2020 Quilt Roundup

I thought I would post some pictures of the quilts I actually finished in 2020.  Most of my time was spent on the Sugaridoo QAL quilt top, which was a lot of fun.


Autumn  colours

This is a small quilt made with a charm pack and a heap of half square triangles. I tried a few new techniques when quilting - the batting is pieced, the quilting is a combo of walking foot and ruler work, and the binding has faux piping.



Flannel jelly roll triangles


I made a flannel baby quilt a few years ago, but only used half the squares at the time.  After getting my hands on some quilting rulers, I thought I would put the quilt top together and try some ruler work techniques as demonstrated by Angela Walters.  I also decided to try out some Marti Michell techniques for quilting in sections - the centre was quilted as one piece, and the borders were added and quilted after.




Plans for 2021

This year I plan to finish the Sugaridoo QAL.  All of the rows are done and I just bought two meters of a grey polkadot wideback.  I plan to quilt the thing four rows at a time, and join the sections into one prior to binding.

I might even consider starting to quilt the blue and orange block-of-the-week I did a few years ago.  I have the top and a pieced back, so I should really get it ready for quilting.  It is so huge and heavy I will give Marti Michell's low fat quilting a go.  But first I need to figure out how I am going to quilt it.  

I have also been thinking about what to do with some of the precuts I have, and much of the recent holidays have been spent googling patterns and watching youtube videos.  So far the plan is:

- a lone star pattern from Jordan Fabrics from a Marblehead jelly roll

- a modern blue X pattern from Angela Walters with some fat quarters instead of the jelly rolls the pattern calls for

- and a fun looking pattern using a charm pack

I also started a quilt I am making out of leaders and enders, a concept I was unaware of before reading Bonnie K Hunter's blogs.  But as that only gets done as other quilt tops are created, that will be done when it is done.   

Okay, so I probably won't get through all that in 2021.  But you never know.  :) 

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