Saturday 7 April 2018

Fabric blog tour, Taking Flight Fabrics





leftovers

Well it is here!  My Turn for Fabric Blog Tour!

Good morning everyone!   

This is so exciting to do a final reveal and show you the process of my quilt!  

I am so thankful to Amanda Brandl for inviting me to do this tour and for KandKfabric for giving me this awesome fabric to play with.  Amanda has designed two ranges of fabric - Taking Flight and Bush Gum Blossums.  These are her first ranges to be launched onto the market.  I know others have said this, but I can't say it enough, it is such high quality fabric and is amazingly so soft.  My bolt range bundle of fabric is in a truck on its way to me at the moment and I just can't wait.  I really need to make a dress from one of these fabrics.

I did some designing using my quiltography app on my iPad   I decided that a carpenters wheel quilt would be ideal for this fabric.  It measures 39" so is ideal for a lap rug or a baby quilt.

I decided to use 5" squares as this will make it charm friendly quilt if anyone wants to try it themselves.  I will write another post with all the details of the pattern later in the week.  If I do this here it will leave you a novel and that is not the idea today but to give you a glimpse of these awesome fabrics.






The start of the piecing


moving along with the piecing and the quilt coming together



 
moving into the free motion quilting





how I decide on my quilting and a little eye candy

two toned binding to finish the quilt







all quilted and bound


Quilting in the Stables

Now I just knew this little beauty had to accompany me to Harewood house -Scots on the Swamp Fundraiser where I was doing a demonstration of my quilting endeavours.   I was in the stables again and this is a great place to showcase my quilts.   I then took Staring Feathered Friends Quilt on a tour of the house.  Here are the photos I took and you will see a few with some delightful people who were looking through the house when I took the photos.





how cosy is this

any one for tea?



what a bed?

this is my favourite on the balcony on the main bedroom

top of the staircase

now lets just have a cuddle and a rest
Thanks for looking and reading my ramblings.   This is not all though, I will give you a rundown on the pattern and you can make your own Staring Feathered Friends Quilt.   I will be making kits of this on store next week right here so be sure to check them out!

I decided that the scraps I had leftover could not be wasted and I should do a giveaway!  Who doesn't love a giveaway right?  So leave me a comment and what you think it will be.  I will be doing a blog post on Good Friday and draw the winner of the giveaway!  here are a few sneak peaks for you.






So until next time, have an awesome week, once again many thanks for inviting me on this tour Amanda  it has been so much fun.  Check out everyone else's projects by using the #fabricblogtour or #takingflightfabrics or #bushgumblossomsfabrics and look on instagram feeds or here for links to everyones blog posts

Catch you soon,

Wendy.
P.S.  don't forget to leave a comment to be in the draw for the giveaway.







14 comments:

  1. Your quilt is lovely! Your scraps would be so welcome in my home and would be sewn into fun blocks for a scrappy quilt!
    nikilsend(at)outlook(dot)com

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    1. Thanks, the scraps are going into something from me for you and you are in the running, good luck

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  2. Wendy this is amazing. I'm in love with the fabric !
    My guess is you will make a charm pack as the giveaway.

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    1. If it was a charm pack I would have had time to bundle, it is something with love from me. good luck

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  3. I think you will turn it into a table runner :)

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    1. Hello Kat, this is a pretty good guess, I suppose you will need to wait until the announcement to see what I am doing. Good Luck

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    2. Hello Kat, thank you and congratulations on being the Winner. please contact me via email so I can get your address for the quilt to be sent to you.

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    3. Hello Kat we need to take about your prize

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  4. yay found it thank you for your help I needed to open the full post oh please enter me in the draw i would love to win something done by you
    hugs Beth Dasecke

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    1. Thanks for finding me and I hope you continue to visit

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  5. Your quilt is lovely and the fabric looks great! I love the pattern of the quilting you did, it brings a lot of life to your quilt.

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    1. Many thanks I am glad you love the fabric and my quilt and quilting it was a pleasure to make.

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  6. Beautiful fabrics - makes me happy looking at them! mumbird3atgmaildotcom

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    1. They definitely are. Always inspiring me to make something new.

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Thanks for stopping by! I would love for you to say hello and share your thoughts on what you have just read or any suggestions you have for future posts or activities. Thanks Again.
Wendy