Finished Quilt Number 2

Yay! I have finally finished my daughters quilt, washed and dried it and it now sits on her bed. She is so happy with it. I am happy with it too, but I think it could have had a little more overhang.

I will definitely put more overhang on my next quilts. I think a king single really needs to have the dimensions of a double bed quilt. Well, a lesson learned!

I have also finished the quilt top of the new pattern that has been posted by Oh Fransson!

I actually taped it to my cream coloured wall so it loses a bit against the background. I found this pattern to be a little challenging. All the quilts that I have done have either had right angles or applique, doing a quilt with an odd shape was different. I had to unpick quite a bit to get the technique right. Finally managed to get most of the shapes lined up. I am still having a little trouble with aligning my open seams - not really sure why!


I have also finished the first block of the Moose on the Porch quilt-along.

I am using scrap pieces for this quilt-along and I am not sure I like this block. I think I might redo it. I might wait and see what the next blocks are like and see if it will go with the next blocks. 

I finally got my last book from Amazon, Precision Piecing . I have to say that I am really, really impressed with this book. In her introduction she talks about how she used to quilt, not worrying about the process just the end product and realizing that her workmanship was not that great. This explains how I used to quilt exactly, and how now I want to have good workmanship as well as a great end result. Sally Collins gives you the steps and know-how to achieve just that! I have read about a quarter of it and I can't wait to read the rest and apply what I have learnt. I managed to apply some of what I learnt to the Moose block, but still, there could have been some improvement on the block. Maybe another reason to redo it!