Lemon Meringue

This quilt was cut out in August last year and the final binding stitches were sewn on Sunday night.  "Lemon Meringue" is a Corey Yoder design (Coriander Quilts) and it has been made with Bonnie and Camille's "Early Bird" range and their "The Good Life" fabric on the back.

I asked Karen to do "Baptist Clams" for the quilting and I love this design.

"Stripe Me Lucky" quilt top is together.  I have so loved making this quilt. 

I have been collecting fabrics (from my stash and a few purchases) to start another Michelle McKillop quilt design - "Chinoiserie".

After all the brights, I've finally added borders to "Checkerboards and Stars"

and the last round of stars and borders to "Gelato".

These three are now on their way to Karen for quilting.

Last weekend turned out so differently than I thought - lots of fun.  Mum came over for lunch on Saturday and to watch a movie.  My brother also turned up for a visit and it was lovely to see him.  On Sunday Gulliver was coming for the day then Elizabeth, Matt and the two little ones visited and Miss T stayed for the rest of the day with Gulliver.  We all went to the pictures to see "Sonic the Hedgehog".  First time I've been to the pictures since lockdown started and the isolation procedures etc were excellent.  I'm not ready to take Mum yet, no matter how much she misses going.

Shining Brightly

"Shining Brightly" was cut out in August 2019 and finished on Tuesday night.  This is a Thimble Blossoms design and has been made using Bonnie and Camille's "Early Bird" range - not my favourite of their fabric ranges but it looks good in this quilt pattern.

Jenny, from AngelCake Quilting, quilted it with Baptist Clams and this design looks great in all the white spaces.

Karen, Quilting on the Coast, has been busy working on a few of my recent finishes.  Two cot quilts:

"Crosswalk Charm" table topper

"Aviatrix Medallion" (excited about this one coming back)

and "Lemon Meringue"

Lots of binding over the next few weeks - think I'll ask Mum to sew down the bindings on the cot quilts.

All the various components are finished for "Checkerboards and Stars"

and Thursday night I sewed a couple of rows together.  FigTree and Co fabrics are so lovely, especially the neutral colours like the text fabric in the checkerboards, the spot in the sashings and the taupe in the sashing stars.

Over the past few weeks I've done a lot of internet shopping to re-stock my stash.  An Instagrammer had a destash of Alison Glass fabric and low volume backgrounds, so I was lucky enough to be able to buy a fair amount of what she had for sale.  I finally caught up on a sew-along that started in January (I'm only 6 months late) to make Jen Kingwell's "Gypsy Wife" quilt.

I've also bought 2 more Jen Kingwell Collective patterns to make (one day).  I love these designers' way of putting such a huge variety of mis-matched fabrics together - they look so fabulous.

Working from home and the office during the last couple of weeks.

Little Sweetheart stayed over last night and I'll be spending tomorrow with Gulliver.  Dinner and trivia with friends tonight, so it's turned into a fun weekend.

Summer Nights

After making "Wish Upon a Star" and "Red Letter Day" I still had loads of red Bonnie and Camille fabrics left so I bought some more Riley Blake Swiss Dots and cut out "Summer Nights" using up some leftover red Kona Solid for the centre of the stars rather than using background fabric.

The quilt was finished last week.

 

"Orange Peel" quilting always looks lovely although Karen must be sick of using this design on my quilts - I ask for it so often.

Another round has been added to "Aviatrix Medallion"

One more round to go - butterflies, then it can go to be quilted.

A couple more quilt tops have been finished over the last week or so.  These were both cut out last August and I've been taking some time to make them.

"Lemon Meringue" designed by Coriander Quilts

and "Shining Brightly" designed by Thimble Blossoms.  This quilt involved a lot of trimming so I split the blocks into groups by colour and trimmed/sewed them one colour at a time.

Had an enjoyable long weekend - went for a drive to the Southern Highlands with Lynell and Robyn on Saturday afternoon, Mum visited on Sunday and I spent yesterday afternoon with Elizabeth, Matt and the little ones.

Still working from home - no definite plans for returning to the office yet.

Pyjama Babies Cot Quilt

A new baby boy was born into my dear friend's family in April.  I stitched out some cute designs called "Pyjama Babies" on the embroidery machine and found a very sweet fabric in Spotlight to use for the surrounding Sawtooth Stars, backing and binding.

Mum stitched down the binding and the quilt will be going to the Grandma next time I see her.

Last August, I think it was, I cut out blocks for "Lemon Meringue" a quilt designed by Corey Yoder in Bonnie and Camille's "Early Bird" range.  Since then I've been making the blocks and they're now all done.

Sashings are next and then the quilt top can be sewn together.

Karen sent me another charm pack of "Catalina" and now a border has been added to "Crosswalk Charm Quilt" table topper and it is ready for quilting.

I love this "Coney Island" fabric - it's the backing for the table topper.

Another new start:  "Gelato" designed by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life.  This time I've used all FigTree and Company fabrics - mostly left-over pieces from other quilts.

"Gypsy Girl" designed by Anka's Treasures is finished.  I stitched down the binding while watching tv on the weekend.  The FigTree and Company "Chantilly" fabrics are so pretty.

I'm part way through sewing down the binding on my red "Summer Nights" quilt - hope to finish that some time this week.

Still working from home although instead of our usual zoom meeting on Friday, we met up at a cafe for a coffee - so nice to see everyone from the office again after 8 or so weeks.