Scrap Bag

We had a lovely class on the weekend with just two students in the class. Mum taught the Double Wedding Ring quilt. A very tricky quilt to piece.

Mum and I made some quick cushions using Prints Charmings paisley hand prints. I just stuck the coloured bits on and then free motion quilted it all. Mum did the backs using strips and the quilt as you go method of assembly.

Barb Matheson has been busy making our Blossom Creek Quilt designed by Natalie Ross. The very talented Elizabeth Zabinski of the Quiltworks machine quilted it beautifully.

I also started making the two little cuties from Melly and Me, Twitter. I got side tracked and Mum is finishing them for me. Isn’t she sweet!

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The lovely Dot’s beautiful Georgetown Turnaround Quilt started at a class with Trish Harper. I have ask her to leave it to me.

and finally two blind sheep….( jodie insert comment here)

I think it’s a good name for a new nursery rhyme.

For all of those who can’t visit..

The wonderful book full of sweets ideas is here……. Kaleidoscope from Melly and Me. Click here to see inside!

And Mum has been busy again. She has finished a quilt top started many many years ago. The hexagons were made by Liz Dyer using our Japanese off cuts. This is actually the 2nd quilt we have made using Liz’s hexagons. The first is called “Japanese Garden”. Just got to quilt it now!

Any suggestions for the name of the quilt?

Mum, otherwise know as Pam, has been busy making a few bits and pieces. She made a Bambino which is  a Melly and Me pattern. This pattern uses the soft and lovely minkee.

She has also been playing with our linen/cotton fabrics making teatowels.

These two have been made out of a fat Quarter, because the fabric is 137cms wide you get two. On this one she has just added a fabric detail.
So easy and simple yet very effective.

This one she used a Prints Charming hand print and
decorated it with some stitching in perle cotton.
My head is filling with ideas on how to decorate a teatowel!

Clever Pammy!

I finally got around to testing out the shrinking fabric using Melly and Me’s Mummy & Me bag pattern. I started these at Sewjourn and finally knocked them over the other night.

I also used some ready made bias from A day in the Country. Love the stripes.

I have been putting a quilt together using the
Prints Charming car hand prints.
My question to you all is - which way?

All the same way.

Driving around the inside.

Driving around the outside.

I think I may have forgotten to show you this groovy little number. It is made using a Alexander Henry fabric called Starling. It is one of my favourites and I have two cushions made out of them on my couch I love this fabric that much!

You can buy the Mod Cot Quilt Pattern and we also have packs which include all the fabric, binding and pattern to complete one quilt top.

We are lucky to be involved with this wonderful project. 12 different blocks created by Australia’s top designers all in the aim of raising money. You can read all about Quilt Aid here. Each shop involved is selling one of the 12 blocks and their own design for finishing the quilt.

This is our finished quilt. We will have pattern and kits available to finish your 12 blocks off just like ours.

The block we are selling has been designed by Magella Rush.

Sewjourn is just wonderful! Jan has done a beautiful job making the place perfect and comfortable for crafters! I didn’t get to stay the whole weekend, I was a little unwell, but the time I did get to spend there was wonderful. I was lucky enough to get the Princess room - a double bed all to myself.

I didn’t get any photos and I also didn’t get anything completed - well nearly. I will finished them and get them up on the blog asap.

You can see some photos from the other talented ladies that I stayed with.  Lara, Nikki, Rachel, Annie, Kathryn and soon-to-have-a-blog Megan.