Baby on a Quilt

Mack's quilt was finished earlier this year (maybe February) and it took me ages to get it to him.  His Mum sent through a couple of photos of the little cuties on his quilt.

Big brother had to get in on the act too :)

I think I'll be ready for some more colourful sewing after making these blue and white quilts.  I was rummaging through the Figtree scraps and came across a bag of 2-1/2" squares.

There are more than enough to make "Happy Scrappy Baskets" (which has been on my mind lately), so I cut out the rest of the required fabrics.

Might start this next and get back to the rest of the blue and white quilts later.

Vinnie and Daisy had a great time at The Wiggles - Vinnie made a lovely poster and was so happy to give it to Caterina.

Friday week ago Elizabeth, Cousin Stephanie and I went to see Anthony Callea and Tim Campbell in concert singing songs by Elton John and George Michael - what a fantastic night out.  They are such good singers and so entertaining - we had a great laugh and loved the show.

One of my Bucket List items is to go to Jane McGrath Day at the Sydney Test.  I'd always wanted to take Mum to a day at the Ashes but I was never able to get tickets (let alone tickets in the shade in a stand).  The tickets for the Sydney Ashes game next January went on sale last Tuesday and, after a very stressful time of being in a queue of 190,000+, finally getting in only to be timed out and then joining a queue of 32,000+, I managed to buy tickets for me and the girlfriends to go on Jane McGrath Day  By that stage I didn't care where we were sitting - just happy to know I can be there.

Blue and White

I've always loved bows and as soon as I saw this Thimble Blossoms pattern, I knew I'd be making it using "Nantucket Summer" and "Shoreline" light blues and low volumes.  There are so many pretty prints in these ranges.

The quilt top came together so well and I love the scallop border.

"Star Pop"in "Nantucket Summer" and "Shoreline" low volumes is together - this is the small throw size.

Current sewing is "Cakewalk" also in "Nantucket Summer" and "Shoreline" fabrics.

I might start sewing this together later today.

Yesterday my cousin, Stephanie, and I went to see "Titanique" - what a fun take on the movie.  The singing was exceptional.  We loved it.

A couple of quilts are on the way back from Karen:  "Shoreline" version of "Piece and Quilt" Sampler

and Thimble Blossoms' "Takes the Cake".

Last month on my birthday we had some family photos taken - it's been 20 years since the last time.  This photo is my children's favourite.  Right at the end, Steph, Jenni's friend and photographer, told us all to yell/scream.

Piece and Quilt Sampler (Figtree)

Last year I participated in a Quilt Along hosted by two of my favourite designers, Lissa Alexander and Susan Ache, to make their "Piece and Quilt" Sampler from their "Celebrate with Quilts" book.  I made two quilt tops - one using scrappy Figtree fabrics and the other using Thimble Blossoms' "Shoreline" fabric with a couple of "Nantucket Summer" fabrics added.

The Figtree version is finished.  I love how the sawtooth border sits on the bed.

I asked Karen to use "Featheration" - it's a favourite design on quilts made with Figtree fabrics.

The backing is another favourite Figtree - from her "Chantilly" range and the red binding is from her "Honeysweet" range.

I had plenty of the Elizabeth Hartman fabrics left after making the large "Dinosaurs" quilt and decided to make the small version.

I am waiting for the large quilt to come back so I can add the backing offcuts to the fabric I have for the backing and cut out Vinnie's shirt.

On an Elizabeth Hartman kick this year (as well as blue and white quilts kick).  I've been wanting to make "Robots" for ages and sorted fabrics for this a little while ago.

These guys are very cute and come together as well as all the other Elizabeth Hartman characters I've made.

The only problem with sewing these Essex Yard Dyed Linen or navy backgrounds is that I end up covered in threads and the sewing room floor is a total mess.

Some of the threads brush off but most are matted into the fleece :)  I have a special sewing sloppy joe.

I was searching on google for some backing fabric and found this robot fabric in Lincraft for $3.75/m - talk about a bargain and it's lovely.  Bought enough for a small Robots quilt too.

I have enough feature fabric left to make the small Robots quilt and needed to buy another metre of background fabric, so that will be made soon.  Vinnie saw the Robots quilt top and is now torn between Dinosaurs and Robots - such a dilemma for a 4 year old.  I'll let him have a big quilt and a small quilt.

Tiny Nine Patch (Figtree)

After I'd finished the Bonnie and Camille "Tiny Nine Patch" I had a look through my Figtree scraps and knew that I would have enough bits and pieces to make another quilt.

So happy with this quilt.

I asked Karen to choose the quilting design - she tried "Breezy", a new design to me and it looks lovely on this quilt.

The backing is from an older Figtree range, "Somerset".  This green goes very well with all the colours in the quilt.  I was able to use stash fabrics for the background and squares:  Figtree Favourites pale taupe pindot for the nine patch background and Figtree "Stitched" for the squares, setting triangles and borders.

While hunting through my Bonnie and Camille box of fabrics, I came across a bag of HSTs and triangles that were offcuts from previous quilts.

Started sewing the triangles into HSTs with low volume, Bella Solid 200 and B&C white-on-whites for the background and ended up with these Broken Dishes blocks.

Cut up some leftover charm squares and squares from stash to make more of the larger blocks

and also some more of the smaller multi-colour blocks.

Added sashing to the smaller blocks and this is the quilt top.

I have so many backing offcuts which I try to use for quilt borders, binding etc.  Decided to sew some of these strips together to make a scrappy backing

and added the smaller monochrome blocks to the backing.

The quilt will also have a scrappy binding.

2025 is definitely the Nine Patch Year.  "Takes the Cake" quilt top has been made and is with Karen for quilting - should arrive home this week.

I love this colour combination.  Perfect in my sewing room.

Moda Bella Solid "Ruby Ice" is the background - it's such a pretty, pale aqua.

I was able to buy a bolt of "Lighthearted" bows for the backing and had a backing offcut big enough to cut for the binding.