Completed Quilt for Miss M

Finally its done! This is biggest quilt I have made so far (approx. 60 inch x 76 inch) for Miss M's new "big girl" king single bed. I finished off sewing the binding down tonight after having it sitting staring at me waiting for me to do this for quite a few weeks now. I FMQ'd the entire quilt standing up at my sewing machine as I found it impossible to manovere the weight of the quilt under the machine, especially with a pregnant belly in the way! If I decide to make another quilt this big in the future I think I will send it off to be done by someone with a professional quilting frame, much easier!

Completed top - with the 11 blocks plus my 1 block completed as part of the EB Newbie Quilters RR Block Swap we did over the last 6 months of 2009

Completed backing - 108 6inch squares. The strip up the entire right side is 2.5inch squares of fabric from everyones fabrics used in the swap. 36 2.5inch squares in total

Close up of the FMQ on the top - I went with a slightly larger spaced quilting than I usually do to get it done faster


Close up of the back

Miss M's new room. I have painted the feature wall, made the quilt, flags and curtains. And I need to order some prints for the walls and it will be finished. And then we just have to convince Miss M that yes she can sleep in here so the new bubba can sleep in her cot . . . she is not keen.

Apologies for the terrible photos - will try and get some better ones in the daylight tomorrow.

Yesterday's market went well, although could have been a little busier with prehaps a slightly younger crowd, but a good first one for the year.

EB RR Block Swap - Quilt top for Miss M

Just before Christmas I received my 12 blocks as part of the EB Newbie Quilts Round Robin Block Swap. Basically it involved 12 of us making up the same 12 blocks in each other's fabrics. We each used 3 different coloured fabrics with one main background colour for each block - my fabrics used are a fat quarter pack of Anna Griffin's 'Riley' collection, which is now just about all gone. The swap was completed in just under 6 months (blocks are 12 inch square). It is a little confusing to explain the swap, but basically I got back 12 different blocks in my own fabrics.

I am using the blocks to make a new quilt for Miss M's new big girl bed she is getting for her 2nd birthday in less than a couple of weeks time. So today I finished off the quilt top. I decided on plain white sashing and used up the scraps that came back to me to do a border around that. The finished size is approx. 60 inches x 76 inches to go on her King Single bed. I am still working on the backing and then it will need to be sandwiched and FMQ'd - all in my spare time ; )

Completed quilt top

Close up of 6 of the blocks

Close up of the other 6 blocks

I was worried there was just a little too much pink in the blocks when I got them back, but now with the white sashing and the border I am pretty happy with how it is looking. I am seaching for some curtain fabric to go with this now and am having lots of problems trying to find something suitable. Definitely not pink - I am thinking a green of some sort similar to the paler green in the fabrics, as I would also like to do a feature wall in green similar to this, maybe a little darker, in Miss M's new room.

EB RR Block Swap - Final Blocks Completed!

I finished off my last 4 blocks for the EB Round Robin Block Swap today. I am looking forward to getting back all my blocks to make a quilt for Miss M's big girl bed.

Blogtoberfest Day #19 ~ Weekend Sewing

Over the weekend I attacked a few small sewing projects.

Some more list takers for upcoming markets;

A pair of shorts for Master T (they still need hemming)

And here's some sneak peaks at my next two RR blocks for the EB RR block swap I am doing that I finished off last week. I can't wait to get all my blocks back and turn them into a new quilt for Miss M's new big girl bed!

For those of you in Melbourne and Adelaide who read my blog - I would love some suggestions for some city markets to attend - I think its time to expand my little business into the city markets, which markets do you think would suit my goodies? Thanks : )

EB RR Block Swap Sneak Peak #2

This is a sneak peak at the second block I have completed for the EB RR Block Swap. Very exciting using eveyone else's fabrics to create the same block. Can't wait for the end at Christmas time when we get all our blocks back in our fabrics of all different block styles.

I think I know whose fabric this is : )