Swap September

Pincushion - ready to go, originally uploaded by LilyRose0.1.

This month has been such a big month with so many things to sew. I'd like to say I've learnt my lesson about taking on too many things but somehow I doubt it!

I sent off this pincushion to my partner in the Scrappy Pincushion Swap today after making another one for her to choose from last night when I got home from work. I really hope she's going to like it - I just feel like I've missed getting her right with this one even though {big hint} this was the one she chose. But there's a difference between "I'll have the best of two I don't really like" & "I love it".

On the other hand I just know that my Mug Rug Swap partner is going to really love her mug rug. Pictures later.

Friday Faves

Just a few of my favourites from round 9 of the Doll Quilt Swap. There were so many more that I loved.

1. Doll Quilt Swap - Received!, 2. DQS9 Front, 3. dqs9 :: daydreaming + kite flying, 4. Finally!!, 5. DQS9 quilt to be packed..., 6. DQS9 rec'd!, 7. dqs9n, 8. Doll Quilt Swap #9 - Recieved

My creative space...

These quilting projects are both calling out to be finished. The first is the Mendocino coin quilt that I started last year(!). One little alteration to the back, 3 or four lines of quilting and binding to go. Surely this should be easy to do but the next pretty/big/swappy thing is always so much more interesting.




The second is this barely started Quilt as You Go project that I'd like to make queen size!





I do have a plan for this stack of lovelies though, they'll go out to my fellow Bee Seam Piecing Downunder bees next month. I thought that these blocks might be a little too much to ask for but everyone has been very generous and said that they're keen to give them a try. I'm hoping that 22 blocks in my mailbox will motivate me to complete the rest.

I love starting new projects but finishing them is not my strong suit. What about you, are you a starter or one of the mythical finishers?

(On the not finishing note, I forgot to add the link for you to go & visit more creative spaces over at kootoyoo!)

Quilt Block Colouring Templates

I've driven myself a bit nuts the last couple of days looking for and then trying to make a quilt block template for mini bow ties - you know, the sort you can colour in to try out your design? Finally today I drew one up in google docs. Here it is in all its exciting glory ~

Pretty spiffy huh? If you find yourself in need of a 4x5 block mini bow tie quilt design, this is for you. Just click on it. I've posted it over in the sidebar as well (don't worry if it looks a little wonky in the preview - it's fine when it prints). After all of that effort it would be lovely if at least one other person used it! If mini bow ties aren't what you're looking for here are some links to other quilt block templates~

The WWQP Colouring Book

50 quilt block templates to colour in. Also has block piecing instructions for these and many more blocks.

Block Central's Quilter's Coloring Book

Smaller collection of quilt blocks templates to colour.

Block designer

Allows you to build a block with squares and half square triangles & print it out. Produces a single block.

Some other really useful block resources

• With Hearts and Hands...Huge List of Free Quilt Block Patterns
and of course
• The list of block tutorials from the Quilting Bee Blocks group on flickr.
  

Sunday Stash

I'm a little obsessed with stocking up on the Heather Ross at the moment so I got some of this Frog Prince in the pink colourway.

It was lovely to see it in a little pile with some of my other pieces of Far Far Away 1.

Heaven. More to come soon, although in very small amounts because they come from local shops.

Doll Quilt received

I received the loveliest package from Rachel/ contented be which contained my gorgeous doll quilt and so many extra goodies that it felt like my birthday.

These are Rachel's pics (I hope you don't mind Rachel), every photo I've taken for a week and a half has been so blurry & I really wanted to post my stunning little quilt. I sparted this little baby straight away & was soo happy when I opened it. I just love it.

Here's one of my blurry pics of my loot!







Yep, I made out like a bandit.


I sent mine off on September the 1st but it hasn't arrived yet. I'm nervously waiting for my partner to receive it and hoping that she likes it as much as I did.

Meanwhile, I'm playing along in two little swaps - the Scrappy Mug Rug Swap and the Scrappy Pincushion Swap. It's really fun to do something small after the Doll Quilt Swap, although I'm having the busiest month ever.

Sorry to you RSS people for the multiple postings, I'm having serious blogger issues today!