Fun Quilts You Can Do Too
This project sure covered a lot of bases, and my daughter has scored herself a new decorative pillow to match her newest quilt. Would you like to see how I put it together?
And let me know what you think of the organza for the dragonfly appliqué wings!
Welcome to My House! This is my stop on the latest fun blog hop being hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt where every stop has a project with a house on it.
Well…… most stops……. technically my mini quilt doesn’t feature a house after all. I started with the best of intentions, but being improv, it evolved slightly.
But it is a quilt that features the essence of a building, and every kid you know will wish they lived there. And it started life as a house quilt. So I think it still counts. Welcome to the “my kids wish it was” My House blog hop stop!
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Once every six months, Island Batik Ambassadors get to showcase one of the latest fabric collections from Island Batik. Today is my first time on an Ambassador hop, and I am really excited to be able to show you these wonderful fabrics in action.
The fabric collection I was allocated is called Victoria and Albert. There are 30 fabrics in this huge collection and they make me think of an early spring garden. Lots of green, with just a few things starting to bloom. Or perhaps even a formal English garden, with manicured hedges, sandstone retaining walls, fountains and a sprinkling of roses. There is no mistaking the influence of William Morris here.
The colours in this collection are mostly reserved, but pretty. Many of the designs are floral, but there are also fountains, dragonflies and dotty blenders. And I have used them all to make a new quilt for my daughter’s bed.
Come on over and I’lll show you these terrific fabrics in more detail and give you a chance to win some to make your own small project.
Tomorrow is my turn on the Island Batik Ambassadors blog hop and my job is to showcase the freshly released Victoria and Albert batik collection. I am sharing the day with Barb from Bejeweled Quilts, who was allocated the same fabric line as me. I can’t wait to see what Barb has done with them. And I can’t wait to see you back here! Because……
I have a problem to solve and fabric to give away. All you have to do to try to win the fabric is tell me what I should name the new quilt after I show it to you tomorrow. My daughter, the quilt’s recipient, will pick her favourite name from your suggestions and the winner will receive a taste of the Victoria and Albert fabric line as a reward. And there will be a runner-up fabric prize as well. International entries welcome……. I shall tell you all about it tomorrow, but there is some intelligence you can gather from an earlier progress report if you’d like to get a head-start.
In the meantime… do you like my finished dragonfly?
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……when my ScanNCut (when my ScanNCut)….. cut my work away…. oh happy day….!
So, you know I have a new toy, right?…. the ScanNCut CM900 I purchased a few weeks ago. Of course you know…. the blasted thing keeps popping up in my blog. Well, I waaaaas going to stop going on about it after the snow globe project. But…..
I was in the shower the other morning, musing over the technicalities of my current quilt, as I so often do, and a light bulb went on. Not just any light bulb either. The whole supernova mirrorball affair. With trumpets. The works!
And while I’m sure it’s not a novel idea, it’s new to me and it’s geniuuuuusssss!
Three words. “Infinite template possibilities!”
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