Archie The Wonder Dog

In May last year, I took part in a blog hop for Oakshott and made a table runner from their gorgeous Lipari range, which was being relaunched.  Before I launched into making the blocks for the runner, I needed to piece a test block to check the templates worked.  Here it is mid assembly: I couldn't leave it on its own, so let it choose some potential friends: I decided to stick with the fabrics from Monico Solorio-Snow 's Sew Yummy collection for Cloud 9 fabrics , so out went that multi dot and in came some tomato pin cushions.  I made an exception for the bead lines second down as that would make an ideal binding. I pieced these blocks in fits and starts in between other projects as I found that having made sixteen whole blocks and four half blocks, my enthusiasm was somewhat lacking.  To think that when I made the test block I thought I might up the size a bit and make a big quilt!  I think not! At some point I had three blocks: Then I ha...

The last time you saw this project ( in my tutorial for the blog hop ), it looked like this: and I hadn't managed to get it completely finished in time for my turn on the blog hop.  Over the last few weeks I've managed to claw back enough energy to tackle the quilting and I have some more photos to share: I use a  teaspoon to help close the safety pins - it helps avoid drawing/safety pin thumb! I quilted in the same mid grey (Aurifil 50wt 5004) that I used for most of the piecing. I eyeballed most of the lines, and used masking tape for sections which were difficult to eyeball.  I used a pin to mark the position of the tips of the segments so they weren't chopped off when I added the binding. I'm really rather pleased with how it's turned out! The back A closer look at the quilting. And if that wasn't an exciting enough thing (did I mention that this is a finish from my 2016 Q2 FAL list ?!), there's a new member of the trib...

Today is my turn on the Oakshott Lipari blog hop , which is being hosted by Lynne  and runs for the month of May and showcases  Oakshott's Lipari collection .  I've made no secret of the fact that I'm a huge fan of Oakshott's fabrics - they're beautiful to look at, as well as being lovely to sew and I'm honoured to be part of this blog hop.  Thank you, Lynne and Michael, for inviting me to take part and trusting me with the fabric! Oakshott's Lipari collection contains eighteen colours, and each of the colours has a black warp and a different coloured weft which results in luxurious colours that shimmer and shine.  The fabrics subtly change shade depending on the light and this gives projects a really special look that you just don't get with other fabrics. Also, the fabrics are 54" wide so you get a lot more than you'd expect in a fat eighth bundle, which is always good!    You can find out more about the inspiration for this collection he...