Trying out my new iPad

Well, I finally gave in and bought myself an iPad. I think I love it but there are many things its actually not very good at ... Photo management, updating your blog. Hmmmm not so good for me. Then I found this nifty little app, so, let's see if it does the business.
After getting my proverbials in a knot about all the quilt alongside I had signed up to, i then culled some of the ones I knew I would never do.
I definitely decided to stay with the Hello sun one from April Mae designs

Above is januarys block, he is so much fun! The wonky bits at the edges will be hidden in the seam allowance.
Below is February's block, I think I am going to really love this block.

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Chipping away at it

Right, I dont want to not do any of the quilt alongs I have signed up for so I am just going to chip away at it, not think about all of them but just concentrate on the one in hand. So just now it is the quilt along from Sew Happy Geek I did the first four blocks with some Japanese fabric scraps, love the way they look.

woven block

Pinwheel block

Overcommitting

You would think that at my age I would know better, but oh no, new year not even got the first month over with and I have signed up for a gazillion quilt alongs. I think it may only be about 8 but that is enough I think. They are so tempting though, they will help me use up my fabric, my scraps and teach me to be a better all round person. Well thats the hope anyway.
I am still doing some QALs from last year, really loving the fat quarter stars from the Moose on the Porch.
I think this is one of my favourites from it so far.

Big quilt

This is a big quilt, I must be a bit more careful and actually look at the measurement of quilts in future, i could have made 2 smaller quilts from this pattern if i had been careful. I dont mind bigger quilts but they are a bugger to quilt on my small domestic machine, I was not too happy with the outcome of this quilt, the backing is rucked up in a few places.
But it is a pretty quilt, bright and fun and it used up a heap of fat quarters as well which is good, some of them had started to become discoloured! It will go to a good home, Project Linus, and i learned a little bit more about accurate piecing so its a win win situation!

Calico quilt

This quilt was a block of the month quilt from Totally patched quilt shop in Bewdeley I dont think they do this BOM any more. I did it along with 2 chums, I loved doing it because there were so many different techniques in there, some i will do again, others - crazy pathchwork, i will give a wide berth. So a great quilt for trying new stuff. Also we were able to make it up in the quilt as you go method, my favourite for big quilts from now on I think.
Another bonus? well my husband likes it - calm colour palette, no big vibrant colours ....

Table runners

I like making table runners, they are small, quick to make and use up all those lovely charm packs i seem to be addicted to buying. I seem to go through phases of making big stuff then small stuff etc. I have just finished a huge quilt, almost king sized so now is the time to go back to table runners. Here are some pics of ones i have made in the past, its always nice to see old friends again.

The one above is one of my favourites, the pattern is from Heather Mulder Petersons Little charmers series of patterns. I love these patterns but they are quite difficult to get in the UK. The fabric is a pack from the African Fabric shop, I love the colours and thought they went so well with this pattern and were great to work with.

 For the life of me i cant remember what this fabric was but it has an Indian inspiration, very rich, another great pattern from Heather Mulder Petersons Little charmers series of patterns!

Yep you guessed it, another Heather Bailey Mulders Simply charming pattern. This one is called Tilta whirl, the fabic was a fat eigth pack i got at the Birmingham quilt show, all i had to add was the dark blue, i do love the blue/pink combo, as with all my table runners this one was sold at the church sale of work to raise funds for the church.

mmmm hmmm its Heather Mulder Petersons Little charmers series of patterns again! This was a charm pack i bought years ago, could never decide what to do with it, its very bold, but I thought the larger sized blocks in this runner suited it very well, its bold its fresh and it makes me smile, what more could you ask for!

This weeks Farmers wife

I have been a bit of a lazy mare these past few weeks with pecious little quilting being done. Well a bit of ill health for an excuse.
I decided to get my act together for the Farmers wife quilt, i printed out all the templates and glued them to cardboard (the amazon wrapping was great for this, i seem to have been order a lot from amazon recently :o) so i cut them all out, organised them, I am a librarian remember! and so now am all set to stonk through the rest of the squares, well thats the theory anyway, along with all the other quilting which needs doing.
So here are the latest two.