Welcome to my stop on the Quilting on the Go book tour!
I was super excited when Sharon Burgess from Lilabelle Lane Creations announced on Instagram she was releasing an English Paper Piecing book with Tuva Publishing because her ability to fussy cut and paper piece is incredible. So you can only imagine my excitement when she asked me to join the book tour celebrating her book, Quilting on the Go, English Paper Piecing!
I have been practicing English Paper Piecing for the past two years, and I mean practicing. There is still so much I have to learn but thanks to the fantastic step by step details written by Sharon I learnt quite a few more things within the first few pages. I particularly liked the information on fussy cutting patterns to create your own new pattern. I am now looking at fabric prints in a whole new fussy cut light.
The hardest part of any blog tour is choosing which pattern to showcase. Sharon’s book features so many gorgeous blocks as well as projects to use them for. I choose to make a mini quilt using the block from the Summer Star table runner.
With a nod to Sharon’s ability to use and combine colours from all parts of the colour wheel, I decided to move away from my usual pink palette and instead used blues and greens as my main colours.
I hand stitched the paper pieces together using Aurifil thread in 80wt, it is such a fine thread your stitches practically disappear. I then added hand quilting using various 12wt Aurifil threads including a Green Lana Wool. It was the first time I had used the woollen Aurifil thread and I loved the texture it added to my block.
I absolutely adore the final result and will definitely be making a few more Summer Star blocks to decorate my family room wall.
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and make sure you visit Sharon’s blog as she is doing a weekly recap of all the projects being completed. Its a great way to see the various projects in the book while also having a look around Sharon’s inspiring blog.
Happy stitching
Ange
the first time I added an applique to a project. But thanks to Ayda’s fantastic instructions I had no problems and am definitely going to add more appliques to my projects in the future!
Finally I made the super quick and sweet little star teething toy with a few pretty scraps and a cute ribbon tag. In the book Ayda used a wooden teething hoop (ideal for a teething baby) however I was unable to find any locally so instead I used a specially designed plastic teething ring which you can also use to hoop on to the pram or crib.
The first project I made from the book was a super cute patchwork placemat for my 6 month old great niece for her first Christmas. I paired it with a feeding set, so when she started learning to eat it would be in cute patchwork style. Like most projects in the book it is all about the sweet details, and although I didn’t add lace I did added a hand stitched hexie in one of my favourite Atsuko Matsuyama strawberry prints.
combination of machine and hand stitching and made my own bias binding (making sure I cut it on the bias so it sat nicely on the curves). The caddy is ideal if like me you take your sewing on errands with you as it keeps your scissors safe and protected whilst in a pretty little package.
The Noticeboard was a lot of fun to create, if you can cut and sew in a straight line then this is the project for you ( and my favourite type to make).
So I decided to make a gift for my friend who will be having her third baby and her first girl. I adore pink pretty prints however she does not. So when I showed her the collection she fell in love with the pops of navy and purple. And the soon to be big brothers adored the cute elephants!
pouches. If you are nervous about creating with zippers you will love 
Kerri’s pattern. It is so easy to follow and you can easily hand stitch the zipper in place if you are concerned about using your machine to sew on a zipper. I also know a lot of people who love the look of lace zippers but struggle to find a pattern to use them with, so this is a perfect way to finally experiment with them.
instructions the only reason I needed to do any unpicking was when I changed my mind about a fabric choice. And the fact that the triangles are made from pieces no larger than a 5 1/2 inch square means its also a perfect project for using up your scraps.
Ok let’s be honest
to ask me to work with their designs. I wanted to make a truly special quilt that honoured the traditional side of quilting whilst celebrated the vibrant colours of Apple Farm. So after seeing so many gorgeous Lucy Boston blocks posted on Instagram I decided to give them a go. Sewing these blocks was quite a challenge because as well as fussy cutting the pieces, fabric placement can have a huge impact on the look of the block. (The nice 
part about these blocks is they only use one shape – elongated hexies – and as it only takes 24 papers to make a block you don’t have to make a huge financial investment to give them a go.)
The Posy Garden prints are so pretty so I decided to use it for a project I had long promised my youngest daughter – a tooth fairy pillow… well actually a tooth fairy wall hanging. My eldest has a pillow but with months between tooth fairy visits it can be quite hard to find her tiny pillow just before bedtime. So instead of a pillow I made a tooth fairy wall hanging. That way when not tucked under her pillow waiting for a visit she can have it hanging on her wall above her bed. And when you use the super cute tooth fairy quilt block pattern from Elea Lutz’s book 
