A Finished Schnibble ... Roundabout

Way back in July 2012 I pieced the top for Roundabout ... my choice for that month's Another Year of Schnibbles.

The fabrics are all from the Pom Pom di Paris range by French General.

During the summer holidays, I quilted it myself - straight lines 1/4 inch inside most seams.

With the quilting I was trying to emphaisze the 'roundaboutness' of the blocks ...

 

which kind of got lost with some of my fabric placement.

Not sure how successful I was but it's still a sweet little quilt.

I used the birdie toile fabric from the range for the backing.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mums out there. My family is coming for tea tonight so I'd better get off the computer and start cooking!

Vintage Modern Table Runner

I made two of these runners for friends last Christmas. It was such an easy and effective pattern that I just had to make myself one too.

I chose to make mine from Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille.

The light fabric with the spot works perfectly as the backgound ...

to the red, pink, aqua and grey prints.

I love to use pretty fabrics on the backs of my projects ... this one is a stunner.

The pattern is Little Charmers 7 by Heather Mulder Peterson. There are 3 different runners included in the pattern.

Back to school tomorrow ... why do the holidays always go so fast?

Gifts for Jenny

Jenny from Friends in Stitching had a birthday earlier this week and it was my turn to make her gifts. For the main gift, I choose to make the True Friends Tote Bag from Natalie Bird's Red Home book.I changed the wording on the bag to fit the theme of this years FIS birthday swap. 

Front and ... 

back. 

Ric-rac detail on front.

I also made Jenny a pincushion ...

 

 and a thread basket.

As Jenny loves the olde worlde/vintage style I used fabrics from the Luna Notte collection by 3 Sisters.

Half Way

Well, so much for lots of posts while on holidays! I have been busy though. Today I thought I'd show how my Scrappy Trip Along quilt looked at the halfway stage.

Don't know about anyone else but I LOVE it.

I couldn't decide which pictures to cull so you're seeing them all. Enjoy.

Since taking these pictures the quilt top has been finished and delivered to Leanne for quilting.

Scandinavian Rose Update

It's been a while since I shared any stitchery blocks for my Scandinavian Rose quilt. I am having a lovely time stitching these blocks designed by Rosalie Quinlan.

The designs are pre-printed onto white hanky linen so there's no tracing by hand involved.

Lots of satin stitch in the one below ... don't look too closely!

These are great to work on while watching TV although I have to sit under a lamp to be able to see well enough!

I have nearly finished another block ... I think I'm about half way with the hand stitching. Back soon.

Down Under Quilts

Have you seen the latest issue of Down Under Quilts? This Australian quilting magazine has a fresh new look and has introduced some new features including ...

  

Meet a Blogger. Guess who was interviewed in this issue?

There's even a cute picture of Oliver. 

Today was the start of school holidays for me. I was once introduced as 'the holiday blogger' so here's hoping I manage to post more regularly during the next fortnight ... I may even permit myself to start some new projects!
  

Birthday Gifts

Look at all this French General loveliness. I received these gorgeous gifts from Sandi for my birthday earlier this year.

The bag is adorable ... I love the saying Sandi choose ...

and the cute pockets with ric-rac inside.

Hexies are another thing I love so you can imagine how delighted I was with this needlebook. I love how Sandi fussy cut the white fabric ... and it just happens to be one of my favourtie FG fabrics ever.

Inside there are pockets for threads, scissors etc.

This little thread basket is sooo cute. I haven't had one before so this will get lots of use.

I've left the best to last. I LOVE this turtle pincushion .. way too cute to stick pins into.

Thank you, Sandi. I love all my gifts.

Scrappy Blocks

Each weekend I have been sewing a few blocks for my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt.

I am happy with how the look individually and hope they will look good sewn together too.

Each block started with a 2 1/2 strip of pink, red, green, aqua, grey and white/light.

I am making 36 blocks and using each fabric in only 2 blocks to try and get a really scrappy look.

Today it was grey and rainy here ... perfect sewing weather. I pieced a couple of quilt backs and did some hand stitching. 

Hope you found time to stitch too. Bye.

Mission Accomplished!

Yes, I finally put the last stitches in my 2011 Fat Quarter Shop Mystery BOM quilt top ... and it's HUGE! Below are couple of sneaky peeks.

Not sure what I think of those long panels of floral fabric. I think I'd have preferred the spotty fabric in the leaf blocks. Hopefully it will look better once it's quilted.

Have a great week.