Yes only an image of the quilt I'm going to start tonight.

Inspired by Eleanor Burns, "Summer Porch" but with a personal spin.

I hope to do it justice. (not so sure of the colour accuracy of this image - it looked more vibrant on my computer screen?)

Any suggestions from experienced quilters is defiinately appreciated and requested.

This looks quite nice as is. Looking forward to progress pictures. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks Murphy.

Is that a musical instrument you're sitting with in that lovely bushland setting? What a lovely place!

Your FIRST quilt? You are a braver quilter than I was when I started - I never touched triangles until I had made several simple square-based quilts. I love your design and can't wait to see the finished project!

It is going to be beautiful !! :-D

Please keep us updated with your progress !! :-D

Why thanks Paulswalia - I hope you are not right. But I'll post pics of the completed project.

Where do you think the pitfalls lie? I've got to cut 5 fussy cuts and make sure they remain in the correct order etc etc...

Anyway, I'll post if I get into trouble.

Thanks LAB55 - I certainly will. (don't think the sashing is too dark?)

I think the sashing is perfect. Love the pattern. :thumbup:

Looking good. The floral fabric is beautiful.

Thanks sewmuchmore - I'm gonna do my best with this small wall hanging. I want to impress the ladies at the quilt group I attend here in Cessnock NSW Au

Ta Moonglow.

The print in the posted image was borrowed from the internet, but the actual print is really very similar. I altered the colours in photoshop so they matched my fabric and the floral is almost identical.

You be the judge when you see my completed project.

Maybe a tad bit lighter but I like it as is too.

Thanks SuzyQ

Are you coming to sing in Newcastle in Novemeber? There was an ad on TV the other night advertising your upcoming tour - lol

I got this pale maroon (dark pink) solid, I just wish it was a tad lighter. Guess I'll see how I go.

Ohhh that is so pretty, love the colors!

A lovely composition.

love the patteren an the colors , it will be one beautiful quilt . joyce

I think it looks very good!! Can't wait to see the finished product!! I have not attempted triangles either. I would worry about the corners. Probably I just don't have a good picture in my head of how to do them. I have done half square triangles, but I don't like doing them....not with any of the three methods I used.

I think you are so wise to be starting with a wall hanging instead of something really huge. Everyone told me to do that, but I ignored them. Just quilting that sucker almost did me in.

I've only been quilting 2 years....still consider myself a beginner.

I would like to see it with lighter pink sashing but it's going to be lovely this way also.

That's the way to do it. Nice design. Can't wait to see the quilt.

Thats going to be beautiful

very pretty! I would probably use white sashing if I were making it, but only because I love the white in quilts. The pink looks fine. But why do you need to fussy cut the florals? Something like this makes me think of looking through a window, or trellis, and in that case, the flowers wouldm't be the same. Just wondering,LOL

Very nice...

i like it fine just as it is. post pics as you go along.

Thanks Deborah12687 and Greenheron - I'll try to do a good job and post images of the finished project. Cheers

Thank you to all you lovely ladies (don't think there were any men responders)

I'll post of pic or two as I go, but make a lovely image of the finished product.

Something to hang on my or somebodies wall.

Hi Mal! LOL @ no men's comments. There ought to be a "mens room" here so you can all stay connected. hee!

I love your rendition! Happy Quilting! (I'm a huge floral fan, but I'm forcing myself to break free.)

What's your story? You are in a guild & hereon the QB, before you have set rotary to fabric/needle to fabric? What grabbed your attention about quilting? (Like I could answer that question, myself? ... headsmack!)

Thanks for your feedback Carol - all of the floral comes from one large fussy cut - so the illusion of looking through a window is not interrupted by non aligned segments of the one view. Do you get that? (never know whether my words make sense - just ask my ex - haha)

Hey quiltmouse - glad there isn't a men's only room here - I may get very lonely and that's one of the reasons I've taken to this craft.

I raised my four children alone and now they have all moved on. I used to sew their school uniforms and formal dresses etc and gave my Janome to my eldest a few years back when she moved out. She's now 27.

I've always been crafty and have realised the artform that lies behind the art of quilting. Some of the projects I have seen are truly amazing.

So I've set myself a challenge to occupy my time - I live alone and get pretty bored from time to time. My interests include photography and computing, but see no reason why I can't add quilting to that repertoire!

I've joined a group of ladies in Cessnock who meet fortnightly and am enjoying my experience. Albiet the only man (they don't forget my name, but I'm having a problem remembering their's, there are 50 members!

Over the last month or so I've bought a new Janome 6600p and fully equiped a sewing room and have watched everyone of Eleanor Burn's videos she has in her theatre. She is truly amazing.

This quilt was inspired by one of her standards, the summer porch - developed with my own twist.

Let's become "friends" on this forum? Oh, I just realized you are my only friend so far on this forum. Cheers, for now.

It wiill be beautiful.

This was my first quilt as well. I joined the guild just as they were getting ready to start this project. Certainly forced me to jump in with both feet and no knowledge. The upside was they were very supportive and generous. It is certainly doable and not really that difficult, especially if you are determined.

since you are to cut triangles, i'd just use starch on the fabric if i were you. something to help stabilize it a bit.

I had to go look up Eleanor Burns quilt to figure out how you would do this, but now I get it, one square, cut in half on the diagonal, the sashing put in the middle, then square up the block. At first I thought there were going to be all sorts of seams coming together at the intersections of the sashing........I think you'll be fine - but echo someone else's suggestion for starching the pieces.

Aurora, which was your first quilt? Your avatar or one similar to the picture I posted?

So ladies, does the starch give the fabric stability cause you're working on the bias when doing the long side of the triangle?

What product do you buy?

Like are there starches and starches? And do you give it a light treatment or give it a good old wetting? (Never used starch before on anything)

Then upon completition do you NEED to wash it out?

Incidentally, I joined the "QuiltGuy, Yahoo Forum" tonight and you should see some of their offerings - very impressive! And the funny thing is, I haven't even made a quilt yet! Go figure.

The picture you posted. My avatar is the Orion Nebula.

So pretty!!

So Paulswalia, I'm surprised you found it, well done.

What was it in her Quilts for all Season section - I forget.

But yes basically you cut your squares, cut on the diagonal, piece the relevant ones together bearing in mind that Eleanor's was scrappy and it didn't really matter which you chose to join.

But in my case I'm going to have to be particular to get the large central fussy cut correct or it's going to look pretty strange. But I should be right if I lay it out carefully and focus on the task at hand.

The sewing should be right, I've made many frocks and shirts, albeit only t shirts. But my daughters formal dresses required an effort - turned out good enough for my finickey daughters to don, and they told everyone who had made them. I was very pleased with myself!

And much earlier in life, when I was a teenager I was a deft hand on my mother's knitting machine - an empisal - used to make jumpers etc for my five siblings. I grew out of it, mum didn't have a ribber. She had difficulty using it cause she couldn't see the stitches on the hooks very well so I got to play with it. I also leant on her old singer sewing machine. But they are just memories now.

I'll post pics Paul. Is it Paul or Paulswalia?

Oh, you must think I'm silly - but I've seen some pretty abstract looking quilts now.

Hey what a coincidence then. Any yours went all right?

Yes. For my first quilt I was very pleased with the results.

Paulswalia is my nickname - and I can't join the guy's quilting club if you are really strict about the gender requirement. :-)