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Another old project I have been playing with, this time also in a new colourway. The original colours were very dark, and I love them, but I am also loving the softer colours in the new version.

Need to play a bit more … suspect a lighter background is needed in some places.

This is a new colourway, with some new block variations, of the Anna Pavlova project. I have been playing with this, and a few other project files, which have been sitting in my Electric Quilt folders for quite some time.

The old projects are new again!

I hope I never find a cure for my addiction to designing quilts … but I should spend more time at least finishing some real ones!

My fabric choices in this project file started with the busy pansy print. Then I added some not quite plain fabrics in colours featured in the pansies, and then chose a neutral background.

The second design is a bit busy for me, though perhaps it might look OK on a queen size bed.

The quilting as shown would be in a contrast colour to the background, but what is not shown is a filler in thread to match the background. Stippling would be my first choice, but small circles, or a simple grid would work too.

That is a lot of fiddling!

I like the second design … less fiddling!

Very interesting!

Very interesting, but maybe a bit too tangled up!

The petal designs were inspired by String of Beads when I started playing with the shapes of the beads.

Love the design above.

Love the second design too!

The first quilt design today is actually just one block with borders.

I started this project file ages ago, and it has become a very mixed collection of block designs, which I have tried to separate many times, but have pretty much given up on sorting them into two or three different collections. I have no Idea what I was thinking when I did them, but I have decided to just go ahead and design some quilts with them.

If nothing else I am interested to see what happens as I mix them up!

So far it seems to be ...

Wow!

Love both of these, my favourite is the one above.

Pretty colours.

Both designs would need some background filler quilting, my choice would be cross hatch.

Very nice!

Interesting that the green in the borders take away some of the prettiness.

Oh, so pretty.

Too pretty for words.

I love the first design … sort of old fashioned but not a copy of the old styles.

Neither of today’s designs have pieced blocks, though others in the project file do.

Love the second one too.

I like this idea … but would add quilting lines echoing the shapes of the applique and quilting with thread to match the background fabric.

I like the second design too, though it looks more like a throw rug than a full size bed quilt.

Very pretty.

Very pretty, very interesting, and my favourite for today.

I love panel quilts. They allow you to get on with quilting without having actually to make a complicated quilt and they give you scope for experimentation without worrying about messing up a quilt that took hours to piece or wasting time on a bit of calico that you don’t know what to do with when it is finished.

I also once went on a thread painting course that was a bit of a waste of time but when I started to use a longarm I realised that panel quilts were the ideal material to practise on.

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It seems a long time since I last posted. In fact it is quite a long time. Tempus Fugit when you are enjoying yourself. Also I have been running a bricks and mortar shop which took up most of my time. Last time I published I think I had completed the Elizabeth Hartman Bjorn the Bear Quilt. The latter was made from leftovers from the Fancy Forest Quilt I made earlier. I don’t know if that qualifies as upcycling but whatever it is it’s an extra quilt top for no extra outlay and that can’t be bad ...

Rather formal and regimental.

.Much more dainty, and much more to my taste.

New day … new year … and a new project file to share.

I seem to have started a new theme too … plain coloured backgrounds.

My new Year resolution is to get all my block library catalogued, with all pieced blocks, and all applique blocks, with their matching motifs and quilting stencils in an easy to search system!

Wish me luck!

Wishing you all a wonderful, happy and healthy New Year.

So I made the Elizabeth Hartman Fancy Forest featured in my last post. Afterwards I had a lot of the coloured fabrics left and had wanted to do her Bjorn the Bear pattern for a long time. I decided that this was the time so using the offcuts I did just that.

I am not too sure about the background colour but I guess it will grow on me. Not unhappy with the quilting which is a plus.

I made each stage of each head at the same time so at the end it all came together in one hit ...

I finally completed Elizabeth Hartman’s Fancy Forest. It was a bit of a marathon but if I am honest I enjoyed every bit of it.

I have never liked piecing, probably because I was never inspired by the resulting blocks that were mainly traditional in style. I make a lot of quilts but they need to interest me. I like appliqué because it paints pictures with fabric. Elizabeth Hartman patterns allow me to do that whilst at the same time nailing the art of piecing.

I used Boundless botanicals from Craftsy for the animals and I think the bright ...