Yellow potpourri and a mini quilt

Well first off I have to apologise about the photo quality, my ability to use my camera and the weather, but here we go anyway!

You may have noticed that I love scrappy bright quilts and this one is no exception. It was an utter pain in the butt to quilt on my little home sewing machine but after needles being put in the wrong way, tension going funny and breaking my walking foot (Story for another time!) I got there in the end. It's straight line quilted top to bottom. The backing fabric, which I love, didn't help. It's curtain fabric of all things but I loved them when I bought them, then I moved house and they were miles too big for my little windows so I think the term is upcycled!

So Kaffe Fasset Yellow potpourri pattern is rather large! I didn't add the inner frame or the top and bottom line of squares, just the side ones. This photo is taken out in my back yard I was trying to take advantage of some sunshine but it hid behind rather large clouds when it saw me coming.

So I wandered over to my mums, quilt and child in hand and asked if I could photograph it in her sitting room 

Only to discover that the aperture of my camera couldn't deal with it unless I stood on some steps - Not going to happen at my mums!

Heres a quick look at the back and binding 

Very pleased with the binding for a change.

This big girl was a total stash buster quilt made mostly from scrap packs that I've been almost obsessively buying *Blush* 

I'm so pleased I've finally made a dent in my fabric supplies though, gives me a good reason to hit Hawthorn threads again :)

So moving onto the mini quilt/wall hanging/doodad thingymajig!

It's cute and has a hanging bit so even if I don't know what on earth I've made I rather like it :D 

And a close up of the Heather Ross print (Just because I love it soooo much!)

I hope you've enjoyed hearing about my quilts and my photographic challenges :)

Have a great week

Spoonflower :)

Hello Peeps!
I'm rather excited here, I'm sitting waiting for my samples to come back from Spoonflower so I thought I'd share a sneak peek (Dancing_crow is my Spoonflower user name, Loooong story!)

This is one of the prints called Floating poppy, once I have all of my swatches back I'll make them public and let you guys know so you can feel free to have a look and see what you think. In the meantime feel free to leave feedback regarding this print in the comments, but be gentle this is the first time I've shown off my paintings to anyone other than family since I left school - Half a life time ago now! (Ouch feeling old!)

Other news, I've finally finished the Kaffe Fasset quilt! WOOPWOOP!!! Unfortunately the heavens opened on me as I opened my front door quilt in hand to go outside to take pics, so I will do a show and tell tomorrow as it's meant to be quite sunny (Hope I've not just jinxed it!)
Also, with some trepidation, I have cut into my Far Far Away II fabric to make a wall hanging. It only needs it's binding on and then it will be fully clothed for pictures :)

All in all I think tomorrow may well be a picture heavy post!

I've been AWOL again!

Hello Gang!
Sorry I've been MIA for a while (Again!) if I'm being honest and without any over share I've been having a few problems with the new tenant downstairs from me and it's been keeping me rather busy!
My WIP list is still as long as ever, but what the heck I've got a life time to work through them :)

One thing I did have the joy of making last week was a baby quilt, got to love baby quilts! The family down the street brought home their new baby boy from the hospital, so whats a girl to do but whip up a quilt for them. This is my first real go at free motion quilting on a quilt that wasn't staying with me so I kept it simple with one big zig-zag all of the way up the quilt then echoed it out towards the sides.

From memory the quilt is 33"x33" so should do fine in a stroller once the family are out and about with the little one.

Sorry about the picture quality - for it being the longest day of the year up here we've seen hardly any sun for the last three weeks!

Anyway hope your all having fun and I'll post again soon (Hopefully with another finished quilt!)

Pay it forward Giveaway!

Hi everyone!
I had a wander over to Fiber of all sorts blog last night and came across the "pay it forward giveaway"  Now I've read Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde and loved it, so when I came across the idea in the form of a giveaway I had to join in :)

These are from Fiber of all sorts so here we go -

It's a simple game. Here's how it works (I copied this from Cotton Addiction who gleaned from both Clover & Violet and Quilter in the Gap):

1. I will make a little something for the first 3 people who comment on this post. It will be a surprise and it will arrive when you least expect it. You have to give me someway to contact you. Make sure you have your email associated with your comment. Make sure you're NOT a no-reply blogger - you can see how to tag your comments with your email HERE.

2. I will have 365 days to do it in. What's the catch? To get a handmade present from me, you have to play too! This means YOU pledge to send a little handmade something for 3 readers of your blog. It doesn't have to be quilty - just handmade.

3. You must have a blog. {This is where I'll draw inspiration}

4. Once you comment here, you must post about your Pay It Forward on your blog to keep the fun going with the Pay It Forward badge

I hope everyone that reads will join in - we need more niceness in the world :D