Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow was another one.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere. -Dr Suess



If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good. -Dr Suess



A persons a person. No matter how small. -Dr Suess



You are you, now isn't that pleasant. -Dr Suess


In my world, everyone is a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies! -Dr Suess

I LOVE IT!!!!!
Kelli
xxx

Do you guys know Angela?

Do you guys know Angela?
If you don't then you are missing out!
She is a quilter that is based In Kansas City. In fact, She is now quilting out of the Quilt Shoppe each week.
This chick is amazing, In fact I have mentioned before that she should have a cape! Her quilts are a work of art!


I sent over a quilt top and back to her last year and look how it returned!!!


She did a swirly zig zag design in each of the strips and peeper border and an ace design to fill in the rest.
I love this quilt! Yep, I hate to say it but I think this is going to take over the place of the Neptune quilt on the back of the couch!


Her photos are heaps better than mine, She has got snow everywhere and they still look better! Anyway, go and check out her blog and say G'day, She is in the process of moving into what looks like an awesome new home!

Lamest excuse ever.....

I will admit it, I have been a terrible blogger!
I think the term is super slack!!!
I am going to blame my Iphone. Huh? wait, I'll explain...
See, I check all of my emails on my phone now and I also read all of my favourite blogs on there too. The problem is that it is such a pain to leave comments and stuff using the phone that I think, I'll get on the computer and comment on that. You know what I mean?
But then.... I never need to get on the real computer anymore because I have already checked my emails and blogs etc...
So, No blogging and no leaving comments for friends on their blogs.
SUPER SLACK!!!
I have been sewing.
I finished the Freckled Whimsy quilt along.
I quilted a tight stipple in the white sections and left the coloured pieces alone. I love how it turned out! It was more a test for me to see how much control I had while I quilted the centre of the quilt.
I am pretty excited about trying new quilt techniques now! Any ideas???

I also started and finished a quilt top out of one of my Botany Jelly rolls. This was a kit I bought.

It was supposed to need 2 Jelly Rolls cause those corners were supposed to be mitred but I went with the easy answer and did them this way and cut a few strips from the yardages I had and only needed 1 Jelly roll.

I love this top and I cant wait to quilt it. Such a good size, I think it is about 73 inches square.

This next quilt was copied (eeekk!) straight from one I saw on Flikr. I don't usually do this but I just loved it and I had the fabric. I Love it just as much now that I have sewn it too!!!

I figure that as long as I credit where the idea came from its more like sharing than stealing yeah?

Have any of you made a quilt just like one you've seen? No imagination necessary? I'm not the only one am I???

I think that is all I have photos of at the moment. You are just gonna have to believe me when I say that I wont be gone so long this time!
Kelli

xxx

Botany

I've been slack huh!?!
Well, as far as the blog is concerned, I have been.
It's the wedding plans! There are so many things to do and organise!
There is only 10 weeks to start fights with people so we can keep the guest list small enough that we don't have to sell any of our organs to pay for it!
I have been sewing a wee bit.
I have a few quilts to show but only one at a time.
(This is me trying to make sure I blog more regularly.)
First up we have my Botany Half square triangle quilt.
I really should start to think of names for these instead of the fabric line..


I tried a few different poses for this lovely little thing.
Her she is on my painting stand.


Here is the good ole chair in front of the lemon tree.


And here she is on the clothesline. I can't quite manage to get that "blue steel" look from my quilts yet.One day...
Each finished block is 16", so she is a great size!
Fabric is the lovely Botany by Lauren and Jessi Jung.
I am really happy with this one, except... Not sure about all that white. I don't know where she will eventually live but she sure is pretty to look at huh?

Not just talking and buying.

I agree, I thought this was (mostly) a quilting Blog!?!
Where are the quilts?
All I seem to do is yabber on about fabric and patterns...
Well, this was my afternoon yesterday.


I have managed to finally finish binding this monster. It fits my bed perfectly and I'm sure my dreams are now filled with lots of soft, happy cute things because of it!


This little fella is so gosh darn cute!


This is one of his mates.


They both live happily together with more friends on this quilt that I managed to FINALLY finish quilting and binding.


I recently learned a NEW TO ME binding technique. I am probably the last one in the Blogisphere to learn this,but you know what? I'm gonna rave about it anyway!
It is completely machine sewn and you don't have to worry about missing bits on the back or anything on the back at all.


I still have to practice with my mitered corners but I think for the quilts that are gonna be puked on, peed on, jumped on, made into cubby houses and dragged through the mud like this one, this is a perfect technique! SO super quick!!!


I am still going to use the "Old" technique for my special quilts and the ones that are gifts.
I have finished quilting my Neptune quilt, It still needs binding but I'm not sure which way to do it. Maybe I should flip a coin?
I finished quilting Mums 2 quilts for her too.
See, I have been sewing too, not just shopping and complaining about how hard life is when you can't decide on which fabric to buy!


Nick has become obsessed with spaceships lately. EVERYTHING in sight has a spaceship drawn on it.
A couple of years ago, I bought some of this fabric by Prints Charming. I wasn't too sure what I was going to make, Maybe a quilt?, Maybe some jammies? I got it out of the cupboard 2 days ago to show Nick and I think I could see the love hearts appear in his eyes! he tried to take the fabric to bed with him!

Plan is, I am going to make a super simple quilt with this on the front and back for him to drag everywhere. Yes, I am going to bind it in the new, beaut, super simple, quick and easy binding way!
Don't like my chances of keeping it white for very long!

Word for the day... Productive!

Mum came over for the day yesterday and because we are staying home alot at the moment due to the toilet being needed at a moments notice. We decided to sew!
This is the quilt that I started last year for Jakey. I wanted a masculine one and one that he wouldn't grow out of so, Once we chose between black fabric and the fairies (fairies lost!) I got started.
It was so hard to find black prints that didn't have flowers! I made it from the Bento Box pattern. It measures approx 80 x 70 inches.
I love how it looks! It looks like something is wrong but right at the same time! Perfect for a teenager!

This next quilt was the second quilt I ever started, Way back in Aug 2008. It began as a hand pieced quilt but after adding all the borders to the dinosaurs, It got put aside and kinda just got forgotten about.

Yes, they are supposed to be wonky.

I have decided this is the year to finish all my quilts and start the ones I have planned and bought the fabric for. So, Out comes the dinosaur quilt and out comes the sewing machine.

sashings and borders were added and now is finished and waiting to be quilted! Yay!

For some reason I thought that it was gonna be a small quilt. I was wrong. It's a fair size at 62 inches square.

We also got a pair of pants and a pair of shorts finished for Nick.

All this finished in one day!

Love it!!!

Hope yours was just as good!

xxx

60!

She is gonna kill me but... I had to share the birthday joy!
Hope you had a great birthday Mum!
I did some more paper piecing for one of her presents. They became pillowcases to match her Christmas present.

I started this quilt early last year and only just got it finished for Santa to deliver! Phew!

We are both so happy with how it turned out! I bought enough fabric to make 2 of these quilts, So we could each have one but after finishing Mums I think I'll use a different design for mine! Way too much work to make another!

I've gotta get some work done this week so I don't think I'll have time to get any sewing done but I do have class tonight so I'll have to make the most of that!

xxx