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Saturday, 2 December 2023

Nightingale Quilt

 I am making the Nightingale Quilt as part of the Aotearoa Quilters Summer Stitch Along. It's a very modern quilt made with plain fabrics. I have never made a full-size quilt out of solids before and the colour scheme is modern. I love it so have decided to make mine using (almost) the same colours. I don't usually make quilts from patterns or copy someone else's colour scheme however this is an exercise and challenge for me to use solids, modern colours and a modern design. I have a guest bedroom in need of a fresh quilt so it is being made for a purpose. 

I will do a separate post on the accurate piecing needed to complete this quilt. 

Also, it has flying geese using a clever way to simplify this process plus this video below on how to then trim them up. 

How to trim Flying Geese


How to trim half square triangles




Aurifil Threads Concern

 I have used these recently (12 and 8 ply) for hand quilting woven Japanese fabrics. I love them but... they do unravel and break sometimes,...