Can't Count

A couple of posts ago  I mentioned that, as well as 2 finished quilts since the beginning of the year, I also managed to up my count of UFOs by 2. Well, latest count is three :-)

Single Irish Chain - just the two colours in this one

Arkansas Crossroads -  obviously scrappy

and a Half Hexagon - just a little different to this one

Now all that's left to do is quilt them :-)

Happy Birthday to Me !

 

 

Another year added to the ever growing total - where do they all go ?

Just a minor celebration today with lunch here in the grounds of the Abbeye de Bon Repo, and I have to tell you I had a dessert to die for !  Goats cheese mousse with kiwi fruit and blackcurrant coulis topped with fresh local strawberries - I wasn't quite sure what to expect but it was absolutely divine , so bang goes the diet again !

Main celebration starts next week with a holiday on and around the Mediterranean in one of these

Well, a girl's got to find some sunshine somehow hasn't she :-)

Finished !

At last enough dry weather to manage a couple of photos of my 2 finished quilts for 2013

Some time back I was given a bag of plaid fabric samples roughly  3" x 4 1/2" which I cut into 2 1/2" squares and made this version of a Log Cabin/ Confetti quilt

The white areas are quilted with one of  Patsy Thompson's Fast & Furious designs, plaid squares are cross hatched and the borders are feathered.  Just about lap top size this will be a donation quilt.

Second finish is an old friend which I wrote about here

 All over quilted with  Pajama Quilter  (Dawn Ramirez)  Wonky Feathers this one was a bit of a challenge, but as Dawn gives you permission to make the feathers as wonky as you like ( and you better believe that there are some beauties in this quilt !) it turned out OK in the end.  I think this will be staying home  - at least for a little while :-)

Little Square Bag

Don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I belong to the British Quilters List in Yahoo Groups.   Recently a member posted a link for a little square bag, and it looked so cute and useful that I just had to have one, and this is it

With 4 little side pockets plus a roomy centre it's going to be very handy next to my machine and might - just might- help me control those bits and pieces that keep disappearing just when I need them :-)


If you'd like to make one, all you have to do is leave Genevieve a comment here and she'll send you the tutorial.  It is written in French, but there are plenty of photos which clearly explain the method making it a quick and easy project.

Still Here !

Its been a long, long time since I last blogged, but here I am again!

Why no blogging ?  Well, it's been a very hard, very long , and very wet Winter with not a great deal to write about to be honest other than boring day to day stuff which I am sure you'd rather not hear about :-)

The up side to the miserable weather is that I've managed to get through quite a lot on the sewing side of life. 2 finished quilts quickly replaced by 2 quilts in waiting  or UFOs in other words :-) I've also been practicing hard at my FMQ and even bought a couple of FMQ courses from Craftsy which I've found extremely helpful. Once our weather settles down and its less windy I hope to get some photos to share.

One really bright light in the middle of  all this gloom was the newest arrival to our ever growing family - please meet Penny, here with big sister Daisy.

Just 3 weeks old and weighing in at 9lbs 3ozs, she is just gorgeous, and I can't wait to meet here in person !