Finished Quilts

Monday 13 August 2012

Under pressure

I'm not sure why I do this every time I have some time off to sew but I've overstretched myself again and am under pressure to catch up.  The plus side is that I had a grand time (if all too short) in Scotland last week - I just love being able to talk at my natural speed :)  But that visit coupled with living the Olympic dream has put me right behind.  I have managed to crack on with a couple of things....

continuing my machine applique craze, I zhoozhed up a t-shirt for the wee man...


I finished Evie's quilt top...

40" x 40" FMF, obvs :)
this baby was pieced, backed, sandwiched, basted and quilted all in one day - I amazed myself.  The binding is ready to be attached.

Leona's block for the QATWII bee...


She wanted a christmas block using modern designers' fabric.  I don't normally have any "novelty" fabrics but remembered the cute little freebies from the Fat Quarterly Retreat which was perfect for this.  I kind of made it look like a chrimbo tree too and it's totally scrappy, which is totally out of my comfort zone but was fun to pull together.  I hope it's what Leona was looking for - I'll make another if it's all a bit too "hot mess" for her.

I'm also nearly 3/4 of the way through hand quilting the Sparkler.  It's all down hill from here =)

Now I need to crack on with my two other outstanding bee blocks as well as finishing my quilt for the Brit Quilt 3 swap.  No photos yet but soon I promise.  I also need to prep my fabric for the FQ Kinky Bee as I am Miss September for the Bumbles.

Ending on a high, I got really lucky in the In the Frame swap - lovely Rachel (mammafairy) send me a load of goodies...

Laughing Boy scoffed the chocolate... honest!

And, I won the giveaway on Kelly's blog...


So it's always good to remember how lucky I am when feeling a little stressed.  And I do have the rest of the month off on holiday.  Oh and it's the Festival of Quilts this week and I'm going on Thursday  #squeeeee.  It's all good :)

7 comments:

  1. Wow, you have been busy! Love the wee mans tshirt. And your Christmas block is gorgeous! see you at festival and we can talk holiday sewing!

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  2. Love the t... might just have to make one for myself!!

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  3. Wow you've been busy and super lucky with those giveaways! It's always crazy leaving things till the last minute! =D

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  4. Lovely presses! Your FMF quilt is gorgeous! Nothing better than a quick finish :o)

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  5. Gorgeous work! That t-shirt is fab and the quilt is beautiful. Congrats on the lovely winnings! I expect a full report from thursday :) x

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  6. Love the t-shirt and the quilt is tdf! Glad you got the winnings okay, I realised whan I had posted that I forgot to put a note in - very rude of me ;-)

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