It's been a pretty busy fortnight here on the home front.. Mum and I took the kids up to see my grandparents for a week so we spent our time beating the heat down at the beach! And really, it was HOT. The first 3 days were hot, humid and crazy and the water was a welcome relief.. then came the thunderstorm which finally brought in the sea breeze for the next 3 days.. until it got hot and horrible again the day before we left! But overall it was a lovely holiday. Of course while I was "away"
Spotlight decided to have a VIP sale where you got a $10 voucher to spend for each day of the sale so mum and I made sure that we managed to fit in a few visits to make sure we got our money's worth ;) I managed to come out of it with some fabric that has been catching my eye for months..... at the bargain clearance price of $4/m!
Even better, when I got home I managed to find a couple of the other fabrics in the same range at my local Spotlight store so I think I ended up with about 9 different fabrics in the range overall. I also managed to pick up a June Tailor 12.5" square ruler & some of her plastic shape templates (star, heart, circle, flower, leaf) at 50% off, some Christmas quilting fabric & panels cheap on clearance and some other random fabrics that I'd had my eye on. Now I just need to find the perfect project for my pretty yellow/grey "Sunny" fabric!
I've also joined in on
Katy's
Swoonalong, so at yesterday's craft morning playdate I cut pieces for my first block and today I completed it! These blocks will be for one side of the quilt that I've been planning to make as part of a marriage quilt for my husband and I. I purchased the fabrics back in
October specifically for my quilt but with no real design idea in mind.. I had picked out a couple of star blocks that I'd been thinking over but once I saw that Swoon block it was just a case of deciding whether to use these fabrics or the fabrics I'd chosen for the other side of my quilt.
I've been working on my project for the
Quilters with Modern Tools "GO! Ahead and Show a Little LOVE"
AccuQuilt Blog Hop.. the blog hop will run from 13th - 18th February. The line up includes some of my favourite bloggers - I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with! And I hear rumors that there will be giveaways - yay!
Feb. 13 Marjorie from
Marjorie Busby Quilts
Feb. 13 Ariane from
Ariane's Crafts
Feb. 14 Connie from
Quilting by the River
Feb. 14 Linda from
Living 4 Quilting
Feb. 15 Lisa Marie from
Scraps of Life
Feb. 15 Marilyn from
North Hill Quilter
Feb. 16 Alicia from
Heirloom Quilting
Feb. 16 Marjorie from
Marjorie's Busy Corner
Feb. 17 Sharon from
Craizee Corners
Feb. 17 Snoodles from
Lily Pad Quilting
Feb. 18 Stacey from
Driving Miss Stacey
Feb. 18 Tracey from
The Peony Teacup (me!)
Feb. 18 Paulette from
Sweet P Quilting and Creations
Do you want a sneak peek?
I decided to join
Samelia's Mum's Name Game Swap at the last minute, so stay tuned for sneak peeks of the mini quilt I'll be making for my swap partner!
And last but not least, I finally got around to having a go at
SewCalGal's 2012 FMQ challenge.. I read somewhere that felt made an excellent practice fabric, so I thought I'd give it a go before moving on to quilt sandwiches.. Here's my first attempt:
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I boxed myself in a couple of times, and then my bobbin ran out and I decided that seemed like a good time to finish for the day. With a little more practice I think I might even be able to turn out something that looks like leaves!
