Heartstrings Quilt finished!

Yesterday I finished a large String Quilt and it is now ready to be taken to New Zealand in January.
It is a gift for our very special friend Liz who has a special birthday coming up on 15th January,
We will be in NZ to celebrate her 70th birthday at a lunch party in a nearby café overlooking the beach.

I made my first Heartstrings Quilt back in April when we were in NZ and Liz admired it so much I decided that I would make one for her birthday.

 

Here is the quilt I made in April

 

 

And close ups of some of the blocks:

 

 

For Liz's Quilt I decided to use a solid centre strip in each block so that when the four blocks are put together to make a whole block the solid strips form a diamond shape:

 

The colours are actually a lot brighter than they appear in these photos.  Taking photos indoors on a dreary December afternoon in the UK doesn't work very well.  I hope to take better ones when we are in NZ!

Here's the finished quilt:

 

I am pleased with it and happy I managed to finish it before Christmas, otherwise I would have been rushing about like a mad thing before we left for NZ in the New Year.

 

I love making String Quilts - I am sure I will make another one next year.

 

This is my last quilt finish for 2015 so may I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

 

 

 

Splitting Myself 3 Ways!

Hi everyone.

Dordogne Quilter, Clare, here.

I've been meaning to post for ages, but we're having severe weather problems and are presently coping with about to burst water pipes, so please forgive my tardiness.

I love string quilts. They speak of so much more than ordinary quilts. All those fabrics in a quilt!

Here's one I did last year which is being auctioned off  for a hospital in the UK to raise funds for the children's ward.

Strawberries & Cream

Mary of Heartstrings fame kindly let me use the Heartstrings pattern.

A Liberated Amish Roman Stripes quilt

S is for Stripes or Strings

And another one, based on Tonya's Lego quilt.

All That Jazz!

For my next project I'm going to combine strings with an Amish style quilt (similar to this one) which is why I'm splitting myself 3 ways as I shall also be posting about it on Tonya's UnRuly Quilters blog and, of course, on my own blog.

I'll post again once I can start sewing again!