kaffe fassett

Jelly Stars in Kaffe from Wendy's Quilts and More

It's been so long since I've blogged!

But I have a few recent finishes and I want to record them here for my own future reference.

First up is my Jelly Stars - I don't have a proper name for it yet, so I'll just refer to it by the pattern name for now.

I used the Jelly Stars pattern by Modernly Morgan for this one. I won a Kaffe Fassett Emperor jelly roll some years ago and it was time to use it so I paired it with a Kona Solid in Kale. I needed a ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 5 days, 16 hours ago. under free spirit fabrics , jelly roll , jelly roll quilt , jelly stars , kaffe fassett , modernly morgan

End of a Quilting Blockage... Maybe from Fret Not Yourself

Serve the people at the bottom. The people at the top don't need your help.

~Yuri Kochiyama

Quilting

I lost my quilting mojo this fall somewhere between family and medical. I've been looking through old sketchbooks, rereading books about quilt blocks without interest. Finally, reviewing old photos struck a spark.

Anna Maria (Horner) Perry designs gorgeous fabrics and had an exhibit at Quilt Festival a few years ago. The quilts highlighted her then new fabric line {remember those coneflower prints?} and several intrigued me. I saw simple blocks, large shapes to utilize large scale prints, and of course ...

added by Ann 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under anna maria horner , kaffe fassett , medallion quilt , monarch butterfly

Lightning Strike from Wendy's Quilts and More

Each year in January I like to start a new Kaffe Fassett quilt. This year I chose Lightning Strike from Quilts on an English Farm.

When I made Kaffe quilts I like to take inspiration from the books, and use fabrics that I already have in my stash. I love mixing up older prints with the new ones.

This pattern is just giant half square triangles but the placement gives the quilt real movement.

I love a soft, hand quilted quilt with wool batting and that's what I've done here. I quilted the whole quilt with a variegated ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 6 months ago. under aurifil , big stitch hand quilting , hand quilted , kaffe fassett , kaffe quilt , quilts on an english farm

Sliced Charm Runner from Wendy's Quilts and More

While I was at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in Christchurch I picked up a pattern for a quilt as you go table runner.

I didn't really need a table runner, but I wanted to experiment with the technique because I bought some Japanese jacquard fabrics in Japan that I think I'm going to have to quilt as I go. They look like they will fray very easily so this may be the best method for working with them.

The pattern I bought came with a charm pack of Kaffe Fassett fabrics so I followed the instructions ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year ago. under ge designs , kaffe fassett , quilt as you go , table runner

The non retirement quilt from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm squeezing in one more finish before the end of the year and then my next blog post will be my annual wrap up.

This quilt was designed and made for friend and work colleague. We gave it to her this week and she was thrilled.

It possibly looks a bit washed out in these photos but it's bright!!

It's all 6" finished half square triangles but the placement works so well with these strong colours.

I had this one long arm quilted at Busy Bee Quilt shop in Wellington. The backing is a Kaffe Fassett wideback ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 5 months ago. under half square triangles , kaffe fassett , kaffe quilt , nz quilter

Crazy from Wendy's Quilts and More

And I have another finish to share with you. I'm calling this one "Crazy" because it sends your eyes a bit crazy as you try to pick out the pattern. However, I chose a very clever motif for the long arm quilting and that may help you to see the blocks. (Garden Trellis 4 by House of Creations)

I purchased this Kaffe Fassett Marquee Stripe fabric at one of our guild sales days and I didn't have a lot to play with. this is all of the blocks I could make from what I had. And it's ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 5 months ago. under crazy quilt , kaffe fassett , kaffe quilt , kaffe quilts again , kaffe stripe , marquee stripe , nzquilter

Crazy Cutting Corners from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm back!

I haven't been away, but I've been super busy with work, cricket admin and quilt guild admin. I've hardly had any time for sewing lately, but I decided to fix that this week and I finally made time to pick up my rotary cutter.

I'd been thinking about using some of my Kaffe Fassett stripes so I browsed through some of my older Kaffe books and came upon this pattern from Kaffe Quilts Again (2012):

I only had the Marquee fabric in the lighter shades so mine looked like this:

random

some diamonds ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 10 months ago. under kaffe fassett , kaffe quilt , kaffe quilts again , kaffe stripe , marquee stripe , nzquilter

Almost 10 Years in the Making... from The Cozy Quilter

In October 2014, I took a class with Kaffe Fassett called "Overlapping Tiles". We spent all day cutting squares and putting them on our design walls to come up with a pleasing composition. Kaffe and Brandon came around the room to each quilter to make suggestions about colours/fabrics to add or take away and arranging the tiles. They added 5 fabrics to my quilt including the constant fabric--none of which I would have added myself. I finished the quilt top a year ago. I originally planned to make a queen sized quilt, but eventually downsized it to a lap ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hiking , kaffe fassett , overlapping tiles , slow sunday stitching

Faith from Wendy's Quilts and More

There's nothing like an exhibition deadline to make me hurry up and finish a quilt.

This one all started when I saw an offcut of the beautiful Stone Flower centre in the remnant bin at my local quilt shop. I knew I had to take it home and and turn it into something pretty.

There's always a good selection of medallion quilts in Kaffe Fassett's books so I perused my little library and came across the Blue Square Dance quilt in Quilts in the Cotswolds.

I didn't fancy making the final border on the Blue Square ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years ago. under blue square dance , faith quilt , kaffe fassett , kaffe fassett quilt , medallion quilt , quilts in the cotswolds , stone flower

A Top Deal and a Top Finish from Stof genoeg

Pictures of a finished Kaffe Fassett top + a top deal from Inklingo, for 1.375 inch hexagons and diamonds in one downloadable shape collection! XXX Annika Continue reading →

added by Annika 2 years ago. under 60 degree diamonds , brown but nothing to do with chocolate , hexagons , inklingo , kaffe fassett , quilting (Comments)

Purple Zone from Wendy's Quilts and More

There's nothing like an exhibition to make you hurry up and finish a quilt.

This recent finish is a combination of two Jen Kingwell designs.

Back in 2019 I started Jen's Marshal Mystery Quilt published through QuiltMania. I was very proud of my central motif when I finally got it to sit flat, but as time went on and more and more of the quilt got released, I didn't feel inspired to finish it according to the pattern.

But I've always hung onto this centre piece and I knew I'd find a way to use ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years, 1 month ago. under daylesford quilt , jen kingwell , jen kingwell designs , kaffe fassett , marshal mystery quilt , purple zone , quilt recipes book , quilt recipies

Stone Flower from Wendy's Quilts and More

Hello!! I'm back and I've got a finished top to show you.

I'm calling it Stone Flower because the fabric in the centre is the Stone Flower wide back by Kaffe Fassett Collective. Here's how it evolved over a short period of time back in April 2023.

Another wide back by Kaffe Fassett Collective

mixed in with Cactus Flower in blue

I took elements of the Blue Square Dance pattern from Kaffe's Quilts in the Cotswolds book and used them to expand on my fussy cut Stone Flower centre piece. But I stopped when I ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years, 4 months ago. under blue square dance , kaffe fassett , kaffe quilt , medallion quilt , quilts in the cotswolds , stone flower

Happy New Year from Stof genoeg

Pictures of works in progress - a Dragon Quilt Design and a Kaffe Fassett patchwork top - XXX Annika Continue reading →

added by Annika 2 years, 5 months ago. under annika kornelis original quilt design , chinese dragon , eq6 , eq7 , eq8 , kaffe fassett (Comments)

Quilt Too Small? from Lotus Cove Quilting

*Red and Blue shown at Durham Orange Quilters meeting, 2022*.

It’s been quite a while since I posted here. I’ll try to catch up, as I HAVE been making quilts. But today’s issue is a quilt that is too small.

In 2022, I finished a queen quilt for my own bed. All Kaffe Fassett fabrics with a bamboo batting. But both of us toss and turn all night and the sateen backing lets the quilt slide everywhere. So I’m adding new blocks to three sides.

Fortunately, old and recent Kaffe fabrics coordinate well. The quilt is ...

added by Jaye 2 years, 6 months ago. under blue , fabric , kaffe fassett , king quilt , machine pieced , machine quilted , modern quilt , pieced , queen quilt , quilt , quilt as you go , quilting , quilts , quilts and fiber arts , red , sewing (Comments)

Two Quilts Pin Basted, Navy Scrappy Blocks, Sunflowers and Visitors from The Cozy Quilter

It is so much easier on the knees and the back to pin baste quilts on a table rather than the floor. I took advantage of the tables at the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre this past week to get two quilts ready for quilting. The first one is a pattern by Christine at Tesselate Quilts. I pieced the top over a year ago and it has been hanging out in the pile of completed tops for too long!

My Kaffe Fassett Overlapping Tiles quilt was also pin basted this week. I have a quilting plan for both of these quilts--using ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 9 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , kaffe fassett , overlapping tiles , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching , tesselate quilts

Shuttles from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm on my way back to New Zealand today but here's one more blog post prepared in advance. this is my Shuttles quilt that I made to showcase some of my beautiful Kaffe Fassett fabrics. You can read all about it here.

The pattern is the one on the cover of this book. My version looks so different because I chose to us a consistent background fabric - Aboriginal Dot in brown.

And I hand quilted it with bright yellow Aurifil 12 wt.

Now it’s time for the Peacock Party. Feel free to link up a recent blog ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years, 10 months ago. under aurifil , aurifil thread , hand quilted , hand quilting , kaffe fassett , quilts in morocco , shuttles quilt

UFO Progress, Yellow Blocks, Sunflowers and Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Nfld. from The Cozy Quilter

Christine and I got together this week for a few hours to sew and chat. Christine cut out squares for a disappearing nine patch baby quilt and I finished sewing my Overlapping Tiles quilt top. I have not trimmed it yet--I may even do that after it is quilted to avoid all those bias edges as I quilt. The backing fabric is ready--it is the turquoise with the pink flowers that is the constant in the quilt top. My husband held the top for me to take a picture --it was a bit breezy!

I bought myself a Half Rectangle ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 10 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , hrt's , kaffe fassett , newfoundland , overlapping tiles , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching , ufo's

Guild Sewing Day from The Cozy Quilter

I have not attended the weekly Oxford Guild sewing day since before we went to Newfoundland and finally went this past Monday. I like going because I get a lot done and there are lots of friendly quilters to chat with as I sew. I usually bring a UFO that I want to move to the finish line. The last time, I worked on my Overlapping Tiles quilt that I started 9 years ago in a class with Kaffe Fassett, and since it is still not done, I brought it along again. I managed to get all of the diagonal ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 10 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , kaffe fassett , libs elliott , overlapping tiles , slow sunday stitching , weight of love

Hand Quilted Sampler from Wendy's Quilts and More

My Hand Quilted Sampler quilt has a long and chequered past, but it's finally finished.

I started this quilt in a class with Kaffe Fassett in Wellington, New Zealand in January 2018. Yes, five long years ago!!

January 2018 in Wellington

We set out to make the Green Diamonds quilt from Quilts in Ireland, but when I got home and started to piece my diamonds together I found they my cutting hadn't been very precise, and it was going to be difficult to piece the quilt top.

I don't give up on things easily, so I set ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 1 month ago. under green diamonds , hand quilted , hand quilted sampler , hand quilting , hand quilting designs , hand quilting threads , kaffe fassett , kaffe fassett class

Resurrecting an Old UFO from The Cozy Quilter

Back in October of 2014, I took a class called "Overlapping Tiles" with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Malby. At the end of the day, I rolled up my project in a piece of flannel design wall, gathered up my fabrics and put all of it in a bin, never to even look at it again until this past Monday. I knew it was in my sewing room because every so often, I would move the bin around, always thinking that I should get back to this project and get it done. The last time I moved the bin, I remembered ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 1 month ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , kaffe fassett , overlapping tiles , slow sunday stitching

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