mini mojo quilt reveal

My mojo quilt has found it's way to it's new home in Australia,  

so I am at last able to share it with you.

It is actually called Susan's Mojo 

after my friend Susan asked me to send her 

some mojo..

and so another quilt is born.

I am very proud of this one

I think it is my best work to date.

In fact I think I work best when I know it's a gift....
must be the love!

 

 

The nitty gritties

This mini is hand pieced using the English paper piecing method

although the pattern from Linda Sewards Country Quilts book

is machined.

I have used a mix of modern and vintage fabrics,

the back is a rosali print from ikea

and the binding is my fav Joel Dewberry herringbone.

The quilting is also a mix of machine and hand quilting.

The size approx 25 inch square.

 The label is hand embroidered.

Thank You xxx

short n sweet

I'm at that stage where my piece of handmade fabric turns into a quilt.

Four fabrics were auditioned for the part as binding

I almost went with a pink

but in the back of my mind I was always thinking 

herringbone..herringbone..herringbone.

Joel Dewberry herringbone fabric is my all time favourite fabric

it is the perfect binder

when you join it together the seams become invisible...joy!

stitch tease

 

I am quilting what is probably my best and most favourite quilt so far!

When it comes to quilting I tend to get really stuck,

I just never know how to do whats best

for the good of the fabric.

That was a terrible sentence but I'll leave it in.

So I have plumped for a mix of machine and hand quilting.

When I hand quilt I usually use my trusty

water soluble pen to draw on the pattern,

but on finding said pen to be dried up

I have resorted to masking tape.

Thats all folks....