A Darlings Confetti Quilt

A little earlier this year a Fat Quarter Bundle of Darlings came my way - actually it wasn't by chance or sent to me but from a friend who had purchased it at Spring Market for me.  

Darlings is the "re-boot" collection by Ruby Star Society of all their old favourites which you have had in your stash previously but now brought to you by Moda Fabrics.  So if you have seen a few of these prints before and wondered these are not new - you are not crazy to think you have seen these before.

When I got the Darlings Collection in my hand - I do admit to being somewhat well outside my comfort zone.  There were lots of colours I don't use alot and prints that I wasn't immediately drawn to.  However after a little bit, I untied the beautiful black and gold embossed ribbon to reveal colours and designs that I was now finding a new love for.   And then I was absolutely smitten.

The characters and designs are just gorgeous. There are Tigers, Mustangs, Eggs, Hedgehogs, Octopi, Strawberries, Stars, Tangram shapes and Thistles among theses new colour ways.  Along with the most spectacular metallic accents in golds, pinks and rose gold - I mean seriously the metallic prints are some of my favourite in the collection.

While it tool me a little bit to work out as soon as I realised that these Darlings were calling to be made into a Confetti Quilt  - then I was cutting and sewing like no tomorrow. 

And you guys know that I take matching my nails to my work very seriously right!

While working on this Quilt I took a little video that shows my Continuous Corner Binding Technique that I always love sharing with you.  You can check out the FULL Tutorial here.

And nothing beats a little location shoot - I actually travelled away to Melbourne just after having made this Darlings Confetti Quilt.  These pics were snapped by my sister @felicitystylesphotography while down at the beach in Torquay.

This Confetti Quilt was so much fun to make.  I love the Zip fabric I used for the Binding (by Rashida Coleman for Ruby Star Society) which I cut on the Bias to get the stripe to run in that direction.

You can get the Confetti Quilt pattern here

Darlings ships to stores in November so get ready friends for the cutest characters in town.

Big thanks to Tracey Berkmortel Photography for all the amazing Studio Shots.

Happy Quilting

Jemima x x

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Little Ruby Quilt Along - Part 3 - Fat Quarter Shop

How quickly this lovely Little Ruby Quilt Along together with Fat Quarter Shop has been flying by.  I have been busy sewing together all of my rows for this beauty.  You can get the free pattern from here to make one for yourself.

These video tutorials are great and go through all the sewing details.

Once all my stars were sewn then it was quick and easy to arrange and sew together all the rows for this quilt.

I will be back on the 11th July to show you the full reveal of this quilt.  I have sent mine out to be professionally Long Arm Quilted as this quilt is going to be for a very special gift.

Hope you have enjoyed seeing all the other makers and their quilt tops 

Melissa from Happy Quilting

Angie from Gnome Angel

Andy from A Bright Corner

Heidi from Buttons & Butterflies

Pat from Pat Sloan

Peta from She Quilts a Lot

Heather from Quilt Story

Megan from Quilt Story

Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl

Gerri from Planted Seed Designs

Sherri M. from A Quilting Life

Rebecca from Bryan House Quilts

Sherri F. from This & That Patterns

Jemima from Tied with a Ribbon

Alyce from Blossom Heart Quilts

Stephanie from Modern Sewciety

Brooke from Silly Mama Quilts

Carrie from Moda's United Notions

Happy sewing

Jemima x

Spell-It-With-Moda Q-A-L Birthday Celebrations

It is my turn today to celebrate Moda's - ABC Birthday Quilt-Along.  What a great fun way to completely personalise and make a quilt just for the person you are making it for.  Whether you are making your favourite phrases, words, names or the alphabet itself this is a great pattern with lots of possibilities to create.  

Getting started is easy with just a Jelly Roll (and seriously who doesn't have one of these they are hoarding), some background fabric and the "Spell it with Moda" pattern booklet (available from your local quilt store or online).

As you may know I love reds and blues and I am a Bonnie and Camille fan and have adored the work of Camille's for many years.  So  their latest range - "Vintage Picnic" was the perfect choice for me to create some letters and decide on what I wanted my quilt to say and get sewing.  

We are expecting some new arrivals this year and already knowing what gender they are - as a quilt maker certainly helps to decide what to make.  So with a precious baby girl soon to arrive I decided I wanted to celebrate this wonderful new little lady.

G is for Girl

The pattern is easy to read and they letters came together really quickly.  Using the Jelly roll cuts down on lots of cutting and using a fabric strip per letter made for simple cutting.

My plan - the lettering "Sweet Baby Girl" which I want to feature in the centre of the quilt.  I am going to put background fabric around the letters to make them sit centrally and then filler blocks around as a border.  

You can check out the hash tag - #spellitwithmoda for heaps of ideas and inspiration from makers and by the way these letters are totally addictive.  I have found myself even thinking I may use them as an ABC quilt instead with all the letters.  

Happy Sewing

Jemima x