Sunday, May 27, 2012

Orca Bay revisited

...and renamed.
Violet Crumble
I love this quilt which Bonnie Hunter from Quiltville had as a mystery quilt on her blog for 8 weeks around Christmas time.  The instructions have now been removed from the blog and will be included in a forthcoming book.  My quilt is just over half  the size of her original.  Here's a close up.

Many thanks to Fiona, the Quilting Fairy, for doing such a great job on the quilting for me.  The swirls offset the angles and points perfectly!

Friday, May 18, 2012

OK, I've succumbed!

A couple of weeks ago we had the most glorious sunny autumn long weekend here.  This is how I mostly saw it, from my sewing room window.
(Alright, I admit that I took the photo standing outside so you can't see how much the window needs cleaning.)
So Saturday lunchtime I wondered what to do with myself and Randy's Sow-a-long started calling to me.  Remember I said that I didn't really need to start another long term project?  Well it turns out that I really did need to.  So, by Monday afternoon I had all these lovely blocks!
And I was all caught up - until the last lot went up on Wednesday and I haven't had time to do them yet, but I will.  I've tried to pick out fabrics that I think are a bit Civil War "ish".  I don't really know if they are or not, but that's the feel that I'd like to go with, but I also just want to use up the stuff that's in the cupboard as much as I can.
I've also decided to link this post up with Mrs P's Favourite Things Friday - because today it is my favourite thing.