Back to quilting

Second post today, wow! Well, Christmas is over. I was in Cardiff at my best friend's and it was amazing. There was a lot of chatting, cooking, laughter, walking, singing and perhaps too much wine:) But life is short and we should enjoy it and take every day as if it was the last day of our life.

While it's been so busy at the shop I had no chance to post some photos of my Christmas sewing!

 First of all a Somerset Christmas star I made last year at my patchwork club at Franklin's. Emma is such amazing teacher and she doesn't get upset when we add our own twist on her projects. In here I have added little green corners to make it square and normal biding. Acts as a tea pot mat!

Table runner made entirely out of 5" squares. So easy and so effective. In fact few of them have been sent out as Christmas presents last year!

This year's creation: mug-rugs. In the centre there are squares cut out of a panel with Xmas patterns. Add 2" frame and quilt normally. Easy and looks very cool.

These are matching plate mats.Take four coordinating panels and five squares (you can make it as big or as small as you need), join them together, add wadding and quilt diagonally with normal running stitch. Add biding and done!

My own design: table runner. I can never design anything on paper first. It goes out of my head, stitched together and then I add all necessary amendments.

Star applique pan mat. Use some heat'n'bond and applique it onto white fabric with zig zag stitch, add  two 2" strips on each side and done!

This is last year's creation. Beautiful Virginia star mat. It's big enough to act as a Christmas cake mat. It was the most difficult project for me at that time. And when I finished and realised all lines match I was pretty proud!