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".

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!