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Snowball Templates

2020

Pattern Box – Crazy Quilt Cushion Pattern

2020

Hexagon Happenings Templates

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As many of you know, I’ve written and shared my projects for @todaysquilter since it’s very first issue! Issue 77 will be no exception 🥳. The Kaleidoscope quilt has been an all time favourite in classes , so it’s lovely to share it with a wider audience in these unprecedented times! And if you’ve not picked up a copy of the magazine lately, have a look at the offer below from Today’s Quilter!
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So some of you might remember that I’m having a sort out.
This quilt top is part of that. Until this last weekend it had no border. Or rather it had, but I’d not liked it and taken it off a while back. So it was the centre, where the sashing and posts end, with no border. Then it struck me that the spare squares from the QST that I’d kept with it could be the border, rather like a lot of old English frame or medallion quilts. I also still had some of the post fabric in my stash (only about 16yrs old 😊) so I could use it in the border corners .
This is actually the third version of the quilt I’d made. It was inspired by a quilt in a book on old quilts, and this one is in my comfort zone blues with my husband’s shirts used for the sashing . Swipe for more close ups and the obligatory dog shot 🐶.
Still to be quilted, but moving in the right direction 🤓.
#quiltinprogress #scrapquilt #sewyourstash #blue #patchwork #quilttop #quiltsinthewild #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts

In my sorting out I unearthed this quilt in progress😉. I’d put it away as I’d felt there was too much still to sew for it to be viable at that time. And yet now when I look at it, really, most of the work has been done 🤦🏽‍♀️. So hand piecing it is then !
Quilt inspiration from one owned by @lu_flux 😍. #handpiecing #handpieced #handstitched #quiltinprogress #quilttop #slowstitch #patchwork #scrapquilt #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess

#favouritefabricfriday celebrates a sashing fabric in a wonderful scrap fabric vintage quilt top today. This print is wonderful and it’s obvious (well to me 🤷‍♀️), that it was possibly brought after the blocks were sewn, to be used as the sashing 🧐. (Or perhaps she just had a lot of this one fabric ? ) If you swipe through you can see a hint of more sashing in a different fabric, so she ran out again and substituted? These quilt tops really tell a story 😍🧵.
And if you like the idea of celebrating fabric on a Friday pop over to @sewingspace where Angie shows us new fabrics in a her shop each week and I think she’s done to fun how-tos in the past too! Go and have a look!
#favouritefabric #vintagequilt #vintagefabric #fabricfriday #patchwork #quilttop #scrapquilt #bowtieblock #bowtiequilt #vintage #scrapfabrics #makersgonnamake #quiltsofinstagram

Nothing like tying a quilt and then Big Stitching the binding for getting a quilt to the finish line 🤓. Swipe for some more detail shots of the quilt I was working on last weekend. #handtiedquilt #tiedquilt #tiedquilts #bigstitch #bigstitchbinding #handstitching #handstitched #quilt #quilting #utilityquilting #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #utilityquilting #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts

Here’s a block I stitched to brighten my day. Swipe to see the pressing for even more stitched satisfaction. I needed this, my computer died, and it might be four weeks to get my spec on a new one 🤦‍♀️.
Here’s 🤞to typing on an iPad!
#patchwork #quiltblock #handpieced #handstitched #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #scrapquilt

Moving some projects on today with some quilt tying 🤓.
Using cotton perle no.3 and Chenille needle no. 18. And going with the Surgeons Knot as my knot of choice today , all whilst watching the tennis ! I’m doing this on the table , so I clamp it as though I was table top basting, but then tie instead of basting. I love how this makes it such a quick process.
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon! #tyingaquilt #utilityquilting #quilttying #tabletopbasting #handtiedquilt #tiedquilt #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts

Joining @charmaboutyou Lucy for #saturdaynightcraftalong with a bit more of the Big Stitch quilting that I was working on today whilst doing my book signing in @pincushion_pantiles !
It was great to see and chat with so many quilters today, thanks for coming out everyone 🙏. And for all the good wishes from those who couldn’t get there! 🙏
#bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #pincushionpantiles #handquilting #handquilted #quilting #quilted #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #patchwork #quiltinprogress

Just a heads up, but the next few #favouritefabricfriday posts will probably be vintage fabrics. I have quite a few old quilts and one of the reasons that I buy them is that I often love the fabrics, and really just want yardage to use in my own quilt 🤷‍♀️.
So today I’m choosing a lovely blue print from a signature quilt. All the blocks used just one print in each, so you get to see a good chunk of those fabrics 😃. This blue is pretty much my comfort zone palette, and I think almost all of the books I’ve written have had a quilt in it made from these blues 💙.
If you swipe I’ve zoomed out so you can see the block this fabric was used in, and the great quilting that there is in this quilt.
#vintagefabric #vintage #vintagequilt #patchwork #quiltblock #handquilting #handquilted #handstitched #quiltsofinstagram #favouritefabric #blue

Just a little shout out, that if you’re in and around Tunbridge Wells this Saturday, we are doing a Big Stitch book day in @pincushion_pantiles 🥳.
So if you fancy chatting about big stitch hand quilting and seeing all of the quilts and projects from my new book from @searchpress , then do pop by 😃. #bigstitchquilting #bigstitch #searchpress #pincushionpantiles #handquilting #handquilted #localquiltshop #tunbridgewellslife #pantilestunbridgewells #patchwork #quilting #quilted

A close up of my string quilt project in @todaysquilter , and on its cover 😊. I love looking at all the different fabrics that always go so well together in a String block, but I’d never dream of putting together in a regular patchwork block. It’s a great quilt to power through the scrap bag and then make space for new fabrics😉. #stringquilt #scrapquilt #todaysquilter #usewhatyouhave #wastenotwantnot #patchworkquilt #createandsustain #patchwork #quiltblock #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #quiltersofinstagram

June. #monthlymarker . I’m liking these bookends to the months.Nice to think about all that’s happened and been made in May and excited about what’s to come 😃. #alphabetquilt #scrapquilt #alphabetquiltblocks #vintage #quiltinprogress

Finished another Kawandi quilt last night. I’m completely amazed at how making these is so addictive. Reading about the women who make these just seems to generate more ideas. These are only tea towel size, so mini quilts really , but I’m loving the process 🤓. I’m numbering them, swipe to see, as I’m enjoying seeing the process develop🧐. #siddiquilts #kawandiquilts #handstitched #handstitching #runningstitch #enjoytheprocess #makersgonnamake #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster

A combination of colours, textures and prints that always makes me happy 😃. Bag pattern is from my book, Sew Layercakes Quilts and Gifts, @searchpress. I’ve also done a how to on here a while back, and adapted the pattern for my BOM series for Today’s Quilter Magazine, 2018 ish! You can tell I love making these 😊. The Paisley was gifted to me from @theoldhaberdashery , and similar velvet ribbon you can find in @pincushion_pantiles . Must admit to buying more colours there this week inspiring more bags ! Can’t have too many project bags! Enjoy stitching in the sunshine 🌞. #makersgonnamake #bigstitch #searchpress #theoldhaberdashery #vintagefabric #texture #happycolours #projectbag

Today’s #favouritefabricfriday is featured in a quilt, as I’ve used up all that I have 🤷‍♀️. But that’s what’s meant to happen isn’t it? I mean are we meant to buy it , use it then buy some more so that it’s also in our stash for evermore 🤣.
This fabric is by @nathalie_lete for the @annamariahorner Conservatory collections.
For me it is a perfect fabric as there is so much going on and the colours work so well in a string scrap quilt. I used it as the stars in my string quilt on the cover of the current edition of @todaysquilter magazine. I love when a fabric brings all of the scraps together 😊. #patchwork #stringquilt #todaysquilter #todaysquiltermagazine #nathalielete #perfectfabric #makersgonnamake #stringquilts #scrapquilt

Books

Big Stitch QuiltingApril 23, 2021 - 1:44 pm
Love Jelly Roll QuiltsOctober 26, 2020 - 1:54 pm
Mini Quilt BlocksDecember 26, 2018 - 3:19 pm
The Joy of Jelly RollsOctober 26, 2018 - 3:25 pm
The Handmade QuiltOctober 26, 2018 - 3:25 pm
Sew Layer Cake Quilts & GiftsOctober 26, 2018 - 3:24 pm
One Patch QuiltsOctober 26, 2017 - 3:20 pm
Little Quilts & Gifts from Jelly Roll ScrapsOctober 26, 2015 - 3:17 pm
Hexagon HappeningsOctober 26, 2015 - 3:15 pm
Quilting On The Go: Taking It FurtherOctober 26, 2014 - 3:22 pm
Jelly Roll ScrapsOctober 26, 2014 - 3:16 pm
Utility QuiltingOctober 26, 2012 - 3:26 pm
Sew Jelly Roll Quilts And GiftsOctober 26, 2012 - 3:23 pm
Quilting On The GoOctober 26, 2008 - 3:20 pm

Patterns

Snowball TemplatesOctober 26, 2020 - 4:55 pm
Pattern Box – Crazy Quilt Cushion PatternOctober 26, 2020 - 4:34 pm
Hexagon Happenings TemplatesOctober 26, 2015 - 4:33 pm
Quilt PatternsJanuary 26, 2015 - 4:38 pm

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Stitching and Sussex Gardens Holiday

25th – 30th July 2021
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Join Carolyn Forster on this summertime escape to scenic Sussex, where we spend time exploring the horticultural highlights, gathering inspiration for a floral-themed mini quilt project.

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