Chevron from the Bee

Quilting Bees!!! something I had never heard of before I started my little blog. I quickly became intrigued and through a friend I landed in this fabulous bee of lovely ladies. I still have not stitched my blocks together from last years efforts but this year I am really motivated.   It's something for me, I popped along to Cloth in Surry Hills, their drool worthy fabrics are to die for and I had to come home with the heaviest bag of hand printed linen. (I tried to justify the $45m price tag with the fact that most of my other fabrics at the moment come from Vinnies) certainly made me feel a little better anyway.

The Beehive ladies have done a superb job of sewing a strip each for me. I am still waiting on a couple and a few to make myself then I'm ready to start sewing this baby together. 

I cannot take the credit for the pattern, I spotted in on this amazing blog.  Siobhan is so talented and very prolific, go take a peek! 

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Not so happy new year!

Well what a start to the year it's been. I have not been motivated to sew or blog at all, I know it has not been a happy start to the year for many Australians but I'm sure you will agree when you switch on your computer and see all of the fabulous things fellow bloggers are doing in relation to the terrible floods, it really lifts your spirits and makes you want to do all you can to help.

It's time for me now to get motivated and make a start on some quilt blocks and a quilt for Retro Mummy's Quilts for Queensland. Hop over and have a look at some of the beautiful quilts already donated.

In the meantime here are just a few things I made for Xmas pressies:

A slightly larger version of the bath mat featured in the 3rd issue of Fat Quarterly. I loved making this with the large Hexes, tedious at times but I got there in the end.

A giant house pillow similar to those I have seen on Etsy by mycakies.

And a hexagon cushion in the prettiest of girly fabrics.

Xmas Stitching

My fingers are hurting from so much stitching. I think I need to take a couple of days off from hand stitching. There are still at least four more gifts I could be machine sewing........watch this space!

Red Rocket Quilt

I have finally completed the top of Harvey's Red Rocket quilt. I know it's hardly a red quilt but I started with the rocket fabric and went from there. The Anna Maria Horner teal diamonds were a late addition, I really love the teal, it goes well with the acid green.

There is a bit of Prints Charming Starburst and Plaid in there and of course my one of my favourites, Amy Butler's Lotus Dots. The pale blue is a chambray from spotlight. All in all I'm pretty happy with the combination and the little man is too.

Now it's of to the quilter, which will give me time to think of what to bind it in.

Raw Edges

When I get a quilt (or 3 ) back from the quilters nothing else matters. I have to get that binding on and fast. I love seeing that quilt finished folded up with perfect binding. Then it's time to move on and start another one. These raw edges need finishing.....it's going to be a long night....stay tuned.

One boy quilt almost done

This is Charlie's quilt just about finished. I just have a couple of rows to add and I'm done. I was worried for a while that it looked a bit girly and anyone who knows me well will know I'm not into all the brights but Charlie likes the fabrics and the colours so I guess that's what really counts...right?

I love all of the individual fabrics I just hope they mesh well together. I'm going to bind it in the Amy Butler Lotus dots with white backing. I'm dying to get stuck into Harvey's, even though some of his fabrics are the same, I'm hoping it will look entirely different.

Yee Haw...

It's almost done. The top is complete, now off to the quilters for some circle work. I wanted to keep it as a surprise for Lea but I was lucky enough to see her today for a couple of hours while she was in Sydney. I am thrilled that she loves it and hope that Ollie loves it just as much.

Sneak peek for Lea

This is a king single quilt I've started for my friend Lea's little 4 year old Ollie. He picked the cowboys and Lea picked some of her favourites to go with it. It's 6 1/2 " squares. I will have it professionally quilted and bind it in the Amy Butler Lotus dots.

If you are wondering why all the cowboys in this section seem to have missing heads don't stress, I have moved them around a bit. This just gives you an idea. I hope you like!