Isabella's quilt - is almost there !

In september 2010 I started a quilt for my daughter Isabella. I managed to secure a small amount of the entire Moda 'Blush' range ( yummy !) and wanted to make a quilt for her bed which she will move into very soon. With the help from the girls at 'Bee seam piecing downunder' I sent out my fabrics and requested this block:

They were all super fast in returning them, but once layed out I thought the 'white square' in the middle looked way to plain. Some after some thought, I appliqued a different print from the range in the middle of each square and went around the edges with pink or aqua blanket stitching. Time consuming - yes !!!, but well worth the effort.

24 blocks later and a large 5 inch border, which was needed to fit the king single bed I am about to send it away to a professional long arm quilter.

So all that will be left to do will be to hand stitch the binding when it comes back and....

it will be FINISHED !!!

August block for Julie

With a busy month ahead I thought I would knock over Julie's blocks tonight.... the fabric only arrived in the mail yesterday so thats not a bad turn-a-round !!!!
She requested blocks that have large interesting squares and her inspiration were these two quilts:

http://tallgrassprairestudio.blogspot.com/2009/07/please-dont-tell-my-husband.html
and

http://tallgrassprairestudio.blogspot.com/2010/07/sophisticated-baby.html

I love the lime green used to border the first block.... would of liked more but I used every bit.

This block allows the fabrics to stand out.

Quilting bee

August is Abi's month in the 'Bee seam piecing downunder' bee. She requested a log cabin style block using cool vintage fabrics. They remind me of a rainbow.

That's all for today as I have a child who has been up since 5am and refuses to have a sleep

Trying out blogger

O.k.... here goes. I am trying out blogger after getting completely frustrated with wordpress. My previous blog (http://fiatcat.wordpress.com/) just did not allow me to do anything ! I hope this is easier.

Even though I made the bec's july block ages ago for the quilting bee... I have yet to post a photo of her block. Hope she likes them !