finished tiffany quilt

Hi everyone,
I'm pleased to present my finished quilt! This quilt was a dream to sew together (thanks Rita for the great instructions) and the colour combination kept it interesting. I love the almost vintage look to this quilt (helped I think by not ironing the quilt before photos!). This one will be winging its way to a special person in New Zealand, although I would love this on my bed. Check out Rita's version, and I highly recommend purchasing her pattern as it taught me new tips and trips in construction. Hope your enjoying the weekend.

Pattern can be purchased from Rita at Red Pepper Quilts
Fabric: varous scraps, some purchased from Rita
Binding: Dark grey shot cotton
Backing: Kona solid in Ash
Quilted: Straight line
Size: 70.5 inches by 55.5 inches

sunday stash #4

Hi everyone,
As promised some pictures of new fabrics that arrived last week. The first is from Fresh Modern Fabrics and contained a range of Kona Solids in bright, vibrant fabrics to match Goo Goo Socks, Monkey Bizness by Alexander Henry. These socks excited me the first time I saw them, and I have big plans for a fun baby quilt for my brother who with his partner, is expecting their first baby late this year. The socks are super little and super cute, and with the bright solids I reckon this is going to be a great quilt. Just have to finish my Tiffany WIP first!
Love these little socks

Also in the mail this week ..... Little Apples!! I have been eyeing this collection for months, and when I heard that I could get it early right here in Australia I just could not help myself. I have started with a Layer cake. The fabric colours are perfect - vibrant and dense in colour. Wow! Its going to take some thought before i cut into these.

A couple of my favourite fabrics ... but honestly, they are all great

My Tiffany quilt is almost done. Just need to finish the binding. Great progress over the weekend.
Hope your having a good weekend everyone.
Amanda

tiffany quilt progress

Hi .... Its been a busy week and as a result no time for blogging and not as much progress as I would have liked on the Tiffany quilt. I'm also a couple of weeks behind on my farmers wife quilt along blocks. Hoping to make amends this weekend. On a much brighter note I am officially in LOVE with this my Tiffany quilt. That point was when I layed the quilt out on the floor. Love Love Love. An inspiring package arrived from Fresh Modern Fabric . Quite excited about the possibilities with these fabrics .... I will post some pictures on the weekend. TGIF tomorrow everyone!
Amanda

FWQAL ... week three

Hi,
I'm posting another two blocks for the Farmers Wife Quilt A-Long. I had a major drama this week with the templates. Following advice from fellow bloggers I printed off the templates and had these laminated. However, I did not follow the advice to check the size of the templates! Big whoops as they were not the right size due to the print set up shrinking the size. It took me along time to work this out, two blocks (one with 25 pieces) and a good 4 hours. Back to the drawing board. I am very daunted by the small pieces in these blocks and its a help having a big support group.
Have a good week .... We are having wonderful sunny winter days in Melbourne ... cold but lovely once it warms up.
Amanda

scrap quilt update

Hi
Its the weekend!! Dont you just love weekends? Time with friends, brunch, market shopping, yummy dinner, hanging out with loved ones, reading the paper (the old fashioned non electronic kind), a clean house. Ticked all of those today AND managed to get in time on my Tiffany quilt. Blocks are 75% finished. Just one more side to add on. It is coming together quick with some concentrated periods of sewing. The many different fabrics keep the sewing process interesting and I'm looking forward to laying out the completed blocks on the floor and seeing the colours come together. Off to start sewing the final strip onto the blocks! Have a good weekend everyone. Amanda.

Colour Explosion

scrap quilt underway

Hallo
I'm making great progress on my Tiffany Quilt designed by Rita at Red Pepper Quilts. 300 scraps cut and ready for stitching :) Love love love this design by Rita and enjoying making my first scrap quilt. Back to the sewing machine. Have a good week everyone.
Amanda

A bunch of scraps ready for stitching

farmers wife quilt along - week 1 & 2

Hi,
Guess what? My The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book arrived today from Amazon! It feels like I have been waiting for weeks (probably only two weeks if I'm honest). I'm looking forward to reading the book tonight and working out what blocks I will make for week three. I suspect that these blocks will be addictive based on the huge response on the flickr site. Its wonderful to be making this with so many passionate quilters. Yah!

Over the weekend I made four blocks. The mittens and chairs look so cute! I'm very excited about creating the sampler in bright modern prints with white in each block.
Bring on week 3 (and 4) as I'm running a couple behind.
Have a good week everyone.
Amanda