Bloggers quilt festival May '13 Throw quilt category

This is my Fairytale Forest quilt and I Love it so I'm entering it into the Bloggers quilt festival.

If you've came over from Amy's place a big hello and feel free to have a look around and stay for a while

A few of you will have seen this quilt before, but I assure you with prints this fun and bright there is always more to look at :D 

It was my first attempt at diamonds and I fussy cut every single one of them from my favourite fabrics that my mum had bought for me as an early Christmas gift in 2011.

I sashed between each diamond with a lovely linen polkadot.

And decided I wanted funky corners too, so thats exactly what I did! 

As I type this post the Fairytale Forest quilt is looking at me from across the room on my armless arm chair (but thats another story!) 

Waiting for me to collect a load more bright and busy prints to make it a friend :) 

I hope you're enjoying the festival as much as I am, I've got Bella on my knee and a cup of tea on the go and I'm intending on not moving from the sofa, unless refills are needed, until it's time for the school run.

Quilty factoids 

New to me techniques - Diamonds and Sashing

Dimensions 57" x 71" or 139cm x 174cm depending on wherein the world you are 

Quilted by Me

Pattern adapted from Kaffee fassett book simple shapes, spectacular quilts (I can recommend this one for eye candy value)

Now head back over to amy's creative side and see the other lovely creations over there :) 

Seeing stars!

Well I've managed to finish not one but two quilts since my last post, needles to say I'm a little impressed with myself! 

This little quilt had been begging me to get my act together and finish it for awhile, so I did the right thing and quilted the heck out of it and put it's binding on :) 

All of the stars are made using scraps of my favourite fabrics.

I really did quilt the heck out of this one! Wavy straight lines running vertically down the quilt give it the most amazing texture.

Then last week I finally got around to playing with the Glimma fabric I picked up from Stash Modern Fabric back in April and I went straight back to do another Giant star quilt 

I'm telling you this quilt pattern is addictive! 

I figured I would back it in, what is in my opinion, one of the best text prints around Britten Nummer from Ikea. I always think it looks clean fresh and modern! 

Then I got my meandering groove on! The star is quilted in white and the background is quilted in a complimentary teal colour so it blends in really well.

Both of these quilts have made it into the etsy shop this evening.

My sewing plans for tomorrow include finishing off the pillow top for the Pillow talk swap over on Flickr and celebrating with Madam that her sats exams will be over and done with! We both have really mixed feelings about 10 and 11 year olds doing exams but it can't be changed so we just support her and make sure she knows her best is good enough for us! 

If any of you have younger ones sitting their first sets of exams this year I hope they coped really well and didn't get too stressed out. 

Hope your having  really good week and planning on entering Bloggers quilt festival at Amy's place!

Piecing my week together

I hang my wip's on a "washing line" I have in my sewing room 

It keeps them in focus and at the forefront of my mind and it also stops them multiplying while I'm not looking!

Both have seen some action this week and hopefully will continue to grow and maybe even become fully fledged quilts this week.

Qtr 1 2013 Hive B [3x6] Bee

I had a day sewing yesterday and managed to get everyones blocks completed for the 1st quarter of the [3x6] bee over on Flickr

It was my 1st bee in a while and it has reminded me how much fun they can be :) 

My sewing goals for today are to get some more of my own star blocks sewn up, maybe some x&+ blocks too and then onto some quilting on a friends quilt.

Hope you get everything done today that you're aiming for! 

All in a Thangle!

We finally got this one finished and photographed, it took two tries and frozen fingers but I'm really happy with the outcome :) 

Yes that is the North sea photo-bombing my quilt picture! 

The binding is a pretty rainbow print I picked up in Ikea a while back, I was thinking of sharing a binding tutorial as I've finally found a way that works for me, doesn't involve hand stitching and basically makes the whole thing less arduous but there does seem to be quite a few out there in blogland already so let me know what you think.

Yup Snow on the field in the background, at this point I think it was decided quilts aren't worth frost bitten fingers so we gave in and came home.

I'm pleased I managed a pic of the backing before we totally packed up though as it is the softest, loveliest cotton shirting I've ever felt even if it makes your eyes go funny if you stare at it for too long...go on click the picture and you'll see what I mean when it goes into full screen...it does feel delicious though so I will be using it again.

I added this quilt to the shop last night, speaking of which I've taken the Blythe doll dresses out of the shop for now while I work out if I want to open a separate shop for them after some feedback that it was a little confusing having the quilts and doll things together in the same shop. 

well I'm off to the loft to sew now so I hope your having a fun weekend and get everything cleared from your to-do list :) 

Quick quilts and bedroom cleaning

Easter weekend involved whipping up some Echino lap quilts to pop in the shop

After we caught the run away quilts we headed home to sort out Madams room, the plan had been to quickly swap her bed out for the new one...however it turns out when a ten year old tells you she has really, honestly, with a cherry on top tidied her bedroom she is not telling you the truth! 

I have taken photos to show family members why my little angel is telling everyone I threatened to put all of her belongings in black bags and take them to the tip but I shall not shame her by putting them on the internet...This time! 

Hope you had a lovely weekend and got away without doing any housework! 

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