Wedding quilting.....

I love a good wedding and love a good wedding quilt.
What I don't love is bad photo's of good wedding quilts but here we go anyway.
Hope the happy couple love it as much as I loved making. It does have a story though.....

I have a 4 year old that is "fun". So first I sewed up the triangles and then laid it all out. 196 squares in total. Thank heaven's I took a picture as the "fun" child walked through them, throwing them in the air and telling me it was raining. Hmm, it wasn't received well but I could do nothing but laugh and then spend another few hours laying it out again.

Then, all sewed up and ready for sandwiching. Where do I find it? Apparently the dog was cold and the "fun" child decided to give her a new blanket. So I then had to wash it prior to the next quilting process. Do I think he was done yet....no. I then started to sandwich, where is my spray glue, well, let's say the backyard fort is pretty sticky.

All up though, I was happy in the end and it is perfect size for a big snuggle under.

I'm back

It's been a while. My PhD is on the home stretch and kept me busier than I thought possible therefore I must regain myself with sewing. I didn't sew for 12 months, it was horrible.

So a sample of my Christmas gift quilt, latchhooks (yeah I know, but it was brainlessly fun at the time) and a sneak peak at a quilt that is frantically being put together for a sick little boy.

EB DQS

It's that time of year again, EB's dolls quilt swap. While eagerly waiting the opening of the parcel, I know my swappee has it in her hot little hands.

I was so happy with how it turned out so hope she likes it. She listed red and aqua as favourite colours and liked heavily quilted quilt so hopefully she will like this one.

DQS7 - Swap Time again

It's that time again when off to the wild blue yonder goes a quilt.

I was lucky enough to get someone on the other side of the world this time that gave me my the option of "Quilter's Choice" and encouraged quilters to try something new.

This gave me the perfect chance to try thread painting. A technique I have wanted to try for some time and gave it a crack about 6 months ago and gave up. I was determine though to do this!

It involved first the drawing and painting with fabric paint:
Then filling in with thread and quilting:



It looked a tad plain so added a couple of stars and beads:Add a border, little more quilting (and shocking photography.....I promise it is square!) and we're done!














While a far cry from my usual type of quilting I am stoked with the results. Hope my swap partner in the far yonder of the USA is happy with their package.

The last baby on the block.

Another baby is on the block and of course needed a nice little something to snuggle in.

Inspired by Don't look Now and her cute as Rocket ships, this quilt was full of robots and space ships. The red swirls just look wrong in this photo but I just loved the fabric so much I had to include it.

2 quilts in 2 weeks

What a week!

New babies and new house, mean new quilts!

Flannel Quilt
First one is in all snuggly flannels for a little baby that is meant to still be cooking but instead is the SNU. She'll be out soon though as she is a little fighter.

















Spiderweb Quilt
Then, friends bought/built their first home and we had the fortune to visit it today. The house is just lovely! They have great style so I was a tad concerned this wouldn't match but it looked like it would fit in. I did think I had another week or 2 finish it so when I got the email inviting us over for lunch today......let's just say there was not a lot of sleep and the threads in the photo were trimmed off in the car. I just love the fabric and the design though.

DQS6 - Is home

It arrived safe, sound and loved. Phew!!

The Fishies:

DQS6 - Is on its way.

After a rocky start of sketching, cutting, stitching, chucking it and starting all over again, it is finished, packaged up and was popped in the post today.

I'm pretty happy with it, of course I have seen something I would change if I could, at the last minute but I can't so, I really hope my swappee likes it.

Now, I know my swappee reads this sometimes, so can only post sneak peeks...

A long time between posts....

It's been a while. Life has caught up however, the post man found me in the month of March.




First came little envelopes of goodness in the form of a Charm Square Swap with the EB quilters:

By golly there are some pretty reds out there. The fav's being.....

Then there is more mail but I will wait until all have arrived in the form of Birthday Fat quarter swap!!!

Lastly, the DQS6, hmmm, it's still in the making but at the moment here is a little sneak peak. Not entirely sure I am happy with it however it is almost finished so after looking at it for a while, I will still have plenty of time to make another if I am not.

Ode to Red

While terribly disappointed in the photo, this quilt just turned out lovely. A smattering of all my favourite reds with variegated red thread stippling. It was a gift to someone that shares the red love. She has just finished her uni degree and over the years I have got to know her will be great in her chosen profession. I wish her all the best and hope she likes this gift as much as I enjoyed making it for her.

Sneak peaks.....

The latest quilt in the making.....

I just love it.

It's housewarming time.

And what better way with more quilty goodness.

Oh, I just love, love, love this. The photo doesn't do it justice. A close colleague and friend has just bought her first unit with her boyfriend. This is a little housewarming gift. She deserves so much happiness. It is a pattern from DUQ and is called "The Fishing Net"


Was a little disappointed that the white of the border isn't the same as the white of the squares (I ran out and had to race back to spotlight 2 days after) but it is hardly noticeable.



In the real light you can see the quilting far better. It gives the appearance of a fishing net.




Now, to sew more or mark assignments. What to do...?

Quilts for Babies

Love a good quilt marathon.

When a square like this:


Gets turned into this: A Winter's Garden
These EB quilting girls are very very clever!

The Big Flower gets Quilted!

Easter is a perfect time for eating chocolate and quilting. They go hand and hand really as they are 2 of my favourite things.

This Easter I had the time to quilt my Big Flower quilt that I had been putting off. The stippling is a little dodgy as the old sewing machine's tension has decided it's too old to behave, but we managed in the end. Ended up stippling flower chains in the 16 square patches and echo lines int he flowers and leave. I'm really happy with the end effect. A few dodgy lines but......gives it character.















My lovely lounge loves it's present.

Thanks Mrs Price!

Well, I will need to place the full blame on B's Prep teacher for this one. She came on a home visit and had the most lovely fabric that she had made into a handbag. I had plans for this dress quilt made of all these pastels BUT I had to have her fabric. It was going to be the border of this quilt and basically the rest of it was designed around it.

Add to that, the visit to the Job Warehouse and the amazing vintage trims and this is what you get:


All the dresses have lace or buttons or ribbon. The handbags and shoes the same. I will post close ups of things when it has been quilted. So Raelene - this one is for you!

The Ugly Quilt

In all it's glory.

Made from a whole lot of scraps. Someone from work wanted it. It's now being handed over to have photo's put in the large squares and then quilted.

For some reason the photo was really dark so have just changed it to another...hopefully that will help to show it's beauty!

A Sneak Peak

Have just started working on some dresses for a hanging wall quilt.

Am so in love with this!

Lesson's learnt.

Don't pander to 5 year olds that want dinosaur footprints on their quilt and then add a loud thread to a loud boarder. I hate it and am glad it will rarely leave the house. Said 5 year old of course loves it. It loves far louder and garish in real life and yes, it does need an iron.