Exhausted!!!

Well we wished for a snow day and we've had nearly a week! Three days were spent sledging and snowballing then it was back to school (where I also work), then I helped evacuate nearly 200 children to the local community centre after a suspected gas leak - which now turns out to be the stupid French gas cloud! But there was some sewing time in there somewhere as I managed to:-

Put together a crib sized quilt top, for which I'm now awaiting backing decisions.

I made a couple more sampler blocks for my own quilt. This brings the total to 11 blocks and I only need 14 so the end could be in sight!

 

There were so many of these Granny Square blocks around last year and whilst looking at peoples 2012 roundups I saw them all again and realised I hadn't made one - and I know they are probably so last year but hey, now I can say I did one! And it was so quick and easy and looks so cute too.

 

I also put together another block for the Super Mario quilt, it's supposed to be a black bomb...

but it looks weird to me. It is not pressed or sashed yet so maybe it will look okay in the grand scheme of things, I'll have to wait and see...

And it's Wednesday so I'm linking up with Freshly Pieced as well :-)

P.S. I apologise for the poor picture quality, my iphone seems to be taking very dark photos...

I'm Alive!

Hello my lovelies!
Lack of laptop means there's been no blogging from me for several months but I am still here, alive and well.

I've commandeered my son's netbook for the evening, so here goes!

I went to my local quilting exhibition this weekend, one of the local quilting groups had had a red, white and blue challenge, this particular quilt caught my eye not because of the fabric or the quilt itself but the quilting was done in a red, white and blue varigated thread and in the shape of bunting! So cute!

I'm about to start a crib size quilt for a new(ish) baby boy in the family and here's my initial colour palette...

Okay... I cannot work out how to load a photo from my iPhone through the netbook to blogger so I'm adding the pics through my mobile app (which doesn't work out so well, I hope it comes through) and then re-editing the post on the netbook... tedious!

Wishing you all well for 2013 and hopefully I'll conquer this technology at some point! ((xxx))

Central Park 4 Patch - Finished!

I made this quilt top way back in May last year believe it or not,  I fell in love with the Central Park prints the moment I saw them and purchased a fat quarter bundle of the pink colourway. 

I wanted a quilt design that would showcase the larger prints and when I saw this tutorial over at Clover & Violet I knew it would be ideal.

 I started to run short and had to improvise a couple of scrappy squares...

I chose this beautiful floral print for the back and boy was it hard to find a big enough piece! In the end it was good old Etsy to the rescue and over the ocean it came.  It looks so beautiful I may even love it more than the front!

After an audition between blue or yellow binding I went with the yellow and it looks so pretty and spring-like with the flowers and bright colours.  I took an age to sew the binding on, I machine sew it, then hand stitch the other side, and my hand sewing skills are pretty poor hence the delay!

If I remember correctly the quilt measures 37.5x49 inches, which is just right for me to snuggle under in the armchair of an evening!

I have since purchased oodles more Central Park in the orange, blue and green colourways which you may have seen my sampler blocks being worked in. It's one of those fabric lines that I seem to never tire of, it's so pretty.

I was ashamed to keep listing this quilt as a WIP simply for the binding and linked up with Amy's One Thing One Week Challenge and voila! All done!
I'm so proud I may also try and link up with Richard Quilts Link a Finish Friday (even though it's Saturday!)

Happy Easter everyone! xx

A Happy Post Day

I had a naughty moment of spending the other day after seeing this block, so off to Etsy I went and the lovely shop of Emicraftinjapan came up trumps! I love it when envelopes are made to look pretty too, it had a very decorative tape and the cutest little fabric cup stuck on, which I have peeled off and saved.

And so the Kokka Milk Caps were mine, along with the cutest little bunnies hiding behind trees - well it is Easter after all! and a sample of a pink towny print - very sweet but doesn't go with anything else in my stash right now.

And from Prints to Polka Dots in the offcuts section, some Alexander Henry Home Sewing, a small square of Riley Blake Map - I have other prints from this collection but this one eluded me, a little bit is better than none, especially when it was only 34p!  And look... a little pack of 2.5" sqaure samples of  Riley Blake Sunny Skies thrown in, with a little note recommending coordinating Kona solids and threads!  What service!

Happy Happy :o)

Mario ? Block

A little bit of sewing whilst watching CSI last night got almost another block done for the Super Mario quilt, this time it's the ? block.

This block needs to be sashed in black which I'm running dangerously low on, so i may have to make some parts of other blocks while I await a fabric delivery.

I was browsing in good old Lidl yesterday and look what I found

A punch pliers set with 100 eyelets and 25 press studs for a bargain £3.99! Maybe now  I'll get to finish those change trays I started last year!

It's WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced, there's a fabulous linky party there so why not have a look?