whoooaaaaa!

didn't mean to be quite soooooo long between posts!

things have however been pretty productive around here, but as usual i forgot to take pictures!

basting is completed on the single girl quilt, that things is mahooosive, i thread basted as i'm hand quilting and safety pins just get in the way and add too much weight, but it took quite a long time to thread baste so i'm just imagining how long the hand quilting will take!





and i whipped up this little nappy carrier for my smaller bag, the tutorial is from Anna of noodlehead, and was really easy to follow, but i did unpick the whole thing and make it smaller, as I wanted something pretty small, so i made it just the right size for two nappies and a packet of wipes.



i've got a few other finished projects to show you, a few projects on the go and a HUGE list of things I need to make!

my creative space - single girl update

here she is so far!

my first complete block.

had a few issues with getting it to line up, i sewed Q1 and Q2 together and then Q3 and Q4 together but then the rings were nowhere near matching up so i had to take a bit out of the centre seam and use lots of pins. hopefully blocks one through 19 go together a little more easily.

tonight will be spent laying out the blocks on our giant rug. because i've used scraps, no ring quarter is the same and i want to get colour and value balance right in each ring and across the quilt as well a making sure the same fabrics don't sit too close to each other - this could take a while!

head on over to the flickr group to see some serious single girl loveliness!

My Creative space......

My how quickly Thursday rolls around! I'm sharing my creative space with a single girl.....





This little pile is 620 handcut pieces of fabric stitch together to one day soon make up a fan-dabby-doozy king size quilt for our bed! (note the trousers folded up in the background - need sewing back together after I ripped the crotch - must get on that diet ASAP!)





I'm fairly far behind the schedule for the Single Girl Quilt Along run by Katy, Nova and Meg, but that doesn't bother me - as long as I get this baby finished one day! Go check out the flickr pool to see some fab finished quilts and quilt tops.


My arcs are on hold until my background fabric arrives - kona bone ordered from Sew Fresh fabrics on etsy.


So from now until it arrives, my creative space is going to be filled with finishing some much neglected WIPs!

My Creative Space

Just working on a name pillow for a birthday girl - deadline tomorrow - so need to get on it!!!





Although i'm just itching to start on my Single Girl preparation for the Single Girl Quiltalong hosted by Katy, Nova and Megan. And get on with the quilting of my Tokyo Subway Map quilt.