Little Patchwork Village - Centre Blocks Done

This afternoon I completed the final two blocks and the put all 9 blocks together.

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It measures 43 x 43". I want to add a first border, then maybe a second border of triangles and then a final third border. That will get it just over 60" square which makes it a more useful size.

Now I am off to sew the red buttons in the centre of each block of the navy quilt and to maybe add a bit more quilting to it. And I got Denyse Schmidt's Quilts book out of the library this morning, so I will have a read of that.

Little Patchwork Village Update

I got 4 blocks completed this afternoon. Two to go.

Little Patchwork Village

The fabric (Martinique by Moda) arrived yesterday from The Fat Quarter Shop. It took 8 days to arrive from the US and works out at $3.15NZ a fat 1/4 including postage - half of what it costs here. And they wonder why we shop online/overseas in New Zealand.

Anyway, got to work this arvo. Because I want to make the quilt bigger than the pattern I had to re-size the blocks. I am quite impressed with myself resizing the half square triangles, etc, espec when I am no Maths whiz. I made a test block using old scrap fabric. And once that was all good, I started on the real thing. I got three blocks done and I think it looks very prettty so far. It will keep me busy for the rest of the week.

PS Thanks to Melissa over at Baking Makes Things Better for introducing me to Picassa and Picnic for photo editing. I do like making collages (-:

What’s Next?

Another baby quilt. This one for my first niece or nephew due mid November.

Fabric: Tweet Tweet by Keiki for Moda from Pink Chalk Fabrics

The Care Package Quilt

For Shannon and Isabel.

Pattern: Days in Provence by House on the Hill

Fabric: Moda Rounnieries from Patchwork Passion, Onehunga