Quilt Design Decided.

 Blocks, sashing and corner stones have been chosen. The quilt will be 3 blocks wide by 5 blocks long. The next row will be blue, red, blue and then red, blue, red. The sashing is 2 inches wide, the blocks are 11 inches square. The colours do not read like what is shown because the light in my room is not the best. The closest colours are the first 2 squares.

This first fabric I was given ages ago for charitable use (I knew I would find a use for it one day!)
2 inches is the best I can do to fussy cut and makes the most of the fabric which made the decision for the sashing width.
The second fabric is what I bought from Spotlight the other day, neutral with touches of red and blue.
Finally a border will be added to make the whole thing the correct size. 

Super Hero Cape.

 One very happy little boy wearing one of the Super Hero outfits.

I think he likes it!

Blocks.

 

 This is the block I have decided on. All of them will be made in the same way. Trimmed to a 12 inch block and cut into 3rds, (4 inches).

 The only piece that has been moved is the centre square, moved around 1/4.

The blocks on the wall.

Design Boards.

 Today I turned one of the sliding doors on the robe into a design board. I flipped the door inside out added a blanket then covered that with the cheapest felt I had then I stuck the whole thing down using the sticky back felt cut onto strips it works! To do a row at a time I will have to pin them on sideways and take a picture and flip that to see how the fabrics work. I will do the other door another day when I have the materials to do it.

I also made one for the table too.

Spotlight Sale And A Gift.

 Spotlight has discontinued quilting fabrics on sale for $4 a metre. I went today and this is what I bought. (I definitely have the quilting bug!) I am thinking of sashings and borders. (Thanks for that Robyn!)

While I was there, one of the wonderful staff called me over, (I have always said that my Spotlight was the best!) She has been carrying this with her for a month, A Krakow Dragon. A gift for me when she went back home she thought of me, How wonderful! 4 years ago when things were quiet one day and we had a chat, she told me all about the legend and I never forgot it. I thanked her later on.
Here is a link all about the legend.
http://www.cracowonline.com/382-Wawel_Dragon-Monument
How wonderful to be given such a lovely gift. The dragon and the marble are just 1 1/2 inches tall.

Quilt Blocks.

This is the 12 inch block cut into 4 inch equal bits and by turning the rows around before sewing back into blocks you get these. 9 slightly different blocks. I am beginning to understand the fascination with quilting.
I think If I make all the blocks like this, and have strips in between them to break them up I think it could be interesting.

Blocks.

 This is the start of the pinwheel block from this tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekYpJzHoW6E
I sewed the top 2 together then the bottom 2 together,

 then I had a play with the two pieces and this is what happened. Pretty cool!

 Then this way too.

This is what I decided on. All the blocks I have cut up ready to sew are a mixture of 3 colours, red, white and blue.