Silly Tilli.

 No sewing today (yet). Today has been about re arranging fabrics and servicing my machines. The fabrics have been organised into colourways and this afternoon I will be making reams and reams of bias binding.

Tilli took advantage of the open drawer! Too cute!

Guardian Angel Knitting Book.

The Guardian Pharmacy have their new book and campaign up and running in conjunction with Spotlight for their Save the Children project again this year. You can find their details here
http://www.guardianpharmacies.com.au/en/guardianpharmacy/corporate-info
You are also able to print out their booklet too.

Quilt Continued.

This is the quilt top so far today.  This is the top half. I will be adding 3 more butterflies to it.

Applique.

 My very first applique. First I made a stencil on paper, traced it onto cotton that has interfacing on it, then I coloured it in and cut it out

I then added a stabilizer to the back of the quilt top and blanket stitched it on.
This is the first of the many stylized butterflies that will be on the quilt. The feelers will be a close zig zag stitch. Right now it is just drawn on. 

Aussie Hero Quilt.

 This is the start of another Aussie Hero quilt. The request is for orange, flowers, butterflies and Southern Cross. First I cut the fabric into squares, put them into pairs and sewed them in chains. I then cut them apart and sewed the pairs together to make blocks of 4. They have been squared up to 11 inches. 3 blocks per row and 7 rows.

This is the layout. I will then sew them together row by row and will applique butterflies on the top.

Aussie Hero Quilt Finished.

 This is the latest Aussie Hero quilt finished and ready to post on Monday.
The request was for red, green, blue, dancing, shopping beach. Hand drawn and coloured in bag, dress and shoes.

This is the back, Just needs the label put on. I love this fabric, Just like a deck chair!

Aussie Hero Quilt Continued.

Sometimes it is good to walk away and leave for a day and come back to a project with fresh eyes, the quilt before was far too busy, I like this a lot better. It will have a double border too to frame it. I will finish the sewing of the top this morning and get it sandwiched this afternoon.