Still Swooning...

Possibly my favourite quilt ever to come out of this sewing room! I love the swoon block, and once the fabric is cut, it comes together very easily. Amy Butler FQ's from the stash teamed with a kona solid and some fairy frost along with custom quilting from the ever amazing Emma and I am delighted with the finished result! I love it so much I will be keeping this one!

Pies and Tarts progress

Can it be finished quilts?

I wasn't sitting on my hands when I was neglecting my blog late last year. I did manage to get some crafting done. I have been plodding along with my pies and tarts, I have now done 34 of 100 of each! (will I ever get it finished??? Lots of focus on it in 2013!) As well as a couple of quilt finishes. The lovely Emma of Sampaguita Quilts quilted these for me. (I plan on sending Emma any quilt tops I get done this year, and then back to hand quilting in 2014!) The first one was for my in laws for the their 40th wedding anniversary gift. I had been working on this one for some time. It eventually made it to them in December, hand delivered by my brother in law and his wife when they went for a visit to Dublin.

The next one was for Miss 5's Mermaid bedroom. I asked Emma to custome quilt it, and what an AMAZING job she did. Little Miss Mermaid was delighted to wake up on Christmas morning and find this quilt on her bed. Have a closer look at Emma's quilting here. I love the Swoon blocks in this quilt. I have a gorgeous smaller 4 block swoon with Emma at the moment being quilted...but more on that one on it's return.

Now to finish off a friends quilt and a baby quilt that are started and get them sent off for quilting. I also enrolled in the Handstitched class over at Stitched in Colour so I can do the Modern Medallion Quilt. I am IN LOVE with the fabrics I have chosen for this, waiting on Kona solids to arrive from Fabric Shack so I can get stuck in! Have a fabulous day!

Back to Blogging

Happy New Year! Blogging fell totally off the radar in the last months of 2012.

2013 I plan to blog regularly about my crafty adventures, and book reading escapades!

On the bedside table at the moment is the first book in a trilogy by Sharon K Penman, "Here be Dragons". Give me a book set in medieval or war time, and I am happy(not to say they are the only genres I enjoy of course.)

This book is set in medieval Wales and England.In fact I read this trilogy waaaaaay back in the early 90's and really enjoyed it, and then promptly moved on to the next read forgetting all about them - as I often did back then.

Over the years I have tried to recall the author or book title, only remembering snippets of the story. When in Queensland for Quilt Camp in November I was talking about these books and saying how much I enjoyed them but couldn't remember the author/title and the gorgeous Kylie instantly knew what I was talking about!

I was straight onto Book Depository to order them. I was delighted! As soon as the books arrived my world stopped as often as possible so that I could get stuck into them. I was a little concerned that I had all this hype in my head and that 20 years on they would be not a great as I remembered. No need for disappointment though!

The kids are about to jump in the pool so I might grab the book now, sit outside with them and head off to medieval Wales for a bit!