Showing posts with label The Raven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Raven. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 August 2022

The Raven Quilt hangs


The Raven  quilt is hanging at home, and it's an exciting time to think of how I will decorate my house for Halloween for the first time!



I'm trying to take a good photo of my quilt!








Here's a little video...



Outtakes file.


Beautiful... just the beginning of the decorating... I am so excited! 















 

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Coming up next



Oh this kantha stitching! I love this Eye of The Tiger quilt, but it's quilting fast, so I am looking in my stash for something else to make next.




Oh I think I need to save this True Colours jelly roll. It's too pretty to be lost with the Monkey Wrench fabric.

This requires more thought.





I've taken photos from the Raven quilt book by Blackbird Designs to send quilting ideas to my Mum. I am excited she is going to start custom quilting my quilt!


It's a big love gift on her behalf, I foresee many hours she will work on it for me. This is indeed an heirloom in the making.





 

Saturday, 31 July 2021

The Raven quilt top complete!

Is it every really possible to snap a photo of a quilt without the dog in it? Or in this case the dog's bum?






Or the wind blowing?? I think these are iconic photos that need to be remembered. Haha.





Oh look, the dog's face~!


And don't forget the trampoline...




Feeling super happy that this is going to be finished in time to hang on the wall for all of October! Time to send it to Mum. What am I using on the back? Hmm.Will go for a rummage.

 

Saturday, 17 July 2021

The Raven installment

That's a lot of foundation piecing put together! The entire top row and the sides of the top.





I decided to reverse the black and yellow. I wanted the black next to the blocks, much like the black sashing surrounds the blocks, and creates a yellow star at the cornerstones.



Proud of my achievements! Still working on the centre house block. The bottom row is next.

 

Monday, 5 July 2021

Piecing The Raven


Joining rows, getting closer to completing The Raven quilt top. The excitement within is immense, it's thrilling when a journey of a couple of years starts to reach completion!




 

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The Raven Update

The Raven quilt is getting closer and closer to completion. There are quite a few foundation pieced parts to add to the borders... I am looking forward to having this up for Halloween this year!

I am determined and focused to keep on.





 

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Progress on "The Raven" quilt


Still a few details to go on some of these blocks - a leaf or two, a few berries.  I am finally up to the "most difficult" block, which is a house.




I use the freezer applique needleturn method, which means that i need the design to be reversed. Well guess what, the house in the centre is not quite symmetrical.



I really had to jiggle to get the yellow fabric underneath in the right spots.


I am super glad I left this to be the final block, because it's giving me the push I need to complete it. The "almost there" factor is doing it for me. I can see the finish line... I'd love to have this finished and hanging on my wall at the start of October. 

I really haven't made much for myself this past year, and ravens mean so much to me.

I am so determined to complete this applique block, that I've taken this as my project today to quilt group. I usually take my sewing machine, but no. I am preparing block pieces. It's time.

I am getting so excited!



 

Monday, 18 January 2021

Magnet - in the zone


I found this magnet today at Kmart, or was it finding me? Anyway, that's my vision board on the green cardboard, and that's my $2 magnet. Testimony that it's working already!

And this is my next block in The Raven quilt. I needed to do the basket, flower and berries, the rest was done. It feels good to be on the other side of half way now with only a few blocks left.


 

Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Raven acorn block



Ooh, and another block, this one with an acorn.

I love that William Morris flower that kind of looks like pumpkin flowers as well.


I am surprised at how well I did choosing these colours when I went shopping for the fabric. I was in one of those decisive moods, and went to buy it all at once. I didn't even take the pattern book with me on the day. I saw them, pulled fabrics, chose everything, and took it home with me, feeling like a million bucks.

I think I did it around this time of year, it's almost my birthday, and I like to find something that I really want to treat myself with. Especially if it's something quilty, because it lasts much longer than just the day.

I am adding these blocks to instagram as well, because it's inspiring me to see other people create this quilt. Let's Roll!

 

Tuesday, 5 January 2021

It's a goal


I'm not sure if I've posted photos of the other blocks made so far in The Raven Quilt. It's designed by Blackbird Designs.


The blocks are quite large - about 15 inches square.


This makes the applique easy to do.


It's strange because I'm not really into brown quilts anymore. Living in the warm sub tropics, I am no longer seeking warmth and cosiness, but seeking freshness and coolness from my textiles.


Most of these fabrics are moda. The background is a Japanese fabric, almost an Osnaberg. I bought it for $10 a metre in about 2015, and put it aside for about forever. Haha! I am more into patterned backgrounds than ever before, so I thought, if I don't use it now, I probably never would.

The other prints are William Morris and some light orange and purple reproduction fabrics. And a moda grunge for the stems. I can't get enough grunge. It goes in most of my projects these days.

I went on a berry making spree to complete these 4 blocks totally. That's 4 out of 9 complete. And I am on track for October hanging it on the wall! 

My first Halloween quilt. With a house with lots of wall space, I am starting to think of themes for different times of the year. I have so many Christmas pieces, and the house looks so good for that period of time. Why not have more themes for other times of the year?

 

Wednesday, 30 December 2020

The Raven quilt goals

We went away for a couple of days with the family: The kids uncles, partners, kids and grandparents. Well, I felt very much like I didn't have a holiday at all. I didn't get to sit out with the other adults late at night (ours were in bed), and I was up at 6am with an extra one to take care of, bouncing on me in my room. The kids had a blast, and I learned about what I want out of a holiday, and where I would go stay.


My enjoyment was stitching after going into our motel room for an early night (couldn't leave the kids on their own!!) .....




 I now have two blocks finished from my blackbird designs quilt "The Raven". It's my goal to finish this by next Halloween.

These blocks are huge at about 15 inches each. Lovely big pieces, except for the berries.





Only 9 blocks in total, time to prep another needleturn block. I have goals!!

 

Friday, 28 February 2020

The Raven update

My go to hand work project!

The blocks need berries... 


Just plugging away in the background, I have run out of the tape I use to make the 1/4 inch strips and waiting for the shop to get more in.


What to do? I will just have to surge forward. Most blocks are prepared and ready to stitch. These are really big measuriang about 50cm square!

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Ohhh the berries

Plugging away at the berries for my handwork....

I've decided it would be great to finish this quilt in time for the Townsville show (just because it gives me a deadline to finish it, and I have so many quilts to make in me still!)


It took an hour to make 9 circles, without stitching them down... I still need to make some in other colours, and I think I need about 70 in total. Oh my!

Pattern credit: The Raven by Blackbird Designs. Fabric choices by me.

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Busy week!

It's been my son's first week in kindergarden, and what does a mother do to distract herself from the separation, especially when he is the one with separation anxiety at morning dropoff?

She joins quilt group for the second day in a row. A different store today, I cut out batting, and basted backing onto the back of 22 blocks (need backing for another 13 squares).

It was raining hard, and I needed to stay in town in case the road was cut off from home to the kinder. At least I could pick up my 4yo, even if we couldn't get back home.

But no worries, it did not turn into the monsoon we had last year.

These were the first 2 blocks. Finished and trimmed, and then suddenly it was time to pack up. Unbeknownst to me, the shop was closing at 12 noon, Dang it! I was settling into a full day of sewing!

So i sat down in a shopping centre coffee shop with some hand stitching working on this Raven block.



The first one is not quite finished yet. It just needs berries. These blocks are huge, about 50cm square, so they are coming together quite quickly because they are so large.


And at night I sat and stitched a whack of cupcake blocks. This is what they look like untrimmed.



The cupcake fabric is being used in most blocks (if not all), and is the one that will tie these scrappy blocks together.

And finally, here is my boy's first kinder painting. What do you see?

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Starseed Towel

This handtowel is appliqued with the triple goddess in shimmery fabric. It's gone to its forever home along with the new release card deck "Goddess Dream Oracle". What a great match they are.



I've purchased a special pattern from Blackbird Designs with a quilt design "The Raven". The book contains the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, and some of my favourite ever motifs: ravens and pumpkins. I have decided to make it in muted colours to hang up in the house in October, before we decorate for Christmas. 


I think we are going to have seasonal decorating all year round.


All I've done is start the stems. Hee hee. I am using an ongoing grunge fabric for the stems, as I have no idea how much I need.




This towel in its stunning blue is so absolutely gorgeous.

I have appliqued a starseed woman on a shimmery fabric moon background.

All ready for a special bath ritual.