Quilt block swap

Last month I joined a quilt block swap. Even though I've been quilting for a while I've done very little piecing of traditional quilt blocks, and I thought this would be a fun way to get some practice. 
If you are interested have a look at http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com.au/

This is first block I received from Maria in Dongara WA. My request had been for any blocks in red, white and black.

Maria asked for any block with red, white and aqua fabrics, so this is what I sent her.

 

 

 

 

 

Baby scraps

One fun thing about having a large extended family is that there is always someone getting married, having a baby, or having something to celebrate.
On 26 September when baby Lauren arrived I had almost finished this scrap quilt. It's not quite an I-spy, but has a lot of blocks of interest to little eyes. I didn't have quite enough in my scrap box to make a complete I-spy quilt, so I pulled out some scraps of spotted material too. It all went together so well, and I was happy with the end result. As I'd been thinking of this as a floor rug I used polar fleece for the backing. That way her mother is going to feel less precious about it, and more likely to use it how I intended.

Fabric shopping

I'm sure this is something we can all relate to

Being quixotic

You may be sitting there thinking, what does quixotic actually mean? Well the thesaurus says these are some of the synonyms: idealistic, romantic, extravagant, starry-eyed, visionary, perfectionist and unrealistic. OK, so maybe that's not a completely accurate description of my quiltmaking, but it certainly has aspects of this... but we probably all do when it comes to all the quilts we really want to make sometime. I am going to need to live to be 168 in order to finish all the quilts I have planned.

When it comes to quiltmaking I'm nobody special. Its just something I love doing. This blog will be my way of sharing a little of what I am working on.