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Yes, I made a dress - from Kaffe Fassett fabrics of course!
I like to wear 100% cotton dresses in summer, but they're getting harder and harder to find in the shops. So I decided I would just have to make some dresses myself.
I used the Style Arc June Sheath Dress pattern with a few modifications around the neck line. I cut the neck line lower, based on a dress I already have.
I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I'm looking forward to wearing it soon.
Update: Yes, it's regular quilting Kaffe Fassett ...
read moreI chose to use some gorgeous fabrics called "Neptune and the Mermaid" by Tokyo Milk for Free Spirit Fabrics. And some Tula Pink too as required.
I finished the ...
read moreBordered Diamonds is finished and I'm very pleased with it. I think I fulfilled my goal of "Summery florals". There are so many beautiful Kaffe Fassett Collective prints in this quilt.
The bird fabric is "Summer Tree" by Philip Jacobs - out of print now |
The centre fabric is "Orchids" in blue by Philip Jacobs |
Centre fabric is Brassica in Rust by Philip Jacobs |
I really enjoyed making this quilt. The big diamonds give plenty of room to showcase the flowers in Philip Jacobs' and Kaffe Fassett's designs. And when you put smaller scale prints in the borders, they ...
read moreI have another finish to share with you today.
This is "Material Girl", a quilt that I started in a class with Anna Maria Horner back in November 2019, in Wellington, New Zealand. It's based on Anna Maria's pattern called Cross Country.
My plan was to use a lot of Anna Maria Horner's fabrics in this quilt, but somehow I gravitated back to my Kaffe Fassett favourites as you can see below!
New Quilt Design
Love of Quilting May June 2021 issue features my new quilt, Lazy River!
Get a copy at Fat Quarter Shop. The pattern is beginner friendly.
Love the colors? It’s made with Free Spirit Kaffe Fassett Collective Fabrics. Some my favorites are OMBRE LEAVES, MAD PLAID and SHOT COTTONS.
NOTE: Free Spirit provided the fabrics for this project.
It is quilted with Westalee Design Spin-e-Fex Snowflake template. The template series has several shapes. This quilt features the circle.
Check out my video on how to quilt the design featured in the quilt.
Bonus! Join me LIVE Friday ...
read moreFree Spirit Fabrics have announced the winners of the Say Yes to Kaffe Collective online competition, and I'm thrilled to say that my Turkish Coffee quilt was one of the winning quilts.
The aim of the competition was for fans to make any quilt from Kaffe's Quilts in Burano book in their own choice of Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics. Then the Kaffe Fassett Collective team chose their favourite quilts and the winners will receive some Kaffe fabrics from his upcoming 2021 release.
You can view all 10 winning quilts here on Free Spirit Fabric's Facebook page:
read moreThis week I've been working on my Turkish Coffee quilt from Quilts in Burano by Kaffe Fassett. And watching the US Open of course. It's really weird with no spectators, but I'm getting used to it, and at least it's keeping everyone involved free from COVID. The French Open (rescheduled to start on 21 September) is going to allow some spectators so that will be interesting.
There are so many lovely quilts in Quilts in Burano. Free Spirit Fabrics are running a competition called "Say Yes to Kaffe Collective" and encouraging people to make quilts from ... read more
One of my local quilt shops, Busy Bee Quilt Shop, posted a photo of the new Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics on their Instagram feed yesterday.
This week was so special. I got to attend a lecture AND a class with Anna Maria Horner.
New Zealand really is a very long way away from all the quilting action in America, so when a quilting celebrity chooses to visit our country we all rejoice.
Anna Maria Horner with the quilt I made on her behalf |
On Monday night I went to the lecture and heard about how Anna Maria journeyed from Art School to designing quilt fabrics. Unlike many people who would give their right arm to be signed by Free Spirit Fabrics, Anna Maria didn't ... read more
Last month I showed you the blocks that I started in my hand piecing class at Symposium. Well, here they all are, finished. I used some really fun fabrics called Neptune and the Mermaid, designed by Tokyo Milk for Free Spirit Fabrics. I've added in some Tula Pink fabrics because they work so well with the Tokyo Milk fabrics.
That's nine big 18" blocks finished. I can hardly believe that I hand pieced a quilt this quickly! I've really enjoyed making these blocks. I'm quickly becoming a real hand piecing convert and actually prefer it to ... read more
It is square - it was just a bit breezy when I took the photo |
I love all the crazy colour in this quilt.
I really went to town when I decided to use Brandon Mably's Jumble in yellow for the borders:
And Philip Jacobs' Feathers in gold on the back:
Never mind the decision to hand quilt it with bright yellow Aurifil thread!
And the final touch was using Jupiter in red for ... read more
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