School Days Charm Quilt

I collected quite a few charm packs to make the "100% Charming" quilt and from those had loads of pink and red/pink charm squares leftover.  While having a look through the Moda Bakeshop website I came across "School Days Charm Quilt" and realised it would look lovely in red/pink with black and white pinwheels.

Last night I stitched down the binding.

The finished quilt is ~65" x 66".  One of my very favourite fabrics is on the outer border

and I love the backing fabric from Bonnie and Camille's "Vintage Holiday" range.  The orange peel quilting looks lovely (Quilting on the Coast).

Karen has been busy this week - 100% Charming

and Orange "Sugar Plums" are both quilted and waiting to be bound.

ChaCha is coming to stay tonight and tomorrow we are going to my great-niece's first birthday party - should be a fun time for all the little cousins.

Another Couple

Karen is back from her holiday, so I've dropped over a few quilt tops and have a couple more ready to take over this week.

"Apple Pie" Layer Cake quilt designed by FigTree & Co, in Bonnie and Camille's "Vintage Picnic" fabrics - I love the red in this range.

The backing is the "Vintage Picnic" little flower.

I finished putting "Summertime" together last night (designed by Susan Ache) - the border colours aren't quite right in the night-time photo.  The fabrics are "Coney Island" designed by FigTree & Co.

The backing for this quilt is "Sundrops" designed by Corey Yoder.

Had a lovely weekend starting with Friday night dinner with Karen, then celebrating Jenni's birthday over two days and Fathers' Day.

More Blocks

Last week's sewing was more "Snippets" blocks - they're all done now and ready to be laid out into rows to make the quilt top.

Made some "Apple Pie" layer cake sized blocks over the weekend - two more navy and the red blocks to go then I can work on the nine patches for the sashings; and I made a Jacob's Ladder block for my "Long Time Gone" quilt.

Mum and I went to see "The Book Club" on Saturday afternoon - lots of laughs.  Predictable outcome but really enjoyable.

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

And Another One ...

... just because I could :)

"Frolic" designed by Cluck Cluck Sew using "Frolic" fabrics designed by Me and My Sister.

The spotty fabric should be all gone by the time the three little quilts are finished.

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.