Friends in Stitching 2010 BOM

Last week I finished the top of my Friends in Stitching 2012 BOM quilt. It just needed the two outer borders to be attached so only took a couple of hours to finish up.

 The fabrics are the original Rouenneries by French General. I don't have any backing fabric and thought I might be able to use one of the prints from Rouenneries Deux when they become available.

 Today I have been doing some of those jobs around the house that never seen to get done when I am working ... not much fun but I will be able to sew now knowing a few more things have been crossed off the holiday job list.

Full House

I have been playing with these ...

  to make this, my January Schnibble for Sherri and Sinta's Another Year of Schnibbles.

The pattern is called Full House ...

 and it uses 2 charm packs ...

and some yardage for the sashings and borders.

I plan to finish it with some straight line quilting.

Now to choose some backing fabric ...

 and baste with double-sided iron-on pellon. I LOVE that stuff for small projects.

It is sunny and warm today. I have just finished steam cleaning the floors and are now ready for another afternoon in the sewing room.

Nearly forgot to say, the fabric is of course Ruby by Bonnie and Camille. I am so looking forward to their next range Vintage Modern. I have even started a Pinterest board in anticipation of lots of lovely Vintage Modern items appearing in blogland.

Country Fair

 This week I've been working on Country Fair, a Fig Tree Club project from Sarah at Patchworks Plus.

The quilt is made with a Butterscotch and Roses layer cake and my version will have 36 of these blocks.

It is a really easy block to piece. Once you've made one you don't really have to think at all.

This blue is one of my favourite prints in the range.

When I took these pictures I'd made 18 blocks ...

but since then I've really motored along and finished the last block just a little while ago.

Next job is to add the sashings and join the blocks together. Hope you found some time to sew this weekend too.

Scrappy Plate Club

Have you seen the Scrappy Plate Club over at Bunny Hill Designs? I was really excited when I discovered it earlier this week. Lately I've developed a love of dresden plates so step-by-step instructions on how to make my own dresden quilt sounded great to me. I even have a dresden board over on Pinterest if you're interested.

I decided to use pretty florals, spots and checks for my blades.

 

 Fabrics include Sweet Shoppe by Benartex, Flower Sugar by Lecien, Lecien basics and Pam Kitty Morning by Lakehouse Dry Goods.

I used the Easy Dresden Template by Darlene Zimmerman to cut the blades.

  

There are about 30 fabrics in my selection.

 They fit nicely into this container for easy storage.

 And 'ta-da' my first plate ... 11 more to go.

It was fun to learn something new today. Can't wait to piece the next plate.

Another Quilt Finish

Two quilts finished in the same week doesn't happen very often around here. In fact, I'm sure it's a first. After another big binding session All Wrapped Up is complete.

 The white background is much whiter than it appears in most of these photos. It is from a range called Sweet Shoppe which is one of my current favourites.

 The rest of the fabrics are from the Flurry range by Kate Spain.

The quilting was done by my talented friend, Leanne at Esme's in Launceston.

The blocks were really easy to piece ...

and the quilt went together quite quickly.

 I choose this red and white print for the backing ...

and the binding.

 Yesterday I had a lovely day at the Cherry Shed in Latrobe with some sewing friends ... some bloggers, some not. We stitched, laughed and ate from 10.00 am til nearly 5.00 pm. I had such a good time that I forgot to take any photos, however I'm sure Sarah will share some soon. Hope I don't look too gruesome!

Today I've been piecing a backing for a quilt top completed way back in 2004. It is rather different to the things I make now ... photos coming soon.

Giveaway Winners

It's time to announce the winners of my 4 year blogging party prizes. Thanks to everyone who entered .. I had lots of fun reading your comments and visiting some new to me blogs.

The Rose Parade layer cake goes to Caz,

Chookyblue is the winner of Scandinavian Stitching,

 

Tammy has won the Kiss Me pattern and ...

the Fresh Cottons charm pack is going to Terry.

Please email me your addresses ladies and I will post off your gifts.

This afternoon I finished binding my All Wrapped Up quilt. I look forward to sharing it with you after I take some pictures.

Jelly Breakfast Complete

I have spent the last two days binding my Jelly Breakfast quilt. I first shared this quilt in January 2011 so it's rather pleasing to have it finished at last.

 I used a Whimsy jelly roll  by Fig Tree and ...

lots of Fig Tree Cream to construct the blocks and sashings.

My lovely friend Leanne did the machine quilting ... she always does a fabulous job.

I love the backing fabric with the childhood evoking text.

Here's a closer look ... so cute.

I think I like the back nearly as much ...

 

as the front.

 

I have been enjoying reading all the comments on my last post. It is really interesting to find out where my readers live and the types of things they like to see on blogs. Like me, nice 'quilty' pictures seem to attract you ... tutorials also seem to be popular. (I 'pin' the ones I like into Pinterest so I can find them again easily.) I have also discovered some 'new to me' blogs ... fun.  You still have time to enter the giveaway if you would like to .. it is open until midnight Wed 4th January. Happy New Year.