Babies babies everywhere

A little tumbler  'I SPY' quilt for a little miracle baby boy ! I love making these tumblers and they come together so quickly and were cut just as quickly with the 6.5'' Accuquilt GO Cutter template. Was nice to use some of the fabrics I received in the mail from my blogging friend, Helen. 

Birthdays and Babies

Happy Birthday to me !!!  That was the 8th September...

Lunch with my friends and daughters at Terrigal Beach

Dinner with my precious family !  

TODAY.....

So today I finished my first baby tumbler top for a little girl! There are about 4 more babies on their way and this was so much fun and easy (thanks to the Accuquilt Cutter) to cut and piece this top. 

I decided to cut the sides to make it square, think it looks ok that way?

Now if only I knew if I should make more boy or girl ones????  

GOing good

It's school holidays in Australia and I am determined to do some sewing. I have been working on some block swaps.... some good, some I am going to redo as I don't like the results.  Most of all I have been playing with my new GO! dies. I have partnered up with my friend Helen to do a tumbler quilt and we are both enjoying the tumbler die. Mine has a bit of snag, but useable for now. The friendly lady from the Sewing Box will replace it soon.   I have also played with the 5'' square die. I have cut around 100 charms from 2 different French General ranges (scraps) and will combine that with the 2 FG charms packs I bought a while ago. So, 3 ranges of French General in one quilt ! The first batch were slightly off by 1/8 '' and I was NOT happy. Then I made sure to follow the grain of the fabric and put a piece of paper between the fabric and the mat and then it came out perfect.  Note to self..... use your tools as directed....   quilters don't cut corners!    Love my Go!

NO MORE SPENDING THIS MONTH !!!

What a fun day! My 2 besties and I hopped on a chartered bus last Wednesday to go to the Sydney Craft and Quilt Festival. Imagine a busload of quilters, chatting and laughing for all but 2 hours driving down to Sydney. Did we have fun!!!!! such a great show. At 4pm we HAD to head back home again, (SIGH...)

As feared I did come home with a few FQ's!  Have a look....


Central Park by Kate Spain

Soul Blossom by amy Butler

Spotted Owl by the Alexander Henry Fabrics Collection

Some random fabric to be used in a baby quilt soon.

Mrs March's Collection by Lecien

I also managed to catch up sending off a few siggies this month and my block (Jacob's Ladder in blues and greens) for my Australian Block swap partner in Canada.

Did I mention I bought the hexagon die for my AccuQuilt GO! Think it might arrive tomorrow. Naughty girl! NO MORE SPENDING THIS MONTH   ( what's the dat today.... the 27th, phew what a relief)

More Dies

No photos today, just an update...  I bought 2 new dies for my AccuQuilt, the circles die and the hearts die ! Very exciting !

Also started yet another Jelly Roll quilt similar to the ones I posted the other day, this time with Hoffman Bali Pops. Very curious to see the result myself. I am not rushing to get this one done. I will try to finish it next Friday at my quilting group.

In two weeks time it's the Sydney Craft Show and it is a huge quilt show as well. Looking forward to a great day!

If you Have to Go, You have to GO!

After Googling for hours , tossing and turning, getting advice from a quilting friend, etc. I decided to take the leap and invest in an AccuQuilt GO! I am looking forward to trying it out in the next few days, probably this weekend.  I have 3 finished quilt tops to quilt before I am supposed to start any new project, but with the GO! staring at me, it's going to be just about impossible. Additional to the dies that came with the GO! I ordered the 5'' square (to make my own charm squares and the big tumbler die. Can't wait! 

Opening up my GO!

                                           Placing a random piece of fabric.....

 

                                                             Turn, and turn and turn.....

                                               and... wha-la ... like magic, there they are !

YeAH.....