It's finally finished!

After being on my A Lovely Year of Finishes list for about 4 months running, and after being in the  2014 FAL for at least 2 quarters, I've finally finished my Mackintoshesque Art Deco inspired wall hanging!

My FAL goal setting post is here and my ALYOF goal setting post is here.

Kerry persuaded me that the best way to finish it was with faced binding.  She sent me the link to this tutorial by OP Quilt which worked really well.  OK, it's not perfect, but I was working with the edge of a 1/4" bias binding rather than a whole quilt.  As you can see it's not perfectly flat at the edges.

But, quite frankly, I don't care!  I also don't care that the back is an absolute mess.

I am very happy with the way the front looks and that's all that matters.  Now I just need to get this baby on the wall.  How the hell do I hang it up?!?



  


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October update and Art Deco wallhanging update

October did not go as planned.  I spent the first week of the month at the Manor House learning all manner of new craft techniques and came home feeling inspired.  It didn't translate to challenge finished though!

Needlequest

This month was 3d stitches - Sorry Elizabeth, I just ran out of time this month.

Something New for 2014

I've added a lot of links to the party as I tried so many new things including using a scroll saw and silk painting

A Lovely Year of Finishes

I had listed my Art-Deco wall hanging again.  Again I failed to get it done, but I did make progress!  I spent an hour quilting it, that's all.  I did straight lines radiating out from the "sun", but I didn't want to cross the black lines or quilt in the pink/red sections, so it was lots of stopping and starting.  I didn't backstitch as it would be too visible so that left me with...

Hundreds of ends!

I'm happy with how it looks though.  I thought I might have to buy some thread to match the coloured sections and quilt over them too, but I don't think it needs it.

The lines are closer together in some areas, but I'm not inviting any members of the Quilt Police for tea, so I'm not worrying about it.

I do have a confession.  Those hundreds of ends?  I didn't bury them.  I took the top thread to the back and tied them in pairs with the bobbin threads.  Yep, cheating.

But the back looks a  mess anyway.  Not only is the black line quilting a mess, there are puckers galore and this hole!  Not sure where it came from!

See, a mess.  Who cares, it'll be up against the wall!

Craft Book Sew along


I was able to join in with my amigurumi bunny no. 27.


 Rainbow Scrap Challenge

This month is brown/black/grey. I didn't even sort my scraps out.  And I still haven't finished the scrap basket for red!  

Smalls SAL

This I did manage!  I started and finished my Wesley and Buttercup cross stitch. 



2014 FAL Q4

I won't bore you with the list again, nothing got finished and only the Art-Deco wall hanging and Cuzco got worked on.  Yep, my Cuzco quilt is back on the table, more of that in a later post.

So that's 3/15...  hmmm, I thought my water told me October would be a good month?

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February review 3
February goals
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September review

It's time to see what has happened challenge-wise this month.  Not that much...

Needlequest

The theme was Autumn and I got re-started on my Hardanger project, stitching the September block.



Sew Kitschy paper piecing bom 

September was the last month of this BOM and I can safely say I've failed quite spectacularly to keep up with this BOM.  Trivets WILL be made...

Something New for 2014

There was Zentangling and Micro macrame this month, not to mention my amazing Knooking!



A Lovely Year of Finishes

I said I'd finish the Mackintosh-inspired wall hanging which is a quilt pattern from Quiltessential.  I did get a fair bit done, but it's not finished.

I've done all the reverse applique, and the bias binding is now in place and stitched down.  I stalled when it came to quilting it as I'm not sure how to do it.

I wondered about a loopy FMQ in each block, but then I wondered about matchstick quilting.  Suggestions would be gratefully received.

As you can see, the edges are not perfectly straight, and one of the corners is very skewiff, this is also putting me off finishing it as I'm not sure how to go about binding it...

Craft Book Sew along

I reviewed The Zentangle Workbook 2 and Knook, I also made a bunny from Amigurumi.

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

This month was orange and my 3 orange scraps weren't big enough to make a scrap bucket... I'll wait for October's colour.

Smalls SAL

Completely failed.  I blame the Hardanger!

2014 FAL Q3

We're at the end of Q3, so here's a quick rundown of how I faired:

1. Bag of the Month June bag - done!

2. Bunnie softie - done!

3. Placemats to match my chair cushions.  Still at the "scraps in a bag" stage

4. Flower Patch bag kit - nope

5. Hessian reindeer - nope

6. Mackintosh wall hanging - in progress but not finished

7. Circle of Geese mini.  Not even thought about

8. Recycling bag for our kitchen - done, and a matching hay bag

9. Quilt And Sew On - not touched

10. Cuzco quilt - all the blocks are made, I just need to sash and join them

11. Applique cushion.  FMQ not done

12. Latch hook rug - still sitting unbound

So I managed 3 out of 12, and worked on 2 others.  Not so bad.  Bet you can't guess what will be on my Q4 list!

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Reverse Applique wall hanging

I've shown you a couple of sneak peaks of this project so far, and of course the entire solids fat quarter bundle I bought as I needed a couple of solid scraps, so I thought I should perhaps show you a bit more.

I'm making a wall hanging using reverse applique and fusible binding so it looks like a stained glass window.  I'm following a pattern for this one as I fell in love with it and hand to have it.  Above shows the coloured squares being sewn on and trimmed.

This is how it looks from the front.  I sewed down each marked line, I then had to cut out the white fabric from in front of the coloured pieces.

So this is where I am so far.  I actually started sewing on the fusible binding after taking this photo, I'll update you on that soon, but it's going so fast I think it might be almost finished... I hope so as this is my September goal for ALYOF.