CHALLENGE: OLDEST UFO TOP "The Blue Train" - RAIL FENCE BLOCK

My Aunty Anne, friend Lorraine and a number of other SCQuilters decided at last years retreat in Launceston  that one of the year's challenges was to complete our oldest UFO before Canberra's retreat (at the end of July). I had designed this rail fence quilt from blue fabrics. The blocks had been sewn together already. Somewhere in moving house I had lost the pattern, so was left wondering how I had laid it out. Today, after it has sat on my sewing table for 6 weeks screaming to be put together, it has been and has taken 3 hours. I cut this when I knew not much about fabric, seams and really anything about quilting. The light fabric is some sort of poly- mix so a hot iron is a killer for it. So have managed to get it flat with a very low iron. This fabric means I will have to quilt it myself which will be the next job for the year. In the ditch or cross hatch is the question?
I've had to square up the 4 blocks, then square up the rows. I reckon it was originally sewn on my old Janome.
Still deciding on borders as it is under 4 feet square, to make it usable for me I would want it at least 5.5' square for use on the couch. I've got some spare 2.5" strips that I could use as a thinner border, all sewn together lengthways, then add some of the navy cotton I bought in Egypt 14 years ago as a bigger border.

Based on it being a rail fence, I have called it "The Blue Train".
I love train travel and "The Blue Train" is a journey I would love to do one day.
Click here to read about the journey.

Whatever is under your needle, spend 20- 30 mins sewing and enjoy.

CURRENT PROJECTS - BINDING- FINISHING UFM's

So here are some of my current projects, so close to being finished.... Binding is on one side of all of them. This week begins project bind-a-thin.
There are 4 quilts there, 2 which will be up for sale.

1) The purple one, a basic rag quilt that I used up a collection of fabric I had in my stash for years. The backing on that which you can see just near the right of my quilt inspector was a US import from about 10 years ago which actually has patchwork blocks on it. After 10 years, it is nearly all gone. Another quilt made from my stash. This quilt will be up for sale a little later on.

2)The star quilt was a block swap I did a couple of hers ago. I did it a quilt as you go. The back is a fabulous green batik style fabric. Really easy process, and just did basic cross-hatch quilting, however I used thread the colour of each block, so the quilting matches the colour of that block, and then a matching green for the back. Whatever I added was from stash only.
This quilt will also be up for sale a little later on

3) The one with the black border is a challenge quilt from on of the Squilter's retreat (challenge between Lorraine, Aunty and I) from the book "Nine Patch Pizazz"
Get the Book Here

4) The little one being inspected by the quilt police will be a gift to the daughter of a young friend. She was born 10 weeks prematurely on 15-5-15. Made purely from Stash, it measures about 26" square.

My Aunt renamed the UFO to UFM (unfinished masterpiece).
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Quilt for Hamish

Made for the pending arrival if my friend Debbie's son Hamish. Basic rag quilt. Machine sewn binding. Not happy with with corners. Will hand sew the back next time. Used owl fabric for the front and the back was balloons that I bought off eBay about 10 years ago.

Grand Illusion Week 1

Below is my first 60 HST, then all 280 HST then my first 2 blocks. Iron has died so need to go to shop tomorrow so I can press :) 

Easy St Finished now to send it to be quilted

This quilt is a behemoth. It was pulled out of the UFM box in the vain hope to finish some of the projects I have started. There are posts for this quilt in 2012!!!

I love it. It covers my entire bed it's that enormous!

Belatedly Becs

Started this quilt with plenty of time to get it find not too long after Becs 40th in May 2013. Days turned into weeks and in to months. I only had to see the rows together and bind. Finally on 16th June 2014 I finished it (excluding label). Made with a moda flirt layer cake and 6 of my own squares to give me 6 squares by 8. Quilted with a basic cross pattern to hold it together.

This was the first raggy quilt I bound and I like it. The back is just a spotlight floral I got on sale that I had yardage of. Binding, spotlight fabric that had a glitter on it.

"Charlotte's to Cherish"

I finished this last year- there are blog posts showing its construction. Made for Charlotte Mohr for her 5th birthday in 2013. Poor little mite waited 3 months for it.

Challenge Quilt "Berry Nice"

At the retreat in Townsville in 2012, Anne, Lorraine, Elvie, Rowena and I set a challenge to make a quilt from the new cuts for new quilts book we bought using a batik challenge fabric.

We were meant to take to Bendigo but didn't go.

So to Launceston, we took them to show. Rowena and Elvies friend Margaret could not attend.

Mine is called Berry Nice and was quilted by Sharon, The Patchwork Quilter here in Adelaide. 

Lorraine's Quilt

Elvie's Quilt

Anne's Quilt

"40 Lattes Later"

For Stella. Machine pieced and Machine Quilted 50 strip Jelly Roll Quilt. Pieced back. 

Wee bee New Feb Block

For Peggy for her Weiner Dog Quilt

LDQB Feb block #2

For Terri- Double Hourglass

LDQB Feb Block

For Charisma from Etsy BOM 2012

QCA Bee #4 Feb block Alex

Done with selvedges. Cool idea.

QCA Bee #4 February Block 1

Wonky log cabins- scrappy style for Rachael Grogan.