Celtic Twists

It's been a really busy week, sorry I haven't blogged in a while.

But I'm so excited to finally be able to show you the quilt I made for Mum and Dad's Golden wedding anniversary!

It's a biggy, at nearly 90" x 80".  The fabric line is Seascapes, by Deb Strain.  Mum and dad have a holiday house by the sea, hence the seaside theme.



And just like the sea, this quilt seems to change colour when photographed in different light!

(My original intention was to make a double wedding ring quilt, but the labour intensive technique and a shortage of time put paid to that!)

 I got the quilt professionally quilted, in a beautiful shells/corals/conches repeating pattern.  This shows up even more on the white panel in the back.

And never one to waste the leftovers, they got a matching cushion too!

A fab night was had celebrating the happy couple, with nearly 40 of our family and friends, in the same place where mum and dad had their wedding reception 50 years ago!

Here's to many more happy years together!

Jude xo

Courgettes this time!

So yesterday I was dangling metaphorical carrots in front of you, with some sneaky peeks on what I've been working on this week.

Well tonight I give you courgettes!

Real veggies this time!  These are growing in my city garden!  Cool eh!

We've also enjoyed some peas and strawberries.  Still waiting for the toms to ripen, and the raspberries are starting to fruit!  Ah the good life!

And if you follow me on Instagram, you will know that I got a particular quilt top & back finished!  Phew!  It was a struggle and a whole other blog post. But it can now go off to the long arm quilter for some magic quilting!

Tomorrow I think I'll take a wee break from the sewing machine!  It's to rain here, so school shoes shopping it is then!

Jude xo

Dangling Carrots!

There's been sewing going on this week, but I can't show you full reveals just yet, sorry!

I'm furiously working on Mum and Dad's Golden wedding anniversary quilt, because I don't want to be handing it over at their 51st wedding anniversary!

At the risk of mum seeing too much, I'm just going to show you a rubbish sneak peek, and leave it at that!

I'm now at the border stage, needing to get those on, the back made and left into the Long Arm quilter by tomorrow!  Ha ha!  Yes, I said tomorrow because my local long-armer is going away next week!  Trying hard not to panic!

The other sneak peek is for a friend's birthday this weekend (another '0' birthday, wink, wink!). 

Will be able to show you more after Saturday!

And check out Shannon's amazing EPP cushion here.  I think she's just created a new class project for me!

Jude xo