ballet avec kaffe fassett

Ballet with Kaffe = Fireworks from Wendy's Quilts and More

Everyone loves a good fireworks display, so I've decided to call my Ballet with Kaffe quilt, "Fireworks".

Fireworks by Wendy Welsh

I'm so pleased that this quilt is finished. I love it, but it did take me a few years from start to finish. There were times when I thought I might never finish it. In the end I drew a line on my pattern and decided to stop piecing at that line.

I started this quilt in June 2017, and I finished it in February 2021. That's almost four years!!!

The Cotton + Steel floral fabric on ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 2 months ago. under ballet avec kaffe fassett , ballet with kaffe fassett , english paper piecing , epic millefiori , fireworks quilt , hand quilting , millefiori quilts , willyne hammerstein

Guy Fawkes Night from Wendy's Quilts and More

Last week was Halloween, this week it's Guy Fawkes.

Guy Fawkes was a much bigger deal than Halloween in New Zealand when I was growing up. Most families bought their own fireworks and let off some sky rockets, Catherine wheels, flower pots, and double happys in the back yard. Sparklers were just for little kids!

Then sales of fireworks to the public became restricted, and city councils started putting on large displays at public venues. In Wellington they used to put a barge in the harbour and let off massive fireworks for about 15 minutes. However, because it's ...

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Ballet with Kaffe - How I attached the borders from Wendy's Quilts and More

My quilt top is finished!! And I love it.

I always knew that I wanted to include my inspiration fabric somewhere in my Ballet with Kaffe quilt.

I had intended to use it for the borders, but then I realised that the pattern repeat was quite obvious, and the repeating motifs would stand out on the borders. So I decided to piece my borders and allowed snippets of my inspiration fabric to peek through.

I knew that Willyne Hammerstein had pieced the borders on her Moncarapacho quilt, so I followed her method set out in Millefiori Quilts book 3.

Moncarapacho ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 4 years, 7 months ago. under ballet avec kaffe fassett , ballet with kaffe , ballet with kaffe fassett , borders , epp , how to attach borders to epp , millefiori quilts , willyne hammerstein

Ballet with Kaffe top is finished (and the Peacock Party) from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm thrilled to say that I finished piecing my Ballet with Kaffe quilt on New Year's Day.

It still needs borders, but I was so happy to finally finish the English Paper Piecing. My inspiration fabric will certainly feature in the borders, and I do hope that I've got enough to use it as the backing too.

Inspiration fabric is on the right.

In the final few days I had to swap out some rosettes that I'd previously sewed in. I hate doing that, but when the colours are wrong, they are just wrong and those ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 4 years, 10 months ago. under ballet avec kaffe fassett , ballet with kaffe , ballet with kaffe fassett , english paper piecing , millefiori quilts , willyne hammerstein

Ballet with Kaffe revisited (and the Peacock Party) from Wendy's Quilts and More

My poor Ballet with Kaffe quilt has been neglected for months. Some many other tempting things have come along this year, so I put this one away and haven't done anything on it since February.

However, Quiltmania have just started advertising Willyne Hammerstein's fourth book, Millefiori Quilts 4 and that has spurred me into action.

Of course I want the new book, and I probably want to make quilts from it, so I really need to finish my Ballet with Kaffe from book 2. I've worked on it every night this week with no distractions. That's ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 4 years, 11 months ago. under ballet avec kaffe fassett , ballet with kaffe , ballet with kaffe fassett , english paper piecing , epp , millefiori quilts , quiltmania , willyne hammerstein

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