Category Archives: Quilts

Colour inspiration

Posted on 25/04/2014 by bluesquarequilting

Recently, what started as some play between grey and other colours evolved into a series of cute baby quilts : Or if you want to see the full thing :  I really love grey as a colour to mix with … Continue reading →

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Slightly out of season

Posted on 24/03/2014 by bluesquarequilting

We are big fans of Dr Seuss in our house and a while back, I bought some Dr Seuss panels of the Grinch who stole Christmas on sale. I have been thinking about how to use them in a child … Continue reading →

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Bad stitches

Posted on 24/03/2014 by bluesquarequilting

I was happily quilting the third quilt in the Hearts on grey series when I ran out of filled bobbins. I dismantled everything to fill up a couple more, enough to finish this quilt. In doing so, I folded the … Continue reading →

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Finish #3 – Blue Snowballs

Posted on 02/03/2014 by bluesquarequilting

The quilt top was finished over 2 years ago but I finally finished the quilt this week ! and here is the back : I love the combination of blue and cream in this quilt ! Available on my Etsy … Continue reading →

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Finish #2 – Pink Heart Quilt

Posted on 01/03/2014 by bluesquarequilting

Here is a pink variant of the Heart Quilt : And of course, Daisy is never too far away ! One more colour variation on progress – red on grey ! ~ Catherine

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Missed the boat… Finish #1

Posted on 26/02/2014 by bluesquarequilting

I had been planning on having this quilt ready in my shop on time for Valentine’s day but hey, I am only 2 weeks out…. This a lovely child quilt or lap quilt. I tried taking shots of the process … Continue reading →

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Quilting inspiration

Posted on 14/02/2014 by bluesquarequilting

The weather these last few weeks has been horrendous – storm after storm, floods, high winds…. Here is what it looked like : or like that : Aren’t these wind patterns beautiful ? Wouldn’t they make beautiful quilting lines ? … Continue reading →

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Zig Zag Custom quilt #2

Posted on 22/03/2013 by bluesquarequilting

Step 3 – Squaring up the blocks – 1.5 hours Unless you can sew the perfect 1/4in seam allowance every time, your blocks are likely to be slightly wonky and may not assemble perfectly once you start forming your lines. … Continue reading →

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Zig Zag Custom Quilt in progress #1

Posted on 22/03/2013 by bluesquarequilting

I was delighted to be contacted by Kirstin through my Etsy shop about making her a Zig Zag Quilt similar to this one. This post is a way of keeping her informed of my progress (I promised to deliver the … Continue reading →

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Baby quilt and gender colours

Posted on 14/10/2012 by bluesquarequilting

I wanted to make a quilt for baby H but not knowing if it was going to be a boy or a girl proved a bit of a challenge. My first attempt was this – trying to tone down the … Continue reading →

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