Saturday, 7 July 2012

Still Here!

Hi all. Well it happened again ... one of those unplanned blog breaks I seem to have every now and then! Thanks to those who commented or emailed to check I was ok or to say they missed me in blogland. You're the best.

This term has been very busy at school. At the moment I'm in the middle of writing music reports for over 300 primary school children so the sewing has been very much on the back burner. 

One thing I have managed to do (I have to do a bit of sewing to stay sane!) is the first block of the new Fat Quarter Shop 2012 Designer Mystery Block of the Month. (What a mouthful!) Block One is by one of my favourite designers, Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs. It is called Laundry Days and the fabrics are of course, Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille.


I had hoped to have last years top completed before starting this new one have but unfortunately block 12 got lost in the post. Thankfully the wonderful Fat Quarter Shop have mailed me another one which should arrive any day now.

When I was in Sydney, I started working on my hexies again. I got 3 done while away and have completed 7 more since. It is over a year since I started this project and thankfully I still love the colours and fabrics.


Sydney was fabulous and I promise to post about it really soon but for now it's back to those b..... reports!

19 comments:

  1. Lovely, Christine! I always take blog breaks, I highly endorse them! I can never understand how anyone manages to blog more than once a week!! Lol! Anyway, your work is beautiful, I so love the vintage modern BOM and was very tempted to do it but just have too many other projects on the go at the moment. And your hexies are beautiful (I've got a hexy project on the go too). Have a lovely weekend! Danielle x

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  2. Looking good! Everyone needs a little break, good to see you back.

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  3. Lovely to see you back Christine. Your hexies are gorgeous - what range of fabric are you using or is it a mix? xxx

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  4. Love, love, love it...gosh these fabrics are gorgeous...hugs Khris

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  5. Good to see you back...those fabrics are just gorgeous Christine...xx

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  6. I love the colours of your hexagons! So pretty!

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  7. Lovely to hear from you. Your hexies are beautiful .. Just as your quilt will be.

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  8. Pretty block and pretty hexagons! Sometimes life gets too busy to blog, I have those breaks a lot it seems....

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  9. I adore your hexagons! Lovely to hear from you - good luck with the rest of the reports!

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  10. Hello stranger..love your hexi's!! Hope you are well...Sydney looked like lots of fun!!

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  11. Hi Christine. I've had to order a replacement block with a BOM before, about 4 years ago. And of course, while we were moving the past couple of months, I found the original pack that I lost. lol :) (Hey, are you familiar with linky parties? I host a BOM linky every week, and we'd love to watch your work on this one pop up whenever you have something. If you'd like to join in, it's at my blog - here's the label URL that's go to the latest BOMs Away post: http://whatahootquilts.blogspot.com/search/label/BOMs%20Away )

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  12. I am SO happy to see your post! Teaching can be the most exhausting work! I'm doing the block of the month, too! And I love the colors in your hexies. No surprise there!!

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  13. Ooh, I have hexagon envy! They're fab - look forward to seeing them all made up. Good luck with your reports & have a good weekend. xx

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  14. Welcome back !! Your flowers are sooooo cute !!!

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  15. Oh I'm in love with your hexies! Those fabrics are to die for!

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  16. Your block is lovely, looks like the whirlpool block in the Farmers Wife quilt! Your hexies are beautiful too, hopefully your report writing is soon done!

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  17. Everyone seems to be having a blogging break, between holidays and tax time, it's seems to be a good idea. Nice to see what you've been up to :)

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  18. Those hexagons are beautiful. Great fabric choices!

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  19. Love Love love those hexagons with their fantastic fussy cutting!

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Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your thoughts.

Christine