Up to Date - Almost

Well, this post will bring me up to date - for now anyway.  I do seem to have been very industrious lately - not sure whether that is a good thing or not though.

Below is one of my favourite achievements to date.  It a modern twist on the Drunkards Path pattern, made in gorgeous greys and yellows.  I had seen the pattern in a local patchwork store in black white and red and fell in love with the pattern.  So, out came the Accuquilt cutter and my recently acquired yellow and grey fat quarters.  All those circles really tested my piecing skills and I will admit that I wasn't very impressed with the finished quilt top (that's why there is no picture of it).  Decided to bite the bullet and quilt it and hope that I could quilt out the problems.  This is the finished result and I am absolutely thrilled with it. It's only a cot size (or maybe a small lap quilt), and I called it Blazing Suns.

My other achievement was some more custom quilting.  This time on a little wallhanging.  I have called mine Karen's Closet, but the original pattern is Betsy's Closet from Brenda Riddle Designs at the Acorn Quilt & Gift Company.  The stitcheries were completed in a very short time while watching TV at night. The wallhanging also went together relatively easily, so then it was to the quilting frame and the fun started.  I have been wanting to try some background stippling and just needed the right project.  As you can see, it is now hanging on the wall in the spare bedroom.

Like I said, I have been busy.  Some time ago, I fell in love with a lovely border print while shopping at Addicted to Fabric in Canberra.  I bought it, together with some co-ordinating fabrics, without having any idea of what I was going to make.  Does anyone else do that? I am sure I can't be the only one.  Anyway, came across a very simple pattern (Little Man) in Camille Roskelley's book Simplify.  I called mine Simply Neutral and I am thrilled to pieces with the finished product. 

The colours are the same tones as the ones currently being used on The Block.  Now why don't they use quilts on their beds?

Well, that's me for now.  Been working on lots more, but I will have to get myself organised again to bring those pictures to you to.  In the meantime, Happy Sewing everyone.