Table Runner Finish

I finished attaching the binding by hand on my table runner the other night.  I'm very happy with the result.

Sorry about the poor quality of the pics.  I haven't been able to take photos in natural light for one reason or another for days and days but I really wanted to load these pics up as soon as possible.

I've been looking for a way to use these fabrics for ages.  I bought 36 fat quarters of this range - French General Rouenneries (I think it was the whole range) many months ago, and I finally found the right project for them.

Of course, I still have a lot of fabric left from this range and look forward to sewing with it again.  The colours are beautiful and the feel of the cotton is soft and light-weight.

I hand-quilted this project with Perle cotton no.12. 

I have splurged on some new fabrics for the first time in a while.  This is Anna Maria Horner's range, Innocent Crush, in fat quarters.  I can't believe I haven't seen more of it in blogland.  It is simply divine!  The feel is very similar to Liberty Tana Lawn (ie perfection) and the colour scheme is modern and in my humble opinion, sublime.

And there are more splurges to come!  Bring it on Mr Postman - I can hardly wait!

What's up, Doc?

Well, I've been pretty busy actually and unfortunately that has not left me much time for quilting.

Having said that, here is a sneak peak of a little project I've had on the go since before Christmas.

I'm also working on a baby quilt for a friend who has just given birth.  Hopefully she is too busy with the baby to read my blog!

I think it is a little too liberated, even for my liking!  I am planning to cut all of the pink squares back to the same size and just liberate the yellow "twinkles".

Exciting new developments

First of all, look at the beautiful Liberty Print fabric that arrived in the post yesterday from Patchwork on Central Park!  Soooooo gorgeous.  Possibly my favourite fabric of all time...so far!  This fabric is for the backing and binding of the liberty print scrap crib quilt featured in a recent post below.

I  have decided what I would like to do for my first ever hand-pieced work...

The block is called Mill Wheel and it's like the old "hearts and gizzards" block, but without the curves.  I found this in my old pile of Down Under Quilts (Issue 69 2003).

The first block....

And look at the beautiful seams on the back!

I think the French General Rouenneries fabrics will look beautiful in this quilt.

Christmas Goodies

For Christmas, my husband agreed to buy me some fabric online (he thought it might be a bit boring for me to know what I was getting, but I managed to convince him that getting fabric was anything but boring for me!).  We ordered it from Hancock's of Paduca and it was incredibly cheap.  Now, I don't advocate purchasing fabric online as a rule, because I think it's really important to support the local shops who do a lot to keep the local quilting community alive, but I saved OVER 50% on the cost of this fabric, so I just couldn't resist.  I got 36 x fat quarters for just over AU $100.

I'm thinking of making an applique quilt, my first, with this fabric.

While I was in Melbourne for Christmas, I picked up some Liberty of London prints at Patchwork on Central Park.  I bought 8 x 16ths of blue fabrics and 8 x 16ths of pink fabrics.

I couldn't resist them!  I have already pieced a cot quilt top for my unborn baby out of it today.  I decided to make a scrap quilt because I only had small amounts of lots of different fabrics.

I hope she likes it!