More Quilting

A few weeks ago I made a quilt to hang down in Devon. I've wanted to make a quilt with bold text for some time now and which expressed what everyone says when they first visit us and see out of the window.

Now I'm starting a new project which is also for Devon but is very different from the one above. It's a modern quilt pattern and I'm using up some of my stash to complete it. I've decided I have to start to make inroads into this stash as it's beginning to worry me - lol! Anyway, the quilt is very easy in construction as it's basically straight lines but it's extremely time consuming in cutting up, sewing together strips, recutting the strips and sewing them together in new formations.
1. to start with I have cut 80 x 13" strips in 12 different colours and I have paired these colours together and sewed them into strips.

Two colours sewed together and ready to be pressed.

Voila! These now need to be paired together to make units of 4 colour strips - the next step.
I am timing myself during this project to see how long roughly it will take me to complete the quilt.

NB: Not quilting but I made a cushion for a friend who's been poorly over the past few months. This was the first time I sewed with linen which, surprisingly, was a bit difficult as it seemed to shift about a bit. Probably just my inexperience with sewing. Anyway I was quite pleased in the end and I think she liked it as well!