my today

Started to pin the blocks up for the orange crush and in walked the person that this quilt is intended for
"Wow"!! was the reaction, so I decided to snap the photo to see if I could get the same reaction - unfortunately, no.
Orange is not *my* colour, happily though it looks like the intended recipient will be delighted when they get it as a surprise.

What I received as a surprise though was this postcard from Viki!!!

Made from selvedges so now I have no excuse for not using my selvedges ;))

Thank you Viki your RAK really brightened my day.

Not much happened in the way of sewing this week ... sigh ....

My easy angle ruler arrived - very fast service from
http://www.ozquilts.com.au/

so as soon as some things are caught up with - nothing to do with patchwork ;-))
I'll be cutting clue #2 of the orange crush.

Decided to show a photo of the saying that hangs in our bedroom - say's it all really.
The other photo is of a small quilt I made for my DGD Sarah who was born in 1990, made it the week before she was born - was convinced the baby would be a boy!!

Recently when I was at their house I noticed that Sarah still had the quilt in use!!
Made from poly cottons because that is what was available here at the time.
She still has her cot quilt as well.
It is such a blessing to be able to make and gift things which are both well used and treasured by their new owners.

On another note - as of last night I have a roomie to share with in Perth - welcome to my mad world Anne, hopefully we will have fun!!
My siggies are under way ...

round robin

Managed to get the second border on my stay at home round robin, just the one more border to add - then what to do with it?

Any ideas?

must admit to being pleased that it used a leftover block and all the fabrics came from stash.

raffle quilt

This quilt was raffled last year in order to raise funds for the Leukemia foundation through my shave for a cure.

Like the raffle quilt below, this quilt was expertly, beautifully quilted by Lisa and Roy of the Blackbird Quiltery, the links to Lisa'a blog and the quiltery are on my sidebar.

Many of the nine patches on this quilt came from participating in swaps.

This quilt was won by Margaret P. who was my roomie in Bendigo last year.

quilt for raffle

This is the only photo I can find now of the quilt for the Mothers' Day raffle - and I think it is actually on it's side ... I dyed some fabric in green for the binding.

While I was down the street today called into the senior citizens op shop and found 3 more cotton shirts so the bargello will be underway very soon.

Do I want to count and list the UFO's, WIP's and whatever else???? ... nah ... I'll just continue to work on projects as the opportunity, and the mood, arises.

Christmas tablecloth

By posting here I am hoping to make myself more accountable this year.
This is a Christmas tablecloth that I made from an online table runner pattern with a group prior to Christmas.
The tablecloth is not quite long enough to be comfortable on the table at my dad's place so
had found this batik fabric online and it arrived yesterday.
Hopefully it will soon be added to the top - then I'll start to think about the back of it .

Made the back for Noah's quilt today so finishing that quilt is now a bit closer.

dusappearing 9 patches

As there has been talk of dissapearing nine patches online thought I would post my example.
The birdhouse print was used in the corners and a small print in green for the centre with the other 4 squares being a brown colour which is a hand dye fabric.
Currently hand quilting this quilt, calling it "Home Tweet Home"
At the moment it is full of safety pins - makes me feel like a punk .. grin

This is a pic of the yellow blocks done as the alternates for Noah's baby quilt, hope to have this quilt finished this week.

Sudoko quilt

This is the fabric I have chosen for the new years eve sudoko quilt project on Stashbusters.

They are from a pack of charms from Vonne in a swap earlier this year.

Have cut them into 1 1/2" squares to make a mini quilt, or maybe a cushion.

Sweltering in a heat wave here so this project will help keep my mind off the weather.

current quilt project

This is my Christmas 2006 quilt top, the blocks are from a private swap and now comes the race against time to get it quilted ready for the 25th of the month, still trying to decide whether to stipple, outline and echo or ...?