Sailing By Quilt

While it has been so cold and snowy there has been far too much attention to the crossword here. Lots of coffee drunk, thrillers read, the Sudoko completed (with difficulty most days) and even more faffing about. I have baked with and watched dvds with our little ones and generally there has not been much sewing I have to confess.... 

Quilt by Green Star Quilts

But now the snow has gone and the garden is beginning to look spring pretty. I am more inspired to sew and have been finishing quilts. Here is my Sailing By quilt. It is a first bed size, and the designs of the boats were drawn by husband in case I didn't get the sails right!

Sailing By Quilt by Green Star Quilts

The boats are appliqued on to quilter's calico which is so soft. The nine patch blocks have centres with star constellations on them for the boats to steer by... 

Sailing By Quilt by Green Star Quilts

There is the odd seagull, the moon and the sun, but I haven't added too much detail as I wanted the quilt to look uncluttered....

Sailing By Quilt by Green Star Quilts

The backing is my usual fabric in mid blue with white polka dots....

Sailing By Quilt by Green Star Quilts

The binding is cream with blue squiggles and is designed by Janet Clare. The fish on the red squares remind me of sardines in a tin! I have quilted a net of diagonal lines over them so the fishermen on the boats get a good catch! 

The quilt is for sale on the Buy Now page of the website if you fancy becoming the new owner of lots of fish and four old fashioned boats. It would make a lovely sofa throw as well as a small bed quilt. It could even be used on a boat....

Sailing By Quilt by Green Star Quilts

It has been great to finish projects from the sewing room and use fabric I have been hoarding and stroking for a while..... We all do have that you know....

Next week I am back to making commissions and a happy memories quilt. I hope the snow is disappearing where you are, the daffodils beginning to show, and your spirits are lifting too,

Happy Easter everyone,

Kind regards,

Sue

PS. I am linking up with Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish up Fridays

A Peter Rabbit and Friends Quilt

I had an enormous panic today when the picture editing programme stopped working. Nothing would resize, cropping wouldn't respond and even though the mouse clicked, the new edits stubbornly refused to load. I am not calm when things change or or go wrong with computing. I know this is because my skills look good but are really very superficial indeed! There are so many things I don't understand and boxes I daren't click as I have no idea what they do or even mean! Metatags anyone?? But I feel a sense of major triumph now because I remembered that our keyboard is wire free and therefore Must Have A Battery!!! So after fiddling around with a tiny triangular cover thing at the side of it and making sure that I kept the batteries I got out of a very small hole in the correct order, I have put in new ones and Bingo!!! Now the editing programme is responding to my full powered keyboard and I am in celebration mode!! Time for a glass of wine and two slices of ginger cake.....

So here are the fully edited photos of my quilt which features Peter Rabbit and friends.....

Beatrix Potter story quilt by Green Star Quilts

I loved these stories when I was little and now I read them to our little ones too. I have had these character pictures for a while, but wasn't sure what to do with them. I decided to add log cabin blocks to them and then my usual corner stars. The colours are soft pinks, blues and creams in checks, dots or flowers.

Beatrix Potter story quilt by Green Star Quilts

The backing fabric is white with Peter Rabbit and tiny flowers....

Beatrix Potter story quilt by Green Star Quilts

The binding is pale blue with little raddishes from Mr MacGreggor's garden.

The quilting is in straight lines in the ditch and through the middle of some of the bigger logs....

 

Beatrix Potter story quilt by Green Star Quilts

 The quilt is a cot size and is for sale on the Buy Now page of the website.

Beatrix Potter story quilt by Green Star Quilts

I am so pleased with this cot quilt, the colours are so soft and spring like. The weather is inproving although still very wet. I have hung up my spring wall quilt to encourage myself and we have crocus out in the garden in the last few days.

Spring colours quilt by Green Star Quilts

I hope your computer keyboard behaves itself this week, when in doubt check your batteries and I hope you have a lovely week sewing,

Happy Mothering Sunday

Kind regards,

Sue