Hey Day

Finished stitching down the binding on "Hey Day" last night.

I love the little hearts on the background fabric.  The whole quilt is made with Bonnie and Camille's "The Good Life" fabric.

This one was also quilted in "Featheration" by Karen.  It's a great design that doesn't overwhelm the piecing.

Love this backing fabric.

Summertime

Sewed the binding on to the "Summertime" quilt last week.

Last Friday Karen quilted "Hey Day".

I picked it up yesterday and sewed on the binding.

The quilt is now on the pile of quilts to have the binding stitched down.

Stitched down the "Summertime" binding last night.

So happy with this quilt - love it.  "Summertime" was designed by Susan Ache (@yardgrl60 on Instagram) for American Patchwork and Quilting.  This is the second quilt I've made from the August issue.  I used FigTree & Co's "Coney Island" fabric for the quilt top and binding and Coriander Quilts' "Sundrops" fabric for the backing.

Karen quilted it with "Ginger Snaps".

Also made a "Swoon 16" block for the Aussie Bonnie and Camille October block swap.

All of the "O Happy Day" blocks have been made and are laid out on the spare bed ready to be sewn together.  Takes me ages to sort the blocks till I'm happy with how they all look together.

Had a great weekend:  visited Elizabeth, Matt and ChaCha after work on Friday to wish Elizabeth happy birthday.  Birthday lunch on Saturday with most of the family - very windy at the beach.  The little ones had such a terrific time with each other.  Mum, Lynell and I had delicious pizza for dinner before going to see "Ladies in Black" - FABULOUS movie.  I really love Australian movies - they tell stories of our lives so well.

Yesterday I did a few household jobs, sewed, shopped, visited Karen - so another good day.

100% Charming

Stitched the binding down on this quilt while watching tv on Sunday night.

I really enjoyed making 100% Charming - lots of lovely Bonnie and Camille fabrics from so many of their ranges and used up some other B and C fabrics for the borders - the pinks and red/pinks were used in the last quilt I finished.  The quilt was designed by Jedi Craft Girl - gotta love her business name.

The orange peel quilting by Quilting on the Coast looks wonderful - gives the quilt great texture.

I love B and C's cross stitch fabrics and they all work well as backings.

Karen quilted "Jacob's Ladder" yesterday - another one to add to the binding pile.

Over the weekend I started working on a new Thimble Blossoms' pattern "Hey Day".

It goes together very quickly.  I'm using Bonnie and Camille's "The Good Life" fabrics for this quilt and the background fabric is little pink and red hearts on white from the same range.

There are 9 large blocks with sashings between.

ChaCha enjoyed herself at the birthday party with her little cousins.  We visited the Illawarra Quilters' Show afterwards - some lovely quilts on display and some fun quilts.

Saturday afternoon Jenni and Kurt came to visit - they had been to their jeweller that morning the pick of the engagement ring.  It's stunning.

Kurt chose the opal because he knew Jenni would love the colours, the larger dark stone is a parti sapphire, the other is a green sapphire, the smaller diamond is champagne and the larger diamond along with the gold are my Mum's engagement ring.