of writing a book on her method of doing Trip Around the World and ran a couple of workshops here in Ireland to see how it would all work out.

One of the suggestions for fabrics for this workshop was to pick a colour theme.  I went to my fat quarter stash and decided on pink and so I have a very pink quilt that my 12 year old daughter very quickly put her name to.

It was longarm quilted on my friends machine and I am very pleased with the overall result.

Wedding Quilt

This is a photo of a recent finish.

It was a block of the month that I collected a few years ago and kept to work on as a wedding present for my niece.

The pattern is by Marti Michell and is listed on her website as Set L Medallion.  The blocks of the month included two packs of Marti's templates which were used in making up the blocks.

I started the quilt in February of this year and finished it in October.  I was very lucky to have been able to quilt it on my friends longarm machine which really makes it feel as if it is all my own work.

The quilt was presented to the bride and groom (Katie and Aidan) the night before their wedding which was on 2nd November.