Urban Stitches was Fantastic!!!!!

Urban Stitches 2011...

Last Weekend I went to Urban Stitches in Melbourne.

If you ever get to go to the event do it!

I had a fabulous time.

 

I bought home a fantastic goodie bag including full kits of 3 projects one from each designer.

This is Leanne Beasley’s Project and my Favourite!

This is the stitchery that is on the sketchbook folder
designed by Melanie Dekker of Melly and Me.

These are the first two blocks in an upcoming
 block of the month by Rosalie Quinlan.

 

We even got to see the Vignette Quilt and it is so pretty.

Sorry I didn’t take more photos to share;

 I didn’t have my camera with me only my phone, so please forgive the poor quality!

Why do I come home from these things with a list of new projects a mile long!

Another Retreat! I'm so Excited

I’ve been busy Quilting Quilts not making them...



Remember this?


I quilted this in a Dusty Pink with a Butterfly and Leaves E2E.



The next one is my Quilt,
 which I made using, the Lazy Angle Ruler.
I had heaps of fun making this Quilt there are so many
 possibilities with this ruler.

I should have taken a photo before it hit the Gammill
but I so excited the Machine was free to do one of my Quilts.

This weekend I'm off to Urban Stitches in Melbourne... Check out this Link to see a sneak peek of one of the projects we will be working on.

Scrappy Terrain...

Last weekend I went to a Retreat with some Quilting Buddies and had a ball!
I had such a good time I forgot to take any photos so I can only show you I achieved for the weekend.
This started life as a Terrain layer cake.

I matched two layer cake pieces together that contrasted with each other, then I cut each layer cake into a 3.5" and a 6.5" strips and swapped with the matching  piece.

 I did this with all 40 pieces.
I re-matched two contrasting layer cake pieces again, then turned each block 180 degrees,and cut these in Half,
and once again I swapped with the other matching piece.

When happy with the layout I sewed them together.
 The end result is this scrappy look quilt that went together so Quickly.

It is a Fabulous size Quilt but I'm going to wait for the Terrain Yardage to be released and will put some borders on it.
 Then It will be the perfect snuggling size!
My next project was a little slower!
I did a test block of Swoon before I cut into my stash of Fabric. I'm thinking of now doing it in my DS Fabric, but I will wait for the next release due in Spotlight stores at the end of the month!

Wild Thing...

Today I loaded this Quilt on the Gammill and I just had to share with everybody.

This is one of My Favourite Quilt patterns of all time,

 Wild Things by Thimbleblossoms.

I got a little excited when a customer brought this one around to Quilt!

It’s made from Santorini by Moda. So Pretty!

You may remember some of my Wild Thing Quilts

Simple Abundance, Still Not Quilted! 

Birdie 

Tranquility

I can Highly recommend this pattern,

 Super Easy and looks Great no matter what the Fabric!

New BOM...

I've signed myself up for a block of the month, but this time I have been smart and decided to do it raw edge applique.

It is still going to take a long time to finish but no where near the time it would take to do it by hand.

It's called Berries and Bluebirds designed by Gail Pan.

I'm halfway on the First Block and the second has just arrived so I better get a move on!

Summer in Central Park...

The sun is shining as it’s the perfect afternoon to take some photos.

This is my smaller lap version of my Summer Garden quilt

 that is in Issue 6 of Fat Quarterly e-zine Available Here.

I have made this from ½ a layer cake and Yardage. It measures 50” Square so it makes a good size for a Couch Throw.

I used all my favourite colours from Central Park by Kate Spain.

Followers of my blog would know I have a girl crush on her and all of her Fabrics...he he.

Lastly here is my Finished Kaleidoscope Quilt... I’m still lovin’ the Orange!

At Last...

Finally the day has come that I can tell you about 

the Quilt I designed which is in the latest issue

 of Fat Quarterly, the wonderful e-zine for

 Modern Quilters, which goes on sale Soon!

It's called Summer Garden

It’s made from a Verna Layer Cake
 and Yardage, and is a Queen Size Bed Quilt

Make sure you check out Issue 6 Alternative Fabrics,
I've had a look and there are so many
 Amazing projects in this Edition (including mine..he he)

It has been so Hard not sharing this Quilt with you,
as I just Love it and I hope you will too!