A quilty finish

Aaaaaaaahhhhh .... back to my usual bright warm colours!

I finally finished this quilt started way back last year.

It has been sitting in my UFO pile for way too long, basted, just waiting to be quilted and bound.

Of course, once I got going, it was a pretty quick finish. Just a day or 2.

It ended up pretty big .... 78 inches square.

I went for the fancy shmancy binding again after using it on this quilt.
I really like the effect of this technique!

For the backing, I have used a gorgeous Kaffe Fassett floral print.

It sits very happily in the quilt stack in our lounge room, waiting to be snuggled under on a cold wintry day.
I fear these are coming all too quickly. Where did you go Summer?

Andi xx

Not my usual pallette

2 matching cushions for my niece and her husband (who each had birthdays in recent weeks).

Their house is decorated mostly in neutrals.
I used a newspaper print for the backs.

And I couldn't resist a touch of red!!!!

Happy birthday Kim and Stu!!

Andi xx

Keep your eyes peeled

For this bag, stolen from Nikki's stand at the AQC this week.






It has great sentimental value!!

A pox on the thief!!!

Andi xx

Quilting - From Little Things .... Check. It. Out.

Sarah Fielke is not only a seriously clever quilt maker, fabric designer and blogger .... she's a fab book writer type person too!!

She's half of the creative duo that brought us MO and MO2, but now she's a solo authoress with the mostess too.

The newest yummy book

I don't know about you but these days I don't actually buy quilting books for the patterns.
I buy them for the pictures ... the colourful inspiration that gets me out of my comfy chair and up to the sewing table.

For example:

I soooo want to crawl into Sarah's fabric stash and wallow in the colourful goodness.

But what took me by surprise about this book, is that I was actually REALLY interested in reading the patterns. The concept of the book is so very clever. 10 different quilting techniques, each illustrated with a dolly quilt pattern (in case you want to try it out before committing to a larger project) and a larger bed-sized pattern.

Great illustrations and well written patterns.
I really HAVE to make this quilt (LOVE the little 3D tabs in the border!!!) .....

So .... do yourself a favour and go check out this ACE new book!!

Want to find out more? There's a whole week of bloggy-touring to enjoy.

Details are:

• Monday, April 11:  Red Pepper Quilts   (Rita's giving away a copy of the book. Ends 12 noon (AEST) on Wednesday 13 April)
• Tuesday, April 12: Patch Andi - HERE!!!
• Wednesday, April 13: Rosalie Quinlan
• Thursday, April 14: Whip Up
• Friday, April 15: Fat Quarterly blog
• Saturday, April 16: Cinderberry Stitches
• Sunday, April 17: One Flew Over

Enjoy!

Andi xx

An apple for the teacher

I also accept Mint Slices and all forms of chocolate!!

I'm teaching a class at fabric heaven starting next month!!! Can't wait!!

You can read all about it here.

Interested in coming? I'd love to see you.

Andi xxx

(Nearly) Wordless Weekend

Happy birthday Sweetheart!!

xxxxx