Bloggers Quilt Festival 2010!

Its that time! Yay!
Amy over at Amy's Creative side, Is hosting a Bloggers quilt festival.
Basically, we all write a blog post about a quilt we have made and then send her the link. Pop over to her blog to see the list of people joining in and check out some awesome quilts!


I started this quilt around the start of the year. I was so excited to get my hands on a Verna honeybun!
You know how it goes... Gotta find just the right pattern for the fabric...


Well, I found a pattern in The Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts book that I really liked, Only problem was that it was made for a jelly roll, Not a honeybun!


So, Out came the graph paper and the coloured pencils. It wouldn't be that hard would it? Sure the blocks would be smaller but you could cut more to a length so that should even out the sizes yeah?


I may have been wrong in my logic. The block at the top of the post is only 6 1/2 inches. Yep, 6 inches finished! 36 pieces in a 6 inch block!!!!


All that aside, I Love Love Love this quilt! It was way worth every tiny teeny piece!
Big Thankyou to Amy for organising such an event and everyone who joins in! Can't wait to check some of them out!

Happy Mothers Day.

I want to start this post by wishing all the Mothers out there a wonderful day! I hope you all get spoilt rotten followed by a gazillion kisses and cuddles!!!
These are a couple of quilt tops that I have finished recently.
I had a Verna Honeybun and I wasn't sure what to make after the last Verna Honeybun was such a "project". So big brave me got a charm pack and made this simple layout. I am really happy with how it has turned out. I think I will straight line quilt it to keep the simple look to it. Its a great size and will end up on my Step Daughters bed I think.

This one is for my Local Supermarket Check out Chick. Yep, I stop and talk to EVERYBODY : ) We have become great friends and she got VERY clucky over Nick when he was a baby and decided that she wanted a little boy too. ( Her Youngest is 10) so now, She is preggers and Yes, It's a boy! Yay!

Any excuse to use this fabric is a good excuse I think : ) I got the idea for this quilt from one on Flikr.

Way too long.

Yes, I have very valid reasons for not blogging in the last week or so but I'm going to blame the weather anyway ;)
Everyone knows that you can't get good photos of quilts if its raining.


I have finished and bound my Verna quilt. Yay!!! I love it!
for now, Its just gonna have to live beside the Neptune quilt and wait for someone I know to have a baby girl. C'mon people!


This is the back, I took all my leftover Verna and added heaps of white. Adventurous huh?


I have also managed to quilt my 1974 quilt. This thing is a monster!!! Its huge!!! I am still apologising to my sewing machine for making her do this. On a side note, I have decided to call my machine, Mona. Yes, I did decide the name the day I was quilting this.


The back of this quilt is the same pattern but made from Layer Cakes. so It is a double sided quilt. I just don't know which side I like better? Maybe I'll just have to share the love with both sides.


Hope everyone out there has had a fantastic week!
I have a few more things to show but you'll have to wait for the next post.
Thanks for not noticing how bad my weeds are in the photos! I am not a gardener! Sorry!

Looky what I did today!

My Janome and I spent some quality time together today.

This quilt top has been sitting around for ages waiting for its turn in the spotlight, Today was that day.I still have to bind it so I'll show proper photos when thats done.

I have realised that I am a lazy quilter! My stippling depends on where the pins are and I just squiggle aroung them instead of taking them out. Does anyone else do this? Should I be doing it some other way?

I need some help,I think my hard working sewing machine needs a name. Does anyone have any suggestions?
xxx