New Project on the go

We all know as quilters how we just can't help ourselves when it comes to creating new projects for ourselves. As it happened yet again, I was contemplating the quilt I would be making for my sister in law's upcoming wedding and finally deciding what I would do that I discovered in my fabric stash some left over flannel off cuts (the same I'm using for the wedding quilt) and decided that my gorgeous boy needed a flannel quilt this winter.


So I cut. I cut 4" squares and 2" strips and 1 1/2" strips and still had some off cuts to play with to.

So now to design. I will keep you posted. But when you can't sleep (its 6:30am here), I've decided to be up blogging because I nothing better to do. But at the end of this project and I've made a promise that its not going to be another UFO, it will be for this gorgeous little monster.

Quilted Basket Swap

Shh, its a secret but here is my fabric colours and choices for the Quilted Basket Swap that I joined in the Quilting Gallery on Facebook.


My swapper lives internationally and has a daughter who loves these colours. I have a huge collection of spot fabric so it will be a spotty bag when its finished.

Now the big question is what to do with the overall design. Do I....

1. Add some hexagons because I love them

2. Plain and simple with basic piecing

3 Add some Dresden flowers because they are cute too

Oh the dilemma. I'm sure I'll decide soon and it will just come together. But I will have to get a move on.

If anyone is interested in what the finished product will look like check out the button on my blog.

Friendship Block Swap

I recently posted that I was part of my local quilt group's Friendship Block Swap.

Well as it happened, my first friendship block happened to be my mother's block. She wanted a Christmas block using applique so that she can make herself a Christmas quilt when she receives all the blocks back.

So I just happened to find an gorgeous block from an old Homespun magazine and I used the fabric Mum supplied in her box (We have our friendship blocks in a pizza box - unused of course - and put in fabric to help our friends complete the blocks).

Here is her finished block


My next swap is a stitchery of a house that comes from Anni Downs's A Gardener's Journal.

Naked Bed Challenge

Have you read about the Naked Bed Challenge. Well if you haven't...for the next two months, Sarah Fielke has put out a challenge for people who haven't got a quilt on their own bed to make one for themselves. The best thing about it is that there are prizes for those who are interested as well. Quilts do not need to be quilted but the tops do need to be finished by 1st June 2011. Photos can be placed up on Flickr.

Because I can't help myself and because I love a good challenge, I've decided to make myself a new queen size quilting using the gorgeous Park Avenue fabric range by My 3 sisters.


I have a button on my side bar if anyone else is curious.

I just never have enough to do in my life..I just have to find more...

Kylie

Time Flies...

Where does our time go. Apart from being a busy mother of two kids now 2 and 4 years, I was actually lucky enough to have my husband home for a 2 week holiday which we went away. It was wonderful as I was allowed to take my sewing machine and hand stitching.

So I've been a bit busy. As you can guess, writing in my blog isn't one of my top priorities in life but I do enjoy my blog browsing. I will have to change this habit if I want to make the public more aware of my achievements and addictions.

Anyhow, stay posted. I have some pics on the way of some of my 2011 resolutions, a friendship block swap with my local quilting group, a quilt block swap from facebook and as usual I have joined a couple more swaps for the next couple of months.

My favourite monthly Sunday quilt group has decided to participate in the Civil War Quilt block of the week. I have yet to start my blocks but just love the idea of doing something free with a special group of friends. I will just have to use my special 1800 reproduction fabrics that I collect as 10" sample squares. My fingers itch just thinking about it.

Happy quilting

Kylie

2011 resolutions

This year I have made a promise to myself to be more of an active blogger. I know, I know it is February already but I've been busy. I want to be able to let people know out there what I've been up to other than being a full time mum. I've been busy over the Christmas and New Year period. Not only did I manage to make a number of Jinny Beyer's soccer balls for presents.

I have started my 2011 UFO list. My major project that I have been actively working on is my hexagons.

My little girl has turned 4 and we had to celebrate over 2 days. She didn't have a party but she did have her chocolate cake with chocolate icing, sprinkles and marshmallows (substituted for smarties). She was just happy that her younger brother was able to have a piece of cake as Mummy made one of his special allergy cakes.

And a special little boy in my Mother's Group turned 2. He was our Kris Kringle for Christmas so he got...yes...that's right a soccer ball, which his mother tells me he absolutely adores. So for his birthday I made him a special quilt. Whilst taking photos, I forgot to get one of the finished product but here it is not quilted (I quilted in the ditch and bound in black).

Well that's it for now. I have been blogging and checking in with my favourite sites. Found some great BOMs and have started in the Layer Cake Quilt Along which I need to put up on my blog.

Happy stitching and quilting

Kylie

Its Halloween today not that we celebrate it in Australia.

For those that think that the date and time of the post was off. Well it was by months but anyhow it does not matter.

It is actually October 2010 and my welcome post was posted on Halloween even though I started it in March. It comes of being a busy mother of two children under 4 years.

Until next time