A London Quilt - Block 8

I found my inspiration here - http://fredashive.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/dreaming-princess-quilt-pattern.html?m=1

She sells the pattern for this gorgeous quilt, but again, hard to justify the purchase for only one quilt block. So, once again, I decided to create my own.

I folded some tracing paper in half and sketched out my crown. For once, I got lucky and only had to do it the one time!

I picked my fabrics, and left it to be completed another day.

I cut out the crown and decided to roughly zig zag it down as an appliqué.

Next... Some bling!

A large turquoise ric rac was topped with a dainty pale pink velvet ric rac, and the edges folded beneath the crown.

Hand sewn buttons complete the bling.

A London Quilt - Block Seven

Since the free handed piecing of the teacup block went so well, I decided to try a fox.

I am including a fox in my UK quilt because there are estimated to be somewhere around 50,000 foxes living in London. I see them creep across the top of my garden wall, I've been awakened from a dead sleep from their obnoxiously loud mating noises, and I've seen them strolling down the street during my morning school runs, they are literally everywhere!!

I read this article last year and thought it was a hilarious comedic take on what it is like with the foxes here!

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/simon-jenkins-they-may-look-cute-but-urban-foxes-are-a-growing-menace-10260964.html

I began it one afternoon and then picked it back up another day. Compare the picture above and the one below - see my oops?

Like the teacup, I looked at a picture and just winged it!

All done!

Here is the inspiration block:

http://redredcompletelyred.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/fifty-shades-of-fox.html?m=1

A London Quilt - block six

I have an inspiration board on Pinterest for possible UK quilt block ideas, and what UK quilt wouldn't be complete without a teacup?

So, I found my inspiration here - http://piecebynumber.com/tea-and-coffee-cups-free-paper-pieced-quilt-blocks/ - which is a paper piecing block. I've not yet attempted paper piecing, so I decided just to freehand it and see how that worked out.

I'm not sure why, but I didn't take pictures in process of this one.

A London Quilt - block 5

Somehow, I have gotten out of order, but I'm going to call this block 5 to get back on track!

I did a Union Jack block and it was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be!

I used an awesome tutorial - found here:

http://quiltstory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/queens-jubilee-and-union-jack-tutorial.html?m=1

The tutorial is very specific in cutting and measurements - which I loved!

The first part of St. Andrew's Cross

Whoops - should have overlapped that a bit more!

That cut made me very nervous!

St. Andrew's Cross complete and lined up pretty well, I thought!

Another scary cut!

Almost done...

And... It's done!