** NEWS FLASH **

You may (or may not) have noticed that I've been absent from my blog over the last month to 6 weeks.  I've been working with a friend on a new & exciting project, an opportunity arose that was too good to miss but it meant we had to speed up the work on our project.

Here is the result of our work:

LOVE fabric

Our online shop is still a work in progress but all items displayed are in stock & ready to ship so why not click on the logo above & come check us out.

Happy stitching :)

New York Beauty Centre

Some good progress has been made on my New York Beauty quilt.  I'm in the process of sewing the blocks together :)

Here I thought I'd share with you the centre of my quilt.... well some of it anyway.

Hope to share some more with you soon.

Happy stitching :)

WIP Wednesday

Wow, it must be months since I posted a Work In Progress Wednesday post, hopefully I'll be getting back into the swing of it soon :)

I have two WIP's that I've been working on this week.  The first is my New York Beauty quilt.  My design requires 38 blocks & my deadline is May (not sure the date).  I may have to re-think my design as time goes on.

The second is a Log Cabin commission quilt that I'm working on, the final size will be for a double bed & at the moment I have quite a few blocks that are coming on nicely.  The log cabin has been growing quite quickly as I've been using the "washing line" method :)

I'm linking this post up with the WIP Wednesday over at Freshley Pieced so don't forget to pop over there & check out some other WIP's from some lovely people.

Happy stitching :)

Quilting Progress & A Mini Make

On January 1st I did a blog post listing some quilt tops that I'm looking to complete as quilts this year.  As we are now three months into the year I thought I'd see if i've actually managed anything on my list.  You can see the original post here.  I was pleasantly surprised by my own results :)

Hannah Quilt
This is now complete.  Hannah uses her quilt EVERY day cuddled up on the sofa. :)

Stars Quilt
No change on this project :(

Pinwheels Quilt
No change on this project :(

Speedwell Quilt
This quilt is now layed & basted all ready to start on the quilting :)

Busy Lizzie Quilt
No change on this project :(

Now for the Mini Make.  This week was my monthly quilt group meeting & we had a list of items to bring with us, including some precut fabric.  This was our mini-make for the evening.

The design for this came from the Valentine Pennie Tutorial on the Moda Bake Shop website.  Originally designed for valentines treats, I thought they'd be perfect for the children to collect mini eggs in this Easter.

Happy Stitching :)

Quilt Exhibition (image heavy)

Sunday just past myself & Franney headed off to Sevenoaks to peruse the quilt exhibition that is put together by Puddleducks quilt shop & Quercus quilt group.  The lovely thing about exhibitions is you get to see so many quilts of all shapes, sizes, colours & quite often the same quilt in different fabrics which is always nice for an instant comparison.

Here are some of the quilts that I really enjoyed viewing.

I'll share more later.
Happy stitching :)