Winter Village so far....

 Winter Village 

Thought I'd give a progress report on the Winter Village Quilt I'm currently working on.

It's Called Winter Village by Edyta Sitar

The Pattern can be found at Laundry Basket Quilts but it is also in Edyta's Book A Season In Blue

I started working on this Quilt in April 2024

Edyta Sitar 

I made a good start following Edyta's YouTube instructions. But then like the Blackbird Crafter I am got sidetracked by lots of Shiny Little Projects...

In between these Beautiful distractions I stitched a few Houses here and there over the months.

There were 23 Blue Houses in total.

Although I did make a rouge Red One just for the fun of it

I have Built all the Houses now. And have made a start on the Quilting.

Machine Quilting 

Some close-ups of My Machine Stitching. Just inside the doors and windows followed by Stitching just outside the doors & windows. And some diagonal Machine Stitching on a roof.

Hand Stitching/Quilting 

Above. I've decided to Hand Stitch Hearts in different sizes in the Sashing and other spaces.

May 3rd 2025 Update

I have just finished the Hand & Machine Stitching on the top half of my Winter Village 

I'm so enjoying seeing this Quilt come to life as I add more and more Stitches to it. I'm using four different sized heart outlines for the Hand Stitching. All the Hand Stitching in Blue (an Aurifil Thread) For the machine Stitching 

I'm using a YLI Natural Colour Thread.

Read more about My Hand Stitching

Lots yet to do. Including some Appliqué Branches and Birds.

What do you think of it so far?

Link to My Crochet Projects

The Point of Flying Geese

Spool Block

Here is how I put together the spool Block we are making from The Beginners Guide to Quilting book we are using at the moment.
SCROLL to the bottom of the page for my Top Stitching Tip AND Today's musical interlude.

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Here are all the pieces for one block

Below they are laid out as per the finished block

 Take the centre square and stitch on the two sides

 

 And Press

 Take the four small squares and place them on either end of spool top and bottom

Mark a diagonal line with your fabric marker of choice 

 Stitch along the marked lines

Trim off excess fabric

 Quarter of an inch is good

 

   Press open

Line up and stitch to middle section

One at the top and one at the bottom

 And hey presto

You have a spool block

Here is the book we are working from.

It's proved rather elusive.

The book of the same name on Amazon is not the same book.

This book is actually classed as a bookazine - not quite a book, not quite a magazine.

It was published last year (2014) through Future Publishing

Although no longer in stock on line with them. 

It is often available in W.H. Smith in the UK

Usually amongst the magazines. 

Almost everyone in actual class now have a copy.

But if I'd realised how difficult it would be to get hold of.....well...

Top Tip

To avoid your machine chewing up the beginning of blocks sewn on point.

 

Start your stitching onto a piece of spare fabric (make sure it's two layers of fabric)

 and continue without stopping onto your actual block - see pic below - green fabric is the spare piece.

You simply snip the spare fabric off once you've completed your stitching.

 

Yours in Stitches, Joy

Meanwhile

Somewhere over the Rainbow - with the lovely mellow voiced

Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole

Click on the link

Relax and EnJoy