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Finished quilt: Philip's color block quilt

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Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used: Philip's color blocks quilt (sixth color block quilt out of twelve) For Philip Böckelman (Camilla Böckelman and Kalle Niemimaa's first child) 106 x 106 cm (length x height). timeline color blocks started in May of 2017 quilt tops done by the end of November 2017 this quilt was basted 21.11.2018, quilted between 30-31.12.2018 and bound on 31.12.2018.  label embroidered 9.3.2019. shipped 11.3.2019. Pattern was my own color block quilt pattern.  About the fabrics used for the quilt top The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5x5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 black and white that made blocks I ended up not using) means  a total of 324 (+36) different fabric pieces . White Perla 100% cotton fabric for the sashings, borders and binding. You can read more about quilt top construction  here . ...

Finished quilt: Natalie's color block quilt

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Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used: Natalie's color blocks quilt (color block quilt 7 out of 12) For Natalie Salovius (S and F Salovius's second child) 106 x 106 cm (length x height). timeline color blocks started in May of 2017 quilt tops done by the end of November 2017 this quilt was basted 21.11.2018, quilted and bound on 31.12.2018. It was my last finished quilt for the year 2018. label added 9.1.2019. shipped 12.1.2019 Pattern was my own color block quilt pattern.  About the fabrics used for the quilt top The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5x5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 black & white that made blocks I ended up not using) means  a total of 324 (+36) different fabric pieces . White Perla 100% cotton fabric for the sashings, borders and binding. You can read more about construction  here . Batting, backing ...

My quilting WIPs and UFOs in November 2018

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One month has passed since the last progress update on my projects, so I thought I'd write an update on how far I've gotten on all of them. During November, we started out the month with daycare flu twice and ended the month with getting the flu vaccination. Still, the days when we were well, I tried getting as much sewing done on my projects as I possibly could. I also felt well (and motivated enough) to start cleaning up in my small closet studio. I saw this video  Lorena made about organizing her fabric by wrapping it around normal card board, that she cut out from ordinary boxes. So, I did that too. Visa det här inlägget på Instagram Tonight, I’m joining @charmaboutyou for the #saturdaynightcraftalong. Tonight, I’m hoping you other crafters have had more fun than me this evening. Because I’ve been cleaning in my little closet studio. 3 h worth of cleaning. Why? Well, I saw this video on YouTube about ...

Finished quilt: my Rainbow Scraps quilt

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Finished quilt: Emil P's color block quilt

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Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used Emil’s color blocks quilt (fifth color block quilt out of twelve) For Emil Peuralahti 106 x 106 cm (length x height). color blocks started in May of 2017, quilt top done by the end of November 2017, quilt basted 2.7.2018, quilted and bound on October 8th and the label added 31.10.2018. Shipped 1.11.2018. My own color blocks quilt pattern. About the fabrics used: The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5x5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 B&W that made blocks I ended up not using) means a total of 324 (+36) different fabric pieces . White Perla 100% cotton fabric for the sashings, borders and binding. You can read more about construction here . Batting, backing and binding fabric: Single layer of thin (80 g) polyester batting from Kruunun Kangas. Backing was pieced out of two pieces of the brown fabric with ...