I have been busy with finalizing designs for the Australian Quilt Market. That kind of had me a bit overwhelmed until Wednesday evening when all my design work, fabric samples, bits and bobs were picked up so I could no longer think about them. Yep they are in a truck on their way to Melbourne.
I was super keen to make up the Off the Rails quilt by Kate Conklin Designs. I thought after Kate''s efforts to design and make up this beautiful quilt with all its instructions I wanted to have a play to see how it looks in the Bird Tree indigo range.
Kate explains the slash and stack method so well. I really love how each row is different making the top fascinating to patchwork.The
colours pull the quilt together. I could make this quilt so many times and would have a different result each time.
So far this week I have made the top, which actually took me only a couple of
hours each night since Wednesday, you know the feeling, the child's in
bed and it's craft time.
This is what the kit looks like when it is posted out to you.
I hope I might get it finished for the AQM and tuck this one into my suitcase as well. But only if I find the
strength to baste it. Summer just started here in Sydney and it is a big quilt, so it's very hot on my lap!
Kate's instructions finish it at 133 x 192cm. But how much fun to follow instructions to make a quilt as usually I make it up as I go. Much easier to use Kate's brain...
I also have to think about how to quilt it? Mhhm, by hand or machine? How would you quilt it? I am interested in your thoughts.
I have had such lovely and generous comments on my blog recently so I have decided to reward these two special comments with a gift voucher:
Kylie can you please contact me so I can send you out your gift voucher.
I am also saying a huge thanks to all of you who have the confidence to share your thoughts on this blog.
Kate's instructions finish it at 133 x 192cm. But how much fun to follow instructions to make a quilt as usually I make it up as I go. Much easier to use Kate's brain...
I also have to think about how to quilt it? Mhhm, by hand or machine? How would you quilt it? I am interested in your thoughts.
I have had such lovely and generous comments on my blog recently so I have decided to reward these two special comments with a gift voucher:
Kylie commented on 22-Sep-2010 04:27 PM
These are fabulous! I have two little boys and I can't wait to get my hands on these fabrics and create something special!
Rosanne commented on 09-Nov-2010 11:22 PM
Absolutely gorgeous but then I am a total sucker
for your fabric.
I really would not hang the quilt in a mulberry tree through - as you
know, once the juice stains,it never comes out again! I used to gorge
myself on the fruit from the tree in my grandparents house and that has
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Shari commented on 16-Nov-2010 10:26 AM
Just love this pattern in your fabrics... this would be great for a new quilter - I know two...
Lisa commented on 15-Nov-2010 03:20 PM
I love your Bird Tree fabrics in indigo! They are playful yet sophisticated enough for a young adult - I'm thinking of my 23 year old daughter who loves blue and doesn't go for florals. Your Off the Rails pattern reminds me of stacks of books, if you look at it sideways.
Karen Grew commented on 15-Nov-2010 03:09 PM
Love the new colorways--something for everyone, boy or girl! Can't wait to get my hands on some and begin working with them.
michelle tripp commented on 15-Nov-2010 01:25 PM
The purple ROCKS in the new line! Keep it up!!
kate Smith commented on 15-Nov-2010 12:58 PM
I love your new range of fabrics as well as the others or even a shade more perhaps! AND that kit looks fabulous!
Racehl Locke commented on 15-Nov-2010 12:01 PM
I really, really want some of this line!! Saving my pennies. It is so hard to find good fabric in the purple family. (my favorite color) I also can't wait for your new line. How do you find time to design and quilt so much?
Angela Mitchel commented on 15-Nov-2010 11:46 AM
I really like this pattern! I do have to say though, having boys, I prefer the indigo range. I will have to talk to my husband and see if he will lift my fabric ban, or hurry up and finish the projects I have going at the moment :) So much fabric, so little time.
Kate Conklin commented on 15-Nov-2010 07:34 AM
Ooh, it looks lovely in the indigo range! I'm so glad you're enjoying the pattern. As for quilting, you could outline quilt the along the top and bottom of the strips a couple of times on the white. Can't wait to see it at Quilt Market :)
Sequana commented on 15-Nov-2010 05:40 AM
Your fabrics are so wonderful, each and every collection. I'm closing in on a couple of places up here that stock at least some of them, and that means I can afford the postage. *S*....In the meantime, I keep capturing the pics so I can at least look and swoon.
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