WIP Wednesday

Christmas is coming, less than 70 days away? Working on a lap quilt or perhaps a wall hanging, last year it was semi chilly on Christmas Day so an extra quilt is not a bad idea, I like to hang them over the back of our couches as part of the Christmas decorating. This one is nice and small so super easy to quilt, the centre has been done in a cross hatching, no ruling just using my walking foot. I think this will be a teachers gift, bright and cheery, I really should start a handmade gift list.

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Here is my quilt entry for the 2012 Bloggers Quilt Festival. Not an overly exciting or modern quilt, but I think it is quite pretty, I love the pattern and will definitely make again. I pieced the top a few years ago and when recently asked for a raffle prize donation for Cate's dance club I pulled it out and quilted it up.

Its a generous size king single, I purchased the fabric and pattern as a kit and there was a generous amount of fabric so I used it all, hence about 15 extra blocks! The backing was from my stash, a light rust tone with cream swirls, suits it perfectly. 

Quilted in the ditch and either sides, has a cross hatching look to it. I went with a watermelon pink thread to show up the quilting.

Tickets are only $1 each and my quilt is third prize, fingers crossed the winner likes it or gifts to someone who will. I sewed one of my little business labels on the side and have wrapped in cellophane and handed it over to the fundraising committee. 

If you have stopped by from the quilt festival then I hope you enjoyed your visit, thanks for looking. If you haven't checked out the quilt festival yet, then chop chop! Such amazing, inspirational quilts, click on the button to go see.

Squeak's Blessing

All creatures great and small were welcome at Church a few Sunday's ago. We took took Squeak along for a blessing, he was bathed and blow dried the night before not that you can tell but he smelt great. And he had such lovely manners that he was told he is welcome back any time. Unlike Rupert the wolfhound who howled the whole way through the service, but I think Rupert was better behaved than Barry the sheepdog who kept inching closer and closer the the black lamb. Or the two cats who decided to pumble each other in the line. Or the goat that ate the sermon sheets.

Brilliant morning out, and showed the kids Church can be fun!

Photo Thursday # 4

~ Cate stretching in the car ~ watermelon pink cotton ~ Muffin on a quilt ~ braided hair for school ~ new zips ~ manual typewriter ~ raffle quilt is quilted ~ Cate's bed ~ new fabric from Ballarat Patchwork ~ Stuart got a hair cut ~ dance program ~ Muffin on a quilt ~ Cate in the local paper for dance ~ planning my next quilt ~ Kipper on a quilt (I have a thing for quilt photo's this week) ~ Clock tower on Sturt Street ~

Walk In the Woods Quilt

When tidying Cate's room yesterday I realised I never put a photo up showing her  Walk in the Woods quilt on her bed. I posted about it back here but to recap its a generous single bed size using nearly 2 layer cakes and was quilted on the diagonal.

I am still yet to finish the matching pillow case, it just needs a backing sewn to it so maybe 20 minutes needed to finish it? Might make it tomorrows WIP. This is the other side of her room, I should remake the pegboard, its over 2 years old and the fabric has a bit of sun fade plus the corner got squished in the move. Tutorial link here.

She has both a manual typewriter and a laptop, alternating between the two. She's not got a printer so tends to clunk away at the typewriter a fair bit, I bought it at a garage sale for $5 a few years ago, it's popular with her friends and she will lug it to school on occasion. 

And her bed the way she likes it, covered in softies and pillows, cushions galore. Under her quilt she has an wool blend underlay, fleecy sheets and a woolen blanket plus we have very good ducted heating and she still says shes cold. 

New Fabric

Got to love new fabric, and even more so when its better than the little swatch you saw when buying it online. French Journal by Michael Miller, divine!

I bought 1.5 yards to make a summer dress for Cate but may have to find a skirt pattern, most of my dress patterns require 3+ metres of fabric, must be the twirl factor. Mind you Cate wasn't to keen on it but I think I have convinced her.

I also bought some in the pink colourway and it also comes in yellow and a newly released Christmas print. That I now also need. Love!

Sewing Room Chaos

My sewing room has gotten pretty untidy, and I had a friend pop in and naturally wanted to take a squiz, how embarrassment! I could maybe say its creative clutter or an organised disaster but really, I have piles of stuff everywhere, cupboards that won't close and a table of half finished projects. And a long list of Christmas craft and gifts to make but no space to start, ,oi!

So now that ushering is slowing down (only 2 shifts next week) and I have finished the quilting of the raffle quilt, I might spend the next week sorting, culling and getting some order back into my creative space, and I might even try and squeeze in a much needed trip to Ikea.