Ruby's Cuddle Quilt Finished.

It is exactly two weeks since I started this quilt and today I literally stuffed it in a satchel and mailed it to the other side of Australia.

It is lap sized, or if you are four, it is perfect cape sized as Matilda is modelling here! Having the polar fleece on the back wasn't as tricky as I thought it would be. There is no wadding inbetween, just quilt top and polar fleece backing. It is sooooo soft and cuddly. As I sewed down the binding Grace sat next to me with her cheek on the quilt in my lap just stroking it. I hope it brings that kind of comfort to Ruby, every stitch was sewn with love and get well soon wishes.

Soriee Progress and Sewn!

Going wonderfully with the Soriee Cuddle Quilt. Thank goodness for jelly rolls, thank goodness for jelly rolls is my mantra at the moment. I just have another strip of the plain pink marble and then all ready to sandwich. The pale pink in the background is the polar fleece I am going to back it with, it is soooooo soft! Wasn't sure about the blue at first, but it seems to frame it nicely and brings out the blue in some of the centre charms.

I stumbled across Sewn the other night. It's a new site for sewer's.

"The website will have just about everything you can think of that you would want online as a sewer. There are forums, online advice from industry experts, conversion charts, colour wheels, free patterns and class listings. There will be interviews with all your favourite designers, quilters, patterns makers and authors. There will be tutorials with me and with other sewers from here and overseas, podcasts and coverage from shows and articles about all maner of exciting things."

Sounds like fun! Being launched in June, they are holding a blog launch party, a little competition to win stuff that crafty bloggers like to do. Above is my contribution. I have a pile of fabric I don't like any more, ugly stuff taking up room in my stash, fabric I doubt I'll ever use, fabric that you may love? It is all fine, sizes range from half a metre and fat quarters to charm squares. Leave a comment here and go in the running for it, if you dare! Good luck! Winner's drawn on June the 8th.

Sorry, but due to postage costs, I am going to have to say Australian residents only, I'll fill a 500 gram satchel, but to post overseas, it's just too much money, sorry.

24 hours of sewing.....

Whoever invented charms squares is a legend, thats all I can say about that! I did have these Soiree charm squares set aside for a project for a bolster cover for Milly's bed but well, that can wait. I also had a few charms left over from this quilt that I added in for numbers. I didn't have enough for 6 rows of 6 so ended up being 5 rows of 5.

The plan was to have all the white triangles on the top of each square but somewhere along the way it got mixed up so I have left it as is. You can't notice anything can you? Border of 1 inch of a pink marble to frame it.

Then I unrolled my one and only jelly roll that was going to be a stacked coin quilt for Milly's bed which again can wait, and took 4 strips to frame the pink. I'll admit I am making this up as I go, I think now another 1 inch of pink and then..... the next 24 hours will tell.