Happy New Year 2015

BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY AND JOYOUS NEW YEAR

from Rossana

My Medallion Quilt Top.....

Finally....the "giant" is done. 

It measures 99" x 83" (about 250 cm. x 210 cm.) and it is VERY BIG for my liking...
(I don't want to think about the quilting..... I'm a bit worried!!!).

But it is a sweet and pretty quilt top and I love it.

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...and now...go ahead with another adventure

MMQ

My Medallion Quilt

After the Twister Pinweel center, I've finished the first border:

Churn Dash blocks!!!

Twister Pinweel....MANIA?

Oh, yeahhhh!!!!!

Here below there are some my last works that I made with this interesting pattern:

a colored cushion for my friend Marina...

.....and with the scraps here is a cute pouch...

 ...then I made this little top: I will make a  lovely cushion for my daughter Anna...

.....and this is the center block of my next project, a Medallion Quilt. This is a project that our quilters'group have decided to make together, everyone with her own fabrics choice. I use Tilda fabric, a selection of pink,red and aqua by Tone Finnager and white solid cotton.

The result is just as I had imagined it!

New experiment.....new cushion

To take a break from "Celtic Solstice", I tried to make a new work : Twister Pinweel !

This is a block that I like so much because the final result is like a surprise.
I began to make the top with 4 and 1/4"  squares (I had several ones already cut in this measure) , 7 units X 7 rows,  and a 3" border.

Then, since I haven't the Pinweel block ruler, I made  a plastic template  ( 3"X 3") by myself.

I began to cut neatly the blocks and put them apart in the same position.

Little by little I reassambled the new squares to form the pinweels.

 I sewed the blocks and then the rows.......

A beautiful new"top"!

I added a piece of cotton batting and  hanquilting with cotton perle.....

I decided to make a cushion with this cute mini quilt.....so I made an envelope closure for the back......and voilà ...

.....a beautiful new cushion for my sofa......and I learned a new technique!!!