Pyramids,Papyrus and Pharoahs

A few highlights of Egypt ............

And now its back to work, and hopefully some sewing!

Heatherx

WIP

Finally summoned up the courage to cut into the jelly roll that has been in my stash for a long time- Kate Spains "Good Fortune".

I got the pattern from  Missouri star quilt company video on You tube- I think it was the 3 dudes jelly roll quilt- very easy to do but my one concern is that when ever I cut on the cross I tend to get some stretching when I piece it together- is that normal and how does one overcome it?? I think I will edge this small quilt with squares cut from the same blocks , and possibly some sashing. 

Meanwhile, the other project that is almost complete but which I think I am going to expand a little is the EPP union jack from the Hex-a-go go book by Tacha Bruecher.

This is going to be a wall hanging I think- mind you I am going to have trouble finding a space for it!!

It has a way to go yet, with a border and backing . 

Sewing will be on hold shortly while I take a trip to Egypt to have a peek at the pyramids. 

H.xx

Feeling grey........

But not in a bad way- have a thing about grey at the moment- so had a little trip to the Eternal Maker in Chichester for a fix!

Hoped to find some more texty prints but there was a bit of a shortage today! But I love this grey

with text. I realise I slipped a bit of red in there, that was because I couldnt get the new range of Moda Mamma Said Sew by Sweetwater in this country yet- have to wait a bit. It is absolutely gorgeous, but I will be patient. 

Also in the post today from Jaybird quilts I received my Hex n more template for cutting hexagons and diamonds and triangles. Cant wait to try it out on this roll of Good Fortune by Kate Spain which I bought a while back. 

I'm off to do some cutting.

TTFN

Heatherx 

Project Linus virgin!

Having attended the Rectory Quilters festival last week, I decided it was time to start making quilts for
Project Linus. I picked up a leaflet from the local co-ordinator and read thro the requirements . I decided that to start with, the 20"x20" size for the prem babies would be a good start and well within my capabilities!
Now I did cheat a litttle- I had this quilt top hanging around for a while and I couldnt decide what to do with it -so i cut it down to size and backed with fleece.

I am pretty happy with the result- I have emailed the co-ordinator and wait for her instruction! 

I am no longer a linus virgin!! I know there are lots of you out there, in other countries too,  that are well versed in this charity, so I am glad to join your ranks!

TTFN

Hx

Local quilt show

I haven't been blogging much lately- so I thought I had better get my act together for an update.The only quilt I have completed recently is a little baby quilt for a friend who is expecting a boy anytime now. I did my usual thing of improvising with the fabrics I had  in the stash and this is how it came out-

I was pleased with the result, so it will be going in the post sometime soon!

As I had a little extra time to spare today, I popped into the local Rectory Quilters Quilt and Flower Show.The work was lovely, and I had a chat to a lady who was doing the most divine handquilting-

I must tackle this soon!

Here are the highlights, pics only !

Nice eh??

WIP- my paper pieced project is coming along nicely, watch this space. And I have almost finished a small quilt with my first disappearing nine patch attempt. 

I plan to make a quilt or two for Project Linus, a very worthy cause. I am going to stick to incubator quilts for premmies to start with, 20 by 20 inches. In fact I think I will head for the fabric stash without further ado and pick my fabrics! 

TTFN x

Life is good.....

I have had a lovely day off today- I had to pick my son up at Heathrow- he has just had a year in Japan as part of his degree ( reading Japanese) and this is what he brought back for me!

It is an amazing patchwork book, with loads of gorgeous blocks and such good diagrams that language is not a problem- that said, he can translate for me when needed!! I first saw it on another blog, but I cannot think whose it was so at this moment unable to say thank you for the tip! 

Meanwhile, my disappearing 9 patch attempt is coming together nicely although not sure what to make with the blocks, probably end up as a lap quilt.

Once again, I am using lots of Kaffe Fasset fabrics as they are my favourite and I have lots in my stash. 

My daughter has just seen the Red Arrows over at the Bournemouth air show-she lives near the coast there, lucky thing! I am hoping to see them over the weekend from the beach hut, and especially cant wait to the the Vulcan-that is truly a sight for sore eyes and the roar of the engines is something else!!

Have a good weekend all

Heatherx  

Back in Blogland....

Well, I dont know what I have been doing to make the time go so fast, but my sewing went into oblivion when the sun came out a few weeks ago!

However, with time back on my hands and a few cloudy skies, I have actually started to sew again!

I must thankSvetlana for a great tutorial on Quilt as you go- I have been desperate to try this since seeing her pot holders!

This is my first attempt using up scraps. I am not sure what I am going to make it into, waiting for inspiration!

I am into my hand pieced project from my newest book- Hex a Go Go  bu Tacha Bruecher.

It is that ld favourite, a union Jack, this time in pale colours- I have scaled it down a bit so not sure if it is going to look completely balanced when  finished! However I will have the option of adding to the outer edges to increase the size if I need to. 

The garden has been lush this year and the baby banana trees have actually flourished and attained a reasonable size too!

Did I tell you about my lovely trophy head I saw in Liberty's and then bought online? 

It is one of those had to have things!!

Well, back to the scrap heap- 

TTFN

Heatherx