Chinoiserie

 "Chinoiserie" was finished last night.  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this quilt - so much that I bought some more large florals this morning to add to the stash ready to start another one as soon as they arrive.  Michelle McKillop designs vibrant, beautiful, colourful quilts and I love her style.

Jenny, from AngelCake Quilting, quilted with a design called "Narnia" - it's lovely big flowers and leaves.

The backing is from FigTree and Company's "Aloha Girl" range and the binding is from Aneela Hooey's "Little Apples" range - it features cute tortoises.

I made the second "Sewcialites" block on Saturday morning before Gulli came to spend the day.  

We had a very busy day baking, gardening, emptying out the spare room.

I've joined another sew-along.  This one is "An Hourglass a Day" made with 5" squares.  I had a bagful of Bonnie and Camille 5" squares with some already made into half square triangles - so joining this SAL was a no brainer.

When I picked up "Chinoiserie", my original sampler quilt was also ready to be picked up.  The binding has been sewn on and is now with Mum (the sub-contractor) for stitching down.

A bit hard to believe that my oldest quilting UFO will finally be complete and on a bed.

Progress has been made on "Patchwork Sky" for a customer in USA.

Blocks A and B

Blocks C and D

The lower four rows are together.  I hope to add the top three rows and sew up the backing tonight so that I can send it all off tomorrow to Karen for quilting.

The white windmill fabric has been in my stash for quite a while to make a summer dress for T and this was cut out on the weekend, along with a couple of other dresses using fabrics I'd purchased recently.

I love using my old patterns for her - they were bought for her Mummy and Auntie.

This dress is from a new pattern.  I only had 70 cms of the turquoise fabric and needed a shift style dress.

I'm taking Thursday and Friday off this week - Mum, T and I are going to visit Jenni tomorrow and then I'll have a few days at home sewing (I hope) but will be open to fun invitations.