Hand Quilting & a Finish

 Good progress is being made hand quilting this top during the holiday break. 

Pattern is La Passacaglia from Willyne Hammerstein's 1st book Millefiori Quilts

Here's a shot from the back

Up closer

  I'm enjoying revisiting the fabrics used in each rosette as I quilt them

 Sometimes the fabric pattern dictates how that rosette will be quilted

 I'm about two thirds of the way done so far & am determined not to start anything else until it's complete.

Last month I finally finished a WIP that has been on the back boiler since 2010!

Tessellations BOM pattern by Australian designer Brigitte Giblin

 

I really didn't like the border fabric below that was provided so the blocks remained unframed until I came up with a different plan

Original border fabric that was provided - used some for the back

Back view

Wishing you all a Happy & Healthy 2016 full of quilty possibilities :)

Update 13/01/2016

I'm still hand quilting my Millefiori top & making good progress, linking up to weekly WOW

La Passacaglia Millefiori quilt, Tessellations & Vintage Stars

Early April I completed my Vintage stars top & it has met with the quilt inspector's approval. I already have an idea how this will be hand quilted but that will have to wait for the winter. 

Remember these tessellation blocks from a 2010 BOM? Well, they've been sitting around already individually quilted just waiting for the right border as I really didn't like the fabric that had been supplied.

Last month inspiration finally struck, a few patterned EPP hexagons appliqued to some shot cotton ones....

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Some corner blocks from EPP fussy cut jewel shapes & some contrasting joining strips

and we had a plan to see this project on it's way to completion!

La Passacaglia 

This pattern was designed by Willyne Hammerstein & can be found in her first book Millefiori Quilts published by Quiltmania. I had been waiting for the perfect project to dip in to my Tula Pink collection & this was it -  more EPP & lots of fussy cutting..... perfect! 

I'll just let the pictures do the talking......

Prince Charming range

Birds & the Bees and Fox Field  ranges

Saltwater range

Moonshine range

Birds & the Bees range

Fox Field & Acacia ranges

Bumble, Saltwater & Fox field ranges

Prince Charming, Birds & the Bees, Moonshine & Elizabeth ranges

Birds & the Bees ranges

Birds & the Bees, Acacia, Elizabeth & Fox Field ranges

Acacia range

Prince Charming & Elizabeth ranges

Moonshine range

Prince Charming himself!

Progress so far

Catching up with Tessellations

Earlier this year I signed up for the Brigitte Giblin Tessellations BOM from Material Obsession & was really falling behind having only completed the 1st block here back in April.

So I decided it was time to get a move on with these and catch up as Block # 8 is winging it's way to me as I type! I've loved working on these as the fabrics are fussy cut & English paper pieced to create the design which is then appliqued to the background.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 4

Block 5 & 6 below ready to be appliqued to their backgrounds

and Block 7 below also ready to be stitched together

Hopefully this weekend I'll have the time to complete these last 3 and be up to date with this project which has been a pleasant distraction with all the bright vibrant colours.

Tessellations

Hope you all had a lovely Easter, I've had a little computer break for the last 2 & a bit weeks as I'm looking at a screen all day at work & sometimes it just gets a bit much. The up side of this is I have had a little more stitching time in the evenings!

Fancying a little change from pastels last weekend, I allowed myself to play with some bright funky colours & have a go at a new technique - fussy cutting.

This is Block 1 (nearly appliqued to the background) of the Brigitte Giblin BOM run by Material Obsession. I wasn't going to sign up for this but once I saw it was EPP, that was it, my resistance crumbled.

My Klosjes haven't been completely abandoned though:

Week 3 - 28 more spools
Week 4 - 22 spools, this brings the total to 97!

Thank you for all your lovely comments & suggestions, they're all gratefully received & I will be replying to all in due course.