Twins

On the 9 th of July I got a little pressie or two. Aren't they cute? On the left is Lilly and on the right Lucy.

More swaps

Sheep for Lynette





and Birdhouses for Giana.

I have also been working on some other swaps, The row by row from the Craft Magazine online Forum, and the medalion round robin.
These are the two last rows for me for this swap. I can hardly wait for my last one to arrive so I can put them together

Cushions

I have been in a cushion swap, and this is what arrived at my house today, it is from Geminista and is absolutely gorgeous. Helen thank you so much.
The blue one is tho one I made for Helen

Seeing Double

Seeing double and sewing double, Two cot quilts finished except for names and some sort of applique on the back, now we wait for them to arrive.
Oh its exciting!
This is my own pattern, and again I was using left over bits from other projects. I needed to make them for either boy or girl, so a bit of every colour went into each. They turned out a little smaller than I would have liked, but other than to attach more borders there was little I could do as I had already quilted them.


It was also my first time at free motion quilting, could have been better, but they will hold together. I have added a close up photo as well, Anyway the main thing is that I am pretty happy with them.

Stack and Wack Sampler finished

And here it is finished and quilted, I am very proud of myself, normally the top gets done and then it is stashed, for months and months till I decide that I need to quilt one before I start on the next.
This little lap quilt has already headed off to its new home. Should nearly be there.

One of my current projects

A few weeks ago I was given a half metre of fabric (thanks Cheryl) and I just had to make something out of it so now it is Stacked and Wacked, it is not finished, needs a broder or two, and I have a little of the yellow left, so I am thinking that yellow and green combined and then maybe a red one or visa versa.

Sebastion

This is Sebastion Snail.

He is from a pattern from Homespun (No 69), He has a few modifications, I really can't use the pattern exactly as they say, but he is basically the same. He is for my Granddaughter when she becomes a sister. The photo is not terrific, but then I am not a photographer, lol I would rather sew!

I love Scraps

I found a few things that I had photographed so put in here and of course totally forgot. So here is the first, the scrap braid quilt, which is done and waiting for a home.








This quilt had a previous life, I made it up and hated it so pulled it all apart
and started again, it looked like this to start with. I was all wrong, all the Bias from the scraps pulled out of shape, and I did not realise until I had it all together. Still it was a learning curve, and I am sure that I learnt something even if it is only to double and triple check before I sew.

the block I made for myself on the BOM for June

Meet Judy

Meet Judy

Spinning Wheel

Look what I inherited yesterday, my mum does not want it any more so she told me to sell it. I am not into spinning, so atm it is sitting on my desk looking down at me while I type. I put it outside on the concrete to take a photo and Ollie had to come and check it out, he sniffed every side of it. Mum has had this wheel since 1985, It was made for her by a local craftsman.

One less to be quilted

Here is my latest, this is from the 2008 Sampler Block Swap, I made a second block for everyone that I made and ended up with 18, so two more and I have a 5 by 4 block quilt. I am happy with it, it all went together fairly easily, and whats even better I got staright in a nd quilted it instead of pondering about if for weeks or months.

Something for myself

Just for a change I decided that I would make something for myself.
In a previous edition of "Homespun" there was this glorious quilt with just heaps and heaps of applique on it in the shape of a lollypop tree, well I did not want to go to that extreme before I knew what it would look like in real life, so I copied just some of the applique and sort of went from there. The middle just happened, I fished out a square of white, and beside making it square just added the blue and kept going from there. It is really good to make it up as I go, cos then it is my mistake when/if I make it. So other than copying the flowers you could say this was my design.

Row by row round robin

My next contribution to the Row by Row swap, this one went to Suziewong, I made it on EQ6, using the serendipity tool, this is the first time I have used it an it turned out very nice, and is great fun to use, makes all the blocks totally different yet still the same. That makes a lot of sense, but I know exactly what I mean.

BOM swap.

I have joined yet another swap, a block of the month Mystery swap, where we make the block in our partners colour and receive one from another partner in our colour. I have decided to make two of everyone of them in the partners colour choice so that I will have two quilts. This is the one I made for myself, the one that went to Giana was exactly the same colouring except I swapped around the Brown and white.

Pot holder

This is a pot holder I made two of for my neighbour, it is a little small for my hand, but she is tiny so it fits her hand perfectly. I think it would look heaps better in a much brighter colour and bigger, your hand goes inside the slit, and the whole thing then folds in half.

Breast of Friends Block 5, 6 and 7

Its been a while since I put anything in here, I have been working on a heap of different things. Here are the next three blocks for the Breast of Friends. I have also started on the next one (block 9), it is ready for sitting in front of the TV. Block 8 is also on the drawing board so to speak, but is not quite ready to go to the night time activities spot in my lounge room.

2008 Appilique and Stitcheries Swap

Last year I was in an applique and Stitchery swap and I have finally gotten round to putting them all together. I think it looks great. I want to thank all the ladies that contributed to my newest quilt.
Have just looked at this, and the photo is not the best, so when my batteries for the camera are charged I will try and take a better one.

Acorn Gatherers

Nearly forgot, I have also been doing a swap for the Acorn gatherers, this one is for a little girl in Perth. Her mum Rachel said that she loves my little pony, so this is my effort.

Opening Day

Today is Opening Day for the Bag/Tote swap, and here is mine and also the one I made for Ann (quiltapatch)




This is the lovely bag that Ann sent me.





And here is the one that went to Ann, I seem to have forgotten to take a picture of the other side