Jen's Quilts

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 23 Another 6 1/2" block this week. And nothing technical - straight lines and foundation piecing. But a nice design. I was able to do everything but the foundation piecing on Sunday evening, and after using the work printer for the paper foundations, the block was together by Monday. No rest for me though... I've cut out all the blocks for a completely different quilt - a disappearing nine patch. I've put together one nine patch so far, and then cut it up again to make the 'disappearing' bit.  I'll need to get a few more to this stage before I sew them back together

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 22 I have spent a lot of time googling jelly roll and fat quarter quilt patterns and watching quilting videos on YouTube over the past few days.  I'd like to make a small quilt for someone in the near future, but nothing complicated - not like this.  I had a look at jelly rolls at the usual shop on the weekend, but there were no colours I liked. Jelly rolls online and elsewhere are just so expensive.  So I have decided to use fat quarters, and I think I have settled on the disappearing nine patch as a nice but not complicated pattern.  So watch this space... I have time to think about such things as I have finished the big rounds....

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 21 With last week being a big round, this week was going to be the circle of triangles.  As it is the fifth time I have done these, I had all the foundation piecing complete within a few days, and the six segments together in no time.  But then I left it until the weekend to press it, trim to size and remove the papers. Ta da! I headed out on Saturday afternoon to do stuff and things, and in the evening pinned the ring and last week's circle (also trimmed) together.  Sunday morning I sewed that last seam to join them together. I quite like this one.  But I am also glad that all the big rounds are now comp...

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 20 I won't repeat what I said when I saw this week's block.  It was a bad word.   It is time to do the last large block.  I'll dedicate this one to a friend who has enjoyed checking out the big rounds, much more than the "boring" standard 6 1/2" blocks. No curves or hand sewing this week, so I took my time sewing strips, cutting them up and sewing them back together again.  I ended up with 12 diamonds of each colour, which were then turned into bird/leaf shapes. Then a bunch of Y seams and some more triangles and I had the eight big diamond shapes. A bunch more Y seams and it was done. I enjoyed this one. I can...

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 19 I have nothing good to say about this week.  When the block arrived, it mentioned curves, applique and hand sewing.  HAND SEWING?  I work full time.  I don't have time for hand sewing.  My annoyance at the instructions, combined with a lot going on at work and some virus or something I caught that made me tired all week was not going to have a good outcome.   The centre shape required tight, tiny curved sewing.  The individual seams were okay, but the four combined were not awesome.  The outer segments went in fairly well, but even ironed, the block didn't sit too well.  But anyway... However, it ...