Back and Forth

Ooh! the back was so big! It took quite a lot of fabric to cover this... it's about 2.5 metres x 2.3 metres. That's a large bed quilt.

I'm thinking my sister might like this quilt - she's not into floral or pretty or pink.... and she's used her last quilt for 6 years - loving it.

What do you think Mum? A new quilt for Libby?

So, that's the back of the Tumbling In Kashmir quilt, and all I can do is look ahead at the next quilt... ooh.... furnishing fabrics???? 

maybe....

Tumblin' on

I've taken these photos with the iphone - they're not quite as good in quality as some of the others I've put on here... but I'll make do (phones with cameras are just sooo convenient!!)

This is the completed quilt top - two edges are zig zagged.... It's absolutely huge! It took quite a bit of sewing.... ooh! the back is going to be a challenge!

Tumbling in Kashmir

These are super-sized tumbler blocks. I drew up a template a couple of years ago - yes - it was the end of 2010 (just checked back on the previous blog post!!)

Ok, so 3 years after I started to make the quilt, I've started sewing (it was pinned into rows - that's where all my pins were!!) and now joined 1/3 of the quilt top together. What a huge quilt it's going to be!!!

 

You just never know when you're going to put down a project that you may not pick up again for a couple of years... that's getting carried away with projects for you!

 

 

Kashmir - what a mess!

I've been cutting out these tumbler pieces for erm.... a long time... more than a year? Yes, I think so. *awkward grin* Andrea came over for a mad sewing Tuesday... and I finished cutting them out... then I laid them all out into the arrangement...

And I didn't start sewing until today! They are all pieced into rows now, ready to be pressed and joined...

But, what a mess! I had to get it off the floor as quickly as possible!!

I thought I'd better....

I had a little fabric acquisition....and thought I had better get moving on some UFOs... I stitched the Rural Jardin 12FQ blocks together into the centre of a quilt top. It still needs borders.Look what I bought so far!!

I say so far, because I am going to add to this stash of Kashmir V fabrics. These 2 prints will be used in a bag.

This jelly roll and metreage might be used in the same quilt. I might use the green on some timber screens.

I am going to have a play with the fabric very soon... just like I did with the Samsara quilt.

I don't know how this happens really... I think to myself, I'll just work on some things from home, then there is a range like this.

Oh well, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity isn't it?