New Fabric

Here's what came for me in the mail yesterday - a beautiful bundle of fat quarters from my sister Margot Languedoc of The Pattern Basket.  This is her new fabric line called Butterfields and you can see it here on her blog.  I will be busy this weekend deciding what to make with this gorgeous fabric (maybe something with bunnies).

I think this fabric is my favourite.....

Well, maybe this one.....

Oh, nevermind, I love them all - thanks Margot!

Progress

I got lots of piecing done for the quilt on my design wall.  The center and the inner borders are pieced.  Just have to put together the stars and squares for the two additional outer borders.  I am making some progress......

and I did find time on the weekend to load a quilt on to my frame - another quilt top I finished years ago.  The pattern is in a book called "Romantic Quilts" which is a collection of quilts from Australian Patchwork and Quilting. I'm still deciding how I want to quilt it - I think lots of background fill around the heart appliques and in the sashings, but not sure yet what to do in the pink border.

Another Quilting Finish

This is a small quilt I pieced several years ago and it is finally quilted!  The quilting took me most of the day yesterday to stitch (after a trip to the quilt shop for extra thread and needles).  I'll sew binding on tonight and then this quilt will hang on the wall in our bedroom.

Quilting Finish 2

I am so happy to have another quilting project done.  This quilt has been on the frame since December and took a lot of time to complete although I didn't keep track of the actual hours spent working on it.

The pattern is Twilight Hopscotch from Kim Diehl's book "Simple Comforts".  My quilt measures 94x94 - I made my blocks larger than those in her original design (I always seem to make my quilts big). Binding isn't on yet but here are photos of the quilting......

My plan for the weekend is to do some piecing.  I have this work-in-progress on my design wall and am anxious to get it finished so I can quilt it too.

a quilting finish

I've finished quilting a small wall hanging. There are some messy stitches and some not so round curves, but I am happy with the results of my first attempt at this.

The little quilt now has binding and is hanging over the fireplace between the family room and kitchen.  I think it looks pretty up there behind my roosters....

Merry Christmas

Getting ready for tomorrow night  - wrapping gifts and baking lasagna  - and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Christmas Cookies

I made Christmas Cookies today.  My Mom made these every year at Christmas when I was growing up and when my children were growing up too.  Everybody loves these cookies and how could you not love them  - there is one pound of butter in the recipe and a little shot of rum!

Bernina Quilt Frame

Last week I brought home the three boxes that contained my new Bernina Quilt Frame.  It wasn't very hard to put together, but it took my husband and I five hours to finish.  The frame is set up in the new room in our basement.  (Sydney is there inspecting our work)

I've got an old quilt top loaded on and my sewing machine in place - ready to go. Since I won't mind if there are mistakes on this quilt I chose it for my first attempt at quilting on the frame.  There is probably going to be a big learning curve but I am excited at the idea of finishing bigger quilts myself.

So here is a photo of my first bit of quilting - simple stippling which doesn't look too bad and a couple of disastrous attempts at a flower design.  I definitely need lots of practice.

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Fall 2011

I am very happy to join Blogger's Quilt Festival- Fall 2011 and to show you my "Every Bunny Loves a Garden" Quilt.

The quilt was finished a few years ago. It was fun to design and I love the two little bunnies - they are my favourite part of this quilt.

On the back I tried to use up as much of the blue and yellow fabric as possible.

Thanks for visiting my blog and thanks to Amy for once again hosting Blogger's Quilt Festival.