On a roll

Finally got this Queen sized quilt back from the long-armer (who did a fab job) and I have been frantically stitching down the binding so I can get it on our bed. It is getting mighty chilly here now and another layer will not go amiss.

Quilt is made from Moda's Chez Moi 'Fresh Aire' range; 2 x charm packs and 1 x jelly roll, with a coordinating stripe (from another Moda range) for inner border and binding.
Totally fast and easy - just take one charm square and sew strips around it from a contrasting fabric from the jelly roll. Repeat until you have enough for quilt top!

New obsession...

My newest internet time guzzler is viewing my fave flickr groups via a nifty little tool called Cooliris. Flickr is already a constant source of inspiration for me but viewing it via Cooliris is just spectacular. I defy you to download this tool and not get pulled into a black hole of time suckage. So much fun!

FOs & WIPS

One of each! On the finished object front I have just squashed Oscar's new quilt in the dryer and he is very excited about sleeping under it tonight. However, in typical 4 year old fashion he has crushed me by wanting it backing side up on the bed! I should have known better - the backing is a rainbow-striped flannel, and the O Man has long been captivated by rainbows. Sigh. Oh well, I think the front looks pretty good anyway! Crappy photos, but it is winter here and good light is in short supply.

Next up are a new pair of Monkey socks in beautiful blend of my fave sunset colours, dyed by the fantastic Michelle of Needle Food called 'Kellie's Jaffa' - squeeeee! I have a yarn! (yes, I am a dork, why do you ask?)
I get my queen sized bed quilt back from the Long-armer on Friday, so I have the binding all ready to go. I have been waiting ages for this one and am very keen to get it on our bed and to finally throw out the manky excuse for a coverlet we are using at the moment.

After two days at home with a sick pre-schooler (just a cold, nothing oinky!) I am looking forward to escaping and hanging out with some crafty friends for the evening. A good time to get some very overdue baby knits finished up.

Fresh starts

I am once again attempting to dip my toes in the blog world as an active participant. Crafty content will still be the main theme with the occasional appearance of the sweetest boy I know. Unfortunately I would decide to blog again in winter (Southern Hemisphere) so brace yourselves for some seriously badly lit photos!

So what has been occupying most of my crafty time of late? Sewing - and quilting in particular. So much amazing inspiration out there in blogland and the correct alignment of the planets and I am suddenly a sewing machine (ho ho!). I have completed 3 quilt tops (2 queen, 1 double), 2 cot quilts, 2 stroller blankets, and a cushion cover in the past couple of months - an amazing amount of output for me. The queen quilt I have sent out to a longarm quilter but I am quilting the other 2 bed sized quilts myself. I am also quilting a 'cheater' quilt made out of Denyse Schmidt's Patchwork Promenade design - we urgently need a throw for our leather couch that gets a lot of sun on it so I didn't want to spend too much time putting something together. This is great because it looks like a funky log cabin quilt without the piecing. All I have to do is sew around the edges of the blocks to mimic seams - perfect!


I am still knitting but keep forgetting to photograph my projects so I have some catching up to do this weekend (when I will hopefully encounter enough daylight to get some passable shots).

Hope your week is getting off to a great start!