Sea Glass

I think this is the third full-size "Sea Glass" quilt that I've made.  I love how gentle and delicate this quilt looks.  It's a wonderful design to use up loads of favourite FigTree little pieces.

I love the "Modern Loops" quilting design and ask Karen (Quilting on the Coast) to use it so often - along with Orange Peel.

Bonnie and Camille Sampler 3

I love making these scrappy sampler quilts and working out the jigsaw so that all the blocks can fit together without too many filler strips.

Finished this quilt early last week and love how it turned out.

Jenny at AngelCake Quilting used a new-to-me design, "Chantilly", and I'm sure I'll request this again.

Had a lovely long weekend down the Far South Coast with Lynell, Robyn and Wendy.  Took one photo all weekend - Tathra Wharf.  We stayed nearby.  Lots of local seafood to eat, lots of shopping in the nearby towns, plenty of laughing and talking.

"Gracious" designed by Vanessa Goertzen is the latest "Sewcialites" block.

Catch Up

Last Friday night I wasn't sure what I felt like sewing and then I noticed the stack of Gypsy Wife blocks - hadn't made the blocks for last month or this month.

October:

November:

All the blocks are done and it's time to start cutting the strips to bring all these blocks together into a quilt top.  That's a job for next month or next year.  I'm very much looking forward to the next SAL:  "Boho Heart".

Last week's "Sewcialites" block is called "Soulful" and designed by Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree and Co.

On Friday, Leanne, our receptionist at SMART, retired.  We went out for lunch to wish Leanne well - so lovely to be able to all go out together for an enjoyable afternoon.  We've worked together for 8 years and the office is now very quiet without Leanne.

Sunday was the day to pack away my year-round decorations and bring out the boxes of Christmas goodies.  It will take a couple of weeks to put it all up, especially with going away this weekend.  Looking forward to a weekend down the coast.

Finished putting "Picnic" together last night and will be delivering it to the quilter tomorrow after work.

I'll be picking up the Bonnie and Camille Sampler when I visit Jenny tomorrow.  It's turned out so beautifully.

I've never posted a photo of my Sweetheart T but this action shot is so fantastic.  She loves her soccer games with her team, The Unicorns - what else would a team of 5 year old girls be called?

Bradley Street

Over the years I've made a few cot-sized "Bradley Street" quilts.  There was a fair bit of the Nerida Hansen May Gibbs fabric and Jocelyn Proust fabric left from the last one so I decided to make a full-size quilt.  This one is roughly 66" square.

I asked Jenny from AngelCake Quilting to use the same Wattle design and it's really lovely with all these Aussie fabrics.

There has been more cutting out happening in The Pink Room - the Bonnie and Camille scrap drawer is almost empty after cutting the pieces into 2-1/2" squares or 1-1/2" x 2-1/2" rectangles

and I've cut out fabrics for another "Stripe Me Lucky".  I have fabrics put aside to cut out another "Strawberry Social" too.

Orange Weekend

Last week's Sewcialites block is called "Kindred" and was designed by Bonnie Olaveson (Cotton Way and Bonnie from Bonnie and Camille).  I have a sketch of all the blocks together that I had previously coloured in showing the colours of the solid fabrics I have in my stash, so it was orange this time.

A much easier block to make than last week's.

"Chinoiserie" 2 is together and is with the quilter.

I love this Art Gallery Fabric designed by Bari J - it's the backing for Chinoiserie and it feels so lovely.  Don't think I've used black and white stripe for a binding before.

Over the years I've made a couple of orange and white quilts and have been asked to make an orange and white lap quilt so I'm making a smaller version "Picnic", a FigTree and Co design.

Four blocks done to see how it's going to look.  There are so many shades of orange.

The mottled orange is the backing and may be the outer border, the orange vine fabric is for the scallop border and the orange solid may be the outer border or the binding.

Had a pretty quiet weekend - no sleepovers, lots of housework, some sewing, some knitting and lots of election coverage on tv.

I really like house blocks and made this house from Thimble Blossoms' "Autumnville" pattern to go into my sampler.

The sampler is now together - some of the newer blocks didn't make it into the finished top but they will probably be used in the next one.  I still try to make a block in B&C fabrics from each quilt I make, so that gives me a good headstart for another sampler.

Backing fabric arrived yesterday and this pretty aqua will be the binding.

Over the last few weeks I've been cutting out fabric for a second "Chinoiserie" quilt.  Started sewing the blocks on Sunday evening and the lower four rows are together.

My "An Hourglass a Day" stack is growing.  On Sunday I started making two hourglasses a day (four blocks) - I think I'll need 400+ so it's fair enough to increase the daily number.

Sewcialites Block 6 "Devotion" - I've found this one the most difficult so far.  It's not very neat but will hopefully sit in the quilt top ok when it's all together.

Had a fun weekend catching up with The Schoolgirls for brunch on Saturday, then T & G came over on Sunday - they don't keep still and make me laugh.

Last night I started cutting out "Stroll", a new Thimble Blossoms pattern using mostly scraps (lots of cutting) and I also want to cut out Cotton Way's "Summer Days" from the B&C scrap bin.