Finished the last block!

I finished the last block today.

I laid them out on the floor for arrangement, fussed around for a bit then went into paroxysms of fear....how the hell do I quilt this!

It's too big to get a complete photo of.........I no longer know what compelled me to make this.

Controlled sympathy

I have a "sickie" at home today. Cough, cough....."Muu...uum", that's what I've heard all day. It's not that I'm unsympathetic, I gave her the day off of school, and made her lots of hot chocolate. 

I have been, sporadically, a "good" mum, so I know what I'm supposed to do.....except, I have a sneaky suspicion that if I make "home" too warm and cosy a place I'll never get her to go back to school. With that in mind (nothing to do with me being a completely selfish pig) I have left her to her Lego and I've had a good old sit and sew.

I'm nearly at "Whoo-Hoo" stage, just knocked out blocks 21 and 22 today. It's getting so close to being finished, well....the top at least, that I'm getting excited! 

Just another block!

My youngest daughter has informed me that the title to my last post is "inappropriate"! She's only seven, but she rules me. So in her honour I'm going to be really good and NEVER mention the "v" word again on this blog.

She isn't yet aware that I know other words for it but I'll save her blushes (actually more like hoots and giggles) for another day.

I'm very proud of myself, I've broken the "twenty" barrier and have only five more full blocks to go in Hollie's quilt. Like it?

Harder than I thought...!

So, I spent a whole day with my seven year old drawing up and colouring in a pattern to end up chucking it out. It wasn't a complete waste as we both enjoyed the colouring in bit, but as soon as I started sewing it together I realised that I had to loosen up a bit.




So now I'm working on, what I like to call, "storyboards".



I got the idea from cartoon comics, see if you get what I mean....

Fondling fabric.....mmmm!

Look what the postie brought the other day..........I'm in lurve with Alexander Henry and Michael Miller at the moment, luckily I have a very understanding hubby! 

Some of the bigger prints will probably end up in the animé quilt but I'll make badges with a lot of the smaller prints. 

Have you ever had a go with a badge making machine? I can recommend it, they're great fun, I got one for last Christmas because......... well, just because!

So, I'm still churning out the animé blocks..... want to see my latest favourite?

I think it's going to be really hard to part with this quilt, maybe my daughter will have to bribe me!

Progress....slow but steady.

Fifteen blocks done, I know that doesn't sound very much but I have to choose every border surrounding those gorgeous girls with care. I take this job very seriously!My favourite block changes all the time but at the moment this one makes me smile. I think she's a bit "kick ass".

I've ordered 9 yards of different Kona solids to help with all the fill-in blocks, can't wait till they arrive. I'm thinking that lots of half square triangles and the odd log cabin block will be what I''ll make with them.

A quilt in the making.

This is for Hollie, my eldest daughter. I've been collecting some of these fabrics for years and of course I wish I'd bought double what I've got.