Instagram Feed – Quilting On The Go
I’m not good at blowing my own trumpet, but @naomialicec has said what so many of you have been saying about my QAYG book and Big Stitch Quilting that have been published by @searchpress this year!
It means so much to me that you are enjoying and stitching projects from my books, and taking the time to let me know on here and personally ☺️. I know so many of you have this on your Christmas list, so looking forward to seeing lots of new quilts in 2022! #patchwork #quiltbook #quilt #QAYG #quiltasyougo #quiltingonthego #searchpress #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
I was going to share a finished quilt, but the light is rubbish and the rain means no outdoor shots 🤷♀️. I spent some time yesterday having a sort and this batch of scraps made its way into to something quilted 😃. Some of these fabrics I’ve had since my teens, and the accumulation of them all together I find very pleasing on a another wet grey day ! #patchwork #patchworkquilt #onepatch #onepatchquilt #miniquilt #scrapquilt #usewhatyouhave #wastenotwantnot #quilt #handquilted #handquilting #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
#onepatch #twentytostitch #onepatchquilt #scrapquilt #searchpress #patchwork #stars #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
Catching up tonight with @charmaboutyou Lucy and #saturdaynightcraftalong , @jeanakimball and #50daysofhandquilting , and my own #bigstitchquiltalong 🤪.
So of my Blue borders quilts that I made in different colours for the quilt along, the red one is finished. So really I need to do a post about that one 🤓. The QAYG one is four out of nine blocks quilted and now I’m onto this funky version. And I decided to stitch it in Baptist Fan, big ones , and not use a hoop. For a big quilt I usually use a 14in hoop, but I’d been reading and seeing so many folks not use one, that I thought I’d give it a go. And it’s all good so far, but I think I’ll go back to the hoop on my next large quilt 😂. But it’s nice to experience a different process. So here are some shots of the quilt, I’ve jut turned a corner, always very exciting ! Happy stitching and stay cosy!
#bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #handquilting #handquikted #baptistfan #amishwaves #quiltinprogress #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
#favouritefabricfriday 🥳
My selection today is part of my little mail order splurge from @hometown_in_rochester 😍. To be honest when I selected these I had no idea they would look so fab together. The floral is from Nonna by @giucy_giuce . The gingham, and to be honest , you can’t have too many ginghams 🤷♀️, is from the basics section and is a winner with this floral! #shopsmall #localquiltshop #stashbuilding #favouritefabric
It was only as I set about posting this that I realised how Christmasy my choice of fabric feels 🤷♀️. Obviously the subconscious was in play when I stitched it!
#December #monthlymarker #patchwork #quilt #quiltblock #quiltinprogress #quiltersofinstagram #scrapquilt #usewhatyouhave #wastenotwantnot #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #alphabetquilt #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
You will have seen in my stories a fun video from @todaysquilter (and you can see it on their page if you hop over! ) about next months free gift with the magazine, and yes it’s me who’s stitched a fun (even if I say so myself ☺️) quilt with these hand piecing templates!
If you love hand piecing and being able to rotary cut the fabrics as much as I do, you won’t want to miss out on this next edition😉. #Patchwork #templates #patchworktemplates #handpiecing #handstitched #patchworkquilt #todaysquilter #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
I went to the @royalacademyarts last week and experienced the Summer Exhibition for the first time. Two things drew me there, one that there would be more textiles and two, that there had been a picture I’d caught glimpse of in a BBC program about the selection process, and I wanted to see it again.
It just so happened that ‘my’ picture was hanging just above a quilt 😍. The quilt is by Sally Mae Pettway Mixon of the Gees Bend quiltmakers, and has given me so many ideas now that I’ve seen it close up 🤓. Books and the internet are great, but not the same as real life.
The painting is by Emma Mcclure @emmamcclure_artist and needless to say I love it even more now!
If you can get to the show, do go. I’ve had so many thoughts and a few little chats since the visit about the whole art or craft thing, technique over intention or should it be the other way?
I’ve come at my quiktmaking the same way I approached my textile design at college, that I needed to know the techniques before I could put the ideas into practice, or really, that the techniques generate the ideas for me. The how to of the process has always been key for me. Over the last year or so I’ve been listening to the chats between @entropies @zakfoster.quilts and @heidi.parkes , #softbulk so adding this show into the mix and the questions it has generated has been a bit of a busy brain week for me ! Nothing like a bit of hand quilting to help me ruminate 🤓🧵. #patchwork #art #craft #softbulk #technique #intention #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #royalacademyofarts
Ending a wonderful day with some quilting on the forth version of Blue Borders quilt from Big Stitch Quilting ☺️.
It was such a joy to chat with so many quilters and friends who came to visit me in @pincushion_pantiles for a little book launch of QAYG @searchpress . It was a complete sell out, so Jenny has more books on order! A big 🙏to everyone who’s flicking through my book tonight 😘. #patchwork #bigstitch #qayg #quiltasyougo #searchpress #pincushionpantiles #quilting #handquilting #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
#favouritefabricfriday 🎉🎉
Another vintage block this week with prints that I’d buy now if they were out there!
Such a scrappy little block, with so much going on, but I love the HST in the centre with the light background and the adjacent in the bottom RH corner. Swipe for some closeups 🤓. Do you have snippets of vintage fabrics you’d like to buy a bolt of 🤣🤣😉? #favouritefabrics #favouritefabric #vintagefabric #vintagefabrics #vintagepatchwork #scrapquilt #quiltblock #handpieced #handstitched #calicos #makersgonnamake
Lovely shots of my quilt as usual from @todaysquilter showing my latest scrap quilt in issue 82, out today! 🎉🧵🎉
#scrapquilt #patchwork #patchworkquilt #quilt #todaysquilter #usewhatyouhave #wastenotwantnot #useeveryscrap #nofabricleftbehind #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
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And for this final #winaquiltwednesday of November I’m pleased to be sharing more quilting goodness with you all 😃.
This week @todaysquilter magazine have given a 3month digital subscription to the magazine. Many of you will know that I’ve been lucky enough to have had my quilt patterns in here since it’s debut issue, where my quilt was on the cover 🙏. So I’m so excited to be able to offer you the chance to dip into this wonderful magazine wherever you are in the world! Alongside this the giveaway includes favourite notions from @clovermfg 😍, a needle book and Pincushion stitched by me from patterns in my books from @searchpress 🥳, and some of my favourite Big Stitch cotton perle quilting threads from @valdani_threads 🧵💃.
So to have a chance of winning, comment below, tagging a friend and be following me here on Instagram! The draw will be made on Friday this week (busy with the book launch on Saturday 🤓) and postage is worldwide!
#winitwednesday #giveaway #sharethegoodness #todaysquiltermagazine #clovernotions #searchpress #valdanithreads #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
#onepatch #onepatchquilt #scrapquilt #twentytomake #twentytostitch #searchpress #patchwork #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
Today is my day to show you my make from @sarahashfordstudio new book from @ctpublishing ! It’s a bright and fun book , perfect to dip your toe into the world of patchwork and quilting!
I took it quite literally and stitched my coasters from what I had to hand. I used some shirts that had seen better days, and backed them with an old tea towel. I machine quilted them with an off kilter grid, as then you can’t get it wrong 😂, and bound them to match the stars!
I loved that the quick projects give instant gratification and that you can just dive into the stitching using fabrics to hand! Check out my stories for the full process of the make 🤓.
If you fancy a chance to win an e copy of the book, just comment below, tag a friend and follow both Sarah and I! I’ll make the draw tomorrow! #patchwork #quilting #scrapquilt #usewhatyouhave #sustainablesewing #jumpintopatchworkandquilting #wastenotwantnot #quiltbook
This last week has been all about my new book coming out at the end of the month! Quilt As You Go @searchpress has its official launch at my local quilt shop @pincushion_pantiles next Saturday 27th November 🎉. It’s a topic close to my heart as my first book that I self published was on the topic. But this new book covers 14 different techniques for QAYG 🤓. So no one never need say they tried it and didn’t like it, because there’s a method to suit everyone! If you want a portable, manageable quilt to stitch, whether by hand or machine, this book is for you! See you next Saturday 💃💃. #quiltasyougo #quiltingonthego #qayg #patchwork #quilting #quiltbook #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #pincushionpantiles #searchpress #tunbridgewells
#favouritefabricfriday , and I’m back looking through my vintage patchwork collection 😍.
This six point star has the most lovely setting fabric. If you swipe you can see it close up and then the back of the block. The stitching is quite large, but it seems these were sewn on paper, as there is still a scrap or two left in this block. And at the very ends, still some readable words 🤓.
If you’re following along you’ll see that @notjuzahuswife has some lovely prints for her choice today, pop over to see!
What’s your favourite fabric today?
#favouritefabric #vintagefabric #vintagefabrics #patchwork #stringquilt #stringquiltblock #handpieced #handstitched #handpiecing #scrapquilt #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
Itching to get back to some Kawandi quilt stitching! This one has a square bandana as the base, and is stitched from @libertyfabrics from my stash. It has no corner phula yet as I’ve read that some of the quilts are replacing them with a Suffolk Puff, so I’ll be doing that on this one 😉. #kawandi #kawandiquilts #bigstitch #scrapquilt #quiltasyougo #qayg #patchwork #quilting #handquilting #makersgonnamake #libertylawn #tanalawn #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
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I’m excited to be able to share the quilting goodness with you all and my third #winaquiltwednesday giveaway!
Today we have goodies from @vlieseline_uk , @valdani_threads and @clovermfg 🤓, as well as two Makes by me from books I’ve written for @searchpress ! I’m always so grateful to work with such great companies in the quilting and sewing industry.
@vlieseline_uk have given you the chance to win 2m of the new Eco 150 wadding/batting to use in your next quilting project, and I must admit I’m excited to try this myself 😉. The threads from Valdani are the cotton perle that I love for bigstitch quilting, as Clover are sharing more stitching notions that will be indispensable!
All you need to do to win is comment below, tagging a friend and be following me here on Instagram! The draw will be made on Saturday and postage is world wide!
#winitwednesday #giveaway #sharethegoodness #vlieseline #vlieselinefreudenberg #vlieselineeco150 #vlieselinebatting #clovernotions #searchpress #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #valdanithreads #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting
Day4 #twentytomake #twentytostitch #searchpress #onepatch #onepatchquilt #patchwork #scrapquilt #quiltbook #favouriteblues #blue
The Liberty quilting giveaway winners are now in my stories! 💃💃
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And starting off Monday with a giveaway 🥳. Back in the Spring I was lucky enough to do some test stitching for @libertyquilting . So I have a bundle of Christmas fabric off cuts, a Christmas Stocking and an Advent Calendar which all need new homes so there are three chances to win!
Just comment below, tag a friend, and make sure you are following me 😃. The draw is Uk only I’m afraid and will close tomorrow evening! Either be quick to be in with a chance, or buy your own kits to stitch from @libertylondon when you next pop in! #libertylondon #libertyquilting #christmas #christmasstocking #adventcalendar #fabriscraps #giveaway
Day 3 #twentytomake #twentytostitch #searchpress #oneoatch #onepatchquilt #patchwork #scrapquilt #qst #quiltbook #triangles
And we’re announcing the winner of our second #winaquiltwednesday ! The lucky person is @winkowl , you have been messaged! 🎉🎉
Practicing what I preach. Big stitch quilting on my QAYG quilt in the green room @createandcrafttv 🤓. #quiltasyougo #qayg #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #handquilting #handquilted #clovernotions #quiltinprogress #aurifilthread
#favouritefabricfriday is this great retro print from Sandi Klopp and her American Jane fabric collections for Moda. I love the graphics here and that the print works as a low volume depending on its grouping 😃. I’ve used this lots over the years and was happy that it will be in my latest quilt to be photographed at my publishers. And it was a favourite of my Editor Emily, so that’s two of us who love it! #favouritefabric #fabricstash #sandiklopfabric #americanjanefabric
Exciting book launch on Saturday over on @createandcrafttv 🥳. I’ll be talking about my new book from @searchpress Quilt As You Go! There will be quilts and chat about quilts, what’s not to love ! Swipe for the details, and hoping you will be watching, cosy on the sofa, with coffee in hand ! #quiltasyougo #qayg #searchpress #createandcraft #booklaunch #quiltbook #quilting #patchworkquilt #patchwork #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
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Today is my second give away for Wednesdays in November to thank you for all for following and joining me on my quilting journey ! 🥳
Today you have the chance to win copies of my two new books that came out this year with @searchpress . In fact QAYG isn’t even out until the end of November, so you’ll be ahead of the game! There are more goodies from @clovermfg and a pincushion quilted by me. You can’t have too much of a good thing, right😉.
Big Stitch Quilting and QAYG are a perfect pairing and you’ll find the Wonder Pins especially useful !
To win, make sure you follow me, like this post and comment tagging a friend ! Drawing will take place on Saturday this week, and postage is World wide 💃💃.
#winitwednesday #winaquiltwednesday #giveaway #sharethegoodness #searchpress #craftbooks #quiltbooks #clovernotions #cloverwonderclips #cloverwonderpins #sewingnotions #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #qayg #quiltasyougo #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting
Day 3. #twentytomake #twentystitch #onepatch #onepatchquilt #hexagons #patchwork #searchpress #quiltbook #quiltersofinstagram #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Here’s a quick flick through my new book out at the end of November. Quilt As You go from @searchpress is a treasure trove of QAYG techniques, 14 in total. So if you want your patchwork and quilting manageable, portable whether by hand or machine, this book has something for you 🥳. Pre order at your #lqs, from @searchpress or where ever you buy your books! And if you’re free come to @pincushion_pantiles for a book launchette 🥳 on Saturday 27th November ! #quiltbook #qayg #quiltasyougo #quiltingonthego #patchwork #makingquilts #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #searchpress #pincushionpantiles
Joining Lucy @charmaboutyou for #saturdaynightcraftalong 🧵😃🧵. It’s work but not work, it’s stitching after all, prep for a photography next week at my publishers @searchpress 😉. So hand piecing it is before someone here has to decide who’s cooking dinner 🤣🤣. #patchwork #handpiecing #handstitched #quiltinprogress #runningstitch #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #searchpress
Day 2 #twentytostitch #twentytomake #onepatch #onepatchquilt #searchpress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #hexagons #halfhexagon #halfhexagons #hexagonpatchwork #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
And it’s the winner of our first #winaquiltwednesday has been drawn! @carolynjgk you have been messaged! 🎉🎉
And today’s #favouritefabricfriday is brought to you courtesy of a screen shot 🤓. It’s a Liberty Tana lawn @libertyfabrics from the new Archive collection and is called Archive Allsorts. Isn’t it just the bees knees 😊. Needless to say some metres are winging their way to me, but it was too lovely to wait until next week to share with you 💃. And there is a fab paisley too, but showed restraint ! #libertyfabrics #tanalawn #libertytanalawn #favouritefabric #stashbuilding
Day 1 #twentytostitch #twentytomake #onepatch #onepatchquilt #searchpress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #hexagons #hexies #hexagonpatchwork #hexagonquilt #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #scrapquilt
#winaquiltwednesday 🎉. ****giveaway now closed***
Today is the first of my giveaways on Wednesdays in November to thank you all for following and sharing my quilting journey 🙏.
I have goodies today from @clovermfg whose sewing and crafting notions are always in my top ten! Those of you who have been here a while will know that their Hera Marker, the appliqué pins and thimbles are regular participants in my patchwork and quilting process 😍. And the new basting pins really come into their own for #QAYG 😉. So along with a batch of goodies from Clover I’ve added the thread pot (from 20 to make, Jelly Roll Scraps @searchpress) and a version of the sewing roll (from Big Stitch Quilting @searchpress ).
To win follow me, like, comment and tag a friend ! Drawing will be this Saturday, and postage is World Wide 💃.
#winitwednesday #giveaway #sharethegoodeness #clovernotions #cloverpins #cloverheramarker #sewingnotions #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #searchpress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
So in my sorting out phase (which has basically meant I’ve moved piles of patchwork around into different piles with new names 🤦🏽♀️), I came across this pile.
These are the twenty samples I stitched that form my book Twenty to make, One Patch Quilts @searchpress . They are surprising large pieces (because of the way the photography works 🧐), and have been folded in a pile since coming home . I toyed with mini quilts, but really did I want Twenty mini quilts ? So now I’m working on ideas to put them all in one quilt 🤓.
In the mean time I’m going to to show you one a day for Twenty days. Not necessarily consecutive days, but you get the idea! And if you want to see them sooner , they’re in the book 🥳. #twentytomake #twentytostitch #onepatch #onepatchquilt #patchwork #quiltinprogress #searchpress #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
November. I love that when you look closely you can see where I had to join the fabric to make the shape big enough 🤓 #monthlymarker #quiltinprogress #scrapquilt #patchwork
When I thought taking a couple of quick pictures of the #bigstitchquiltalong Blue Borders Quilt would be a good idea, to demonstrate the QAYG version versus the traditional way 🤦🏽♀️. Obviously with a dog for scale 🐶🤓. #spanishwaterdog #notanassitancedog #qayg #quiltasyougo #bigstitchquilting #bigstitch #searchpress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
So this Sunday for my check in on #bigstitchquiltalong I’m showing you how I safety pin baste my blocks that I’m putting together QAYG style instead of in the traditional way.
Bear with me on this as you can’t always see the pins, but I use the teaspoon to pin then clip them shut. It’s easier on my hands, no pricks or pokes! The pins are from @clovermfg and so good for these quilt as you go projects 😍.
FYI, I don’t talk in this you just hear pins clattering about 🤣.
#quiltasyougo #qayg #safteypinbasting #bastingaquilt #quiltinprogress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #clovernotions #searchpress #quiltbasting
Happy to see my quilt in @todaysquilter ! This ticks so many boxes, a great scrap buster , QAYG construction and Big Stitch Quilting , what’s not to love 😍. Inspired by some of my favourite quilts from the Gees Bend Quilters! #patchwork #patchworkquilt #scrapquilt #qayg #quiltasyougo #bigstitchquilting #bigstitch #handquilted #handquilting #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #todaysquilter
#favouritefabricfriday 🥳.
Today I’m featuring this print that I used in the border on one of my quilts in Big Stitch Quilting from @searchpress .
This is the type of fabric that I’ll buy 3m of without hesitation. It’s got so many colours in that I know it will work with lots of scrappy combinations in a quilt, bringing them all together. So it will be an ideal border, sashing or binding fabric, a good investment buy. It’s a print from @rjrfabrics and if one not mistaken designed buy @riflepaperco 😍. Do you have fabrics that bring your scraps to life, do share, we’re dying to see! #fabric #patchwork #favouritefabric #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #patchworkquilt #handquilting #handquilted #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
I’m stitching away on some #secretsewing projects, so in the meantime here’s a close up of my Mill and Stars quilt in the current issue of @todaysquilter .
This quilt with its fabric scrappiness and bold big stitch quilting sums up all that I love about making quilts!
I’m also getting the prizes together for a month of give aways on Wednesdays in November. Hopefully this will culminate in December with the actual quilt giveaway too. I’ll be using #winaquiltwednesday to keep things together. Remember the more followers I get the closer we get to a quilt being given away😉, so don’t forget to share with your friends!
Happy mid week stitching 🧵!
#patchwork #patchworkquilt #quilt #quiltersofinstagram #handquilting #handquilted #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #scrapquilt #todaysquilter #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #aurifilthread
I do love a good quilt book, and some of my older ones get over looked. But I was checking some details for a project inspired by a quilt from this book, and thought you might like to look through too? The book is the Quilts of the British Isles by Janet Rae. It was published in 1987 by E.P. Dutton. So worth searching a copy out! Enjoy! #quiltbook
#patchworkbook #oldquilts #quiltinspiration #quilthistory #quilt #quilthistory #patchwork #quilting
Today I’m sharing with you my new favourite gadget 😃. You can swipe to see all of the action, but let’s just say the @clovermfg Quick Cut Thread Cutter Made short work of this pile of chain piecing.
It’s a great little cutter that sits on your work table and saves all the snipping between patches. I love the fact that the blade can be turned to access a new sharp edge, and when the blade needs replacing you just buy a rotary cutter blade!
All in all a very quick and simple solution to thread cutting when you’ve gone into chain piecing overdrive like me 🤣.
So now onto the pressing !
Edited to add: I use Vilene L11 interfacing for my string piecing foundation here!
#clovernotions #quickcutthreadcutter #sewinggadgets #sewingnotions
#machinepieicing #chainpiecing #stringquilt #scrapquilt #patchwork #quiltinprogress #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Over the last few months I’ve seen my followers numbers increase, and each time I think ‘when it gets to a certain number I’ll celebrate with a giveaway’. Then when I next look the numbers bigger, and I’ve missed this milestone number and I just move on.
But I’ve realised that I’m getting close to 10K, which is just amazing. And I’d like to give each and everyone of you a big thank you for wanting to see my stitching on your feed😃. So if I get to 10k followers by the end of November 2021, I will do a quilt giveaway 🎉. Yes a real live quilt made by me 🤓🧵.
Stay tuned for the details at the end of November but it’s only if I reach my magic number!
In the meantime I’m hand quilting my Christmas version of the Blue Borders Quilt from Big Stitch Quilting @searchpress for the #bigstitchquiltalong 😊. #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #handquilting #50daysofhandquilting #quiltinprogress #quiltersofinstagram #patchwork #scrapquilt #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #quiltgiveaway
#favouritefabricfriday 🥳.
I’ve been sewing from my stash and only buying fabrics that are helping me use up what I have for a long time now, so I’ve been buying with intention, knowing where that fabric will go .
But This fabric is the first I’ve just brought on a whim in a long while 😱😂.
Ironically I love the two greens, one in the bouquet and the other is the background (which did not photograph as green but blue 🤷♀️).
It’s a print from the @petraprinspatchwork Heritage line and I got mine in @pincushion_pantiles when I popped in for thimbles that I then forgot to buy! This is the sort of fabric which often inspires other fabric choices and selections before I have the nerve to cut into it! #favouritefabric #green #greens #patchwork #addedtomystash #patchworkpotential
Lovely to have two of my quilts back from @todaysquilter ! Thanks guys!
A nice bright pile to add to colour to what looks like a grey day. I was also taken with the Big Stitch Quilting and the contrast of the stitches depending on the colour thread used. The quilting really does make all the difference 😍🧵. #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #todaysquilter #patchwork #quilts #patchworkquilts #handquilted #handquilting #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #quiltersofinstagram #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Joining Lucy @charmaboutyou for #saturdaynightcraftalong , and also #50daysofhandquilting with @jeanakimball , and #bigstitchquiltalong with my own Blue Borders Quilt 😊. Phew!
I’m having a busy weekend of talks and teaching so trying to keep up with the stitching too.
If you swipe you can see the marked quilting lines using my trusty Hera marker, which I did after layering the quilt, but before basting with safety pins. That way they don’t get in the way! I’m Quilting it in sections as I’ll be putting this version together using a quilt as you go method! But I want start quilting the Christmas version this week too! Happy stitching everyone 🧵🤓. #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #qayg #searchpress #handquilting #handquilted #quiltinprogress #patchwork #scrapquilt #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
#favouritefabricfriday 💃💃. I’m looking at one of my own scrap quilts today instead of a vintage one. That little lilac and turquoise floral is a strong contender this week. I came across it in my scraps and strings pile, and it’s funny when you haven’t seen a fabric for a long long time, how it becomes imperative to use what you have in something special. So needless to say, this print is now out of that pile and in a special fabrics pile 🧵🤣 #favouritefabric #scrapquilt #stringquilt #stringpieced #stringpiecing #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash
And then there are things you find in the patches you’ve pieced that you couldn’t have planned any better 🤓. A happy accident of unintentional fussy cutting 💃💃. #stringquilt #stringpatchwork #stringpiecing #quiltinprogress #patchwork #fussycutting #not 🤣 #scrapquilt #sewyourstash #usewhatyouhave #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #libertytanalawn
When I counted and stitched and thought I’d made 100 blocks, but it turns out actually only 98 🤦🏽♀️.
Always an anticlimax when you’ve not done as much as you thought.
Back to it and two more blocks to sew it is!
#stringquilt #stringpatchwork #scrapquilt #patchwork #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #wastenotwantnot #sustainablestitching #quiltinprogress #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
