Jacob's Ladder

Yesterday I received the first "Summer Nights" block from the Aussie Bonnie and Camille group - December is the month for me to receive blocks, so this was a lovely surprise.

Block made by Julie

A while ago I saw this pretty layout for a Jacob's Ladder quilt - another chain quilt and thought it would work well with my Me and My Sister stash to make a cot/lap quilt.

The quilt has been in the loungeroom for a few weeks ready to have the binding stitched down and I did that on Monday night while catching up on some recorded tv shows.

 Karen quilted it with a heart design.

and I had enough of the spotty fabric left for the binding.  That's the last of the spotty fabric.

Have a lovely, busy time coming up over the next couple of weekends - "The Wharf Review" on Friday night, wedding fabric shopping on Saturday with my girls, dinner with the Schoolgirls on Saturday night and Invictus Games the following Friday.

Orange "Sugar Plums"

This quilt was cut out in June and put away for a couple of months.  The pattern was designed by Camille Roskelley, Thimble Blossoms, and I've used all fabrics from my stash to make it.

The quilting design is called "Pearl Swirls" and is really pretty - doesn't overwhelm the piecing.

I have three little quilts to bind over the next few nights -

"Checkerboard"

"Frolic"

Jacob's Ladder

These are all cot-sized and have been made in Me and My Sister fabrics.

Not sure what I'll be doing over the weekend - might make some more "Star Drops" blocks.

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.

Quilt Tops

The quilt tops using Me and My Sister fabrics are done and waiting to be quilted (when Karen is home from her holiday).

"Checkerboard" designed by Lori Holt

"Frolic" designed by Cluck Cluck Sew

"Jacob's Ladder" setting designed Corey Yoder

The orange "Sugar Plums" blocks are all sewn together and ready for quilting.

The rest of the "Summertime" blocks have been made (plus a few extra to use up the rest of the fabric and make the quilt a bit larger).  Need to purchase setting triangle fabric then the quilt top can be sewn together.

"Snippets" pieces have been made for over 4 months and this week I've been sewing them into blocks.  I love the red spot background. Another 8 blocks to make (64 in total) then I can have a play with the layout.

Rainbow Quilt

Over the years I've made a few quilts with Me and My Sister fabrics - the girls use such lovely colours and all their ranges mix well.

Basket Case designed by Cluck Cluck Sew

Jelly Rolls Gone Wild designed by Me and My Sister

Snippets designed by Bonnie Olaveson (Cotton Way)

Churn Dash

and Sylvia's Bridal Sampler which I've been making on and off (mostly off) since May 2010.  Some blocks are sewn into rows.

I currently have three quilts on the go using Me and My Sister fabrics - all the blocks (plus a couple of extras) have been made for the Jacob's Ladder Quilt.

Decided to use a rainbow layout for this one (as in Jelly Rolls Gone Wild above) and might start sewing the blocks together later in the week (there are sashings and posts between the blocks and rows).

Had such a fun day with Gulliver on Friday - we visited Centennial Park so he could ride his bike and play in the park before going home to make lots of Lego vehicles.

Gulli loves a selfie

New Starts

Lots of orange sewing last week to finish making "Sugar Plums" blocks.

Felt the need to work with some other colours so made a few "Summertime" blocks - I love these FigTree & Co "Coney Island" fabrics and decided to make the quilt larger so cut more fabrics.

I need a couple of smaller quilts to give away and have been inspired by some quilts I saw on Instagram:  "Checkerboard" designed by Lori Holt

and this layout for Jacob's Ladder blocks

My stash of Me and My Sister fabrics is perfect to use up in the fun designs.  I have one more design in mind using a charm pack of Me and My Sister's "Frolic" fabrics.

Weekend plans changed at the last minute and it turned out to be a fun weekend with little sweetheart staying over on Saturday night along with Jenni and Kurt, then Sunday lunch at a first birthday party followed by "Mama Mia" with Mum - I loved the movie (had tears streaming down my face from start to finish - I'm such a sook).  Great choreography and lots of fun. I'm looking forward to some Gulli-time on Friday.