Amanda Jeans One Day Quilt Along

Amanda Jean aka Crazy Mom Quilts is hosting a 9 patch Quilt Along. I am making 3 of these for teachers gifts this Christmas, starting now to beat the rush / mad panic! I like how I can just make a few blocks at a time and then put aside and continue with something else. One in Amy Butler Midwest Modern pinks for Cate's Dance teacher. I have cut out 700 squares per quilt, this makes 70 blocks and allows extra squares for the borders.
Still need to decide on colour selection for Stuart's Year 3 Teacher.
And Cate's teacher is male, so his quilt will be in black and whites with a music print and maybe some red. I need to stock up on more black and whites, hopefully I can get some at the craft fair next week. Or does anyone want to do a swap? Blocks needed are 2.5" square.

Quick One Patch - top completed

I started this Prints Charming quilt back in February, I had done all the cutting and sewn the 4 patches and then for some reason put aside destined to be a UFO. I pulled it out on Sunday afternoon and whallah, top is completed! Love it, I have 2 Prints Charming backings to pick from, will sandwich and quilt on the weekend. Might even hand quilt, I need something to do while Cate's at Calisthenics but I do need to practice my stippling so that will proberly win.

Strip X Top Finished

Before midnight! It still needs some white borders and a scrappy binding. Plan is for a verigated green stipple over the strips and a white on the white. Excuse the socks!!

Stu's Quilt of Green

A few weeks ago I was browsing Flickr and Google and came across a pattern called the String X Quilt. You can find it here, but browse the site, there are heaps of scrappy quilt patterns to choose from. . It took me about 2 hours to cut all my green fabrics into strips, and another 5 hours to sew the foundation pieces, you sew and flip, sew and flip, sew and flip... and each piece has to be ironed in between the sewing and flipping, so I set the ironing board up next to my desk and just sewed and flipped then ironed, I have been working on this for the past 3 weeks. Single bed size, I have made 48 strips, each each strip is 4.5" x 10", after the sewing and flipping you trim to size then cut a triangle end. Sew on some white triangles and square up and then you have your block. 4 smaller blocks join together to make on Strip X block. I have used green fabrics entirely from my stash and a few from Helen's and AJ's and Emma's (thanks girls!) Plan is for an all over close stipple so it scrunches up nicley using a warm cotton wool blend wadding. I hope to complete the top this weekend, fingers crossed!

Winter Uniform

Too bad that its 27 degrees here today.
Too bad my boys won't let me take there photo.
Too bad Bob is sick so I am taking the kids to school.
Too bad I am going to be late for work!!

Cats, Babushkas and Auntie Cookie

From Cass. Who got me the perfect gift. Xx

Some fabric

A little bit of fabric for meand for Helen And her's Kipper helping me put it away, we had to adjust the spot shelf to make more room.