Massive Giveaway.

 Open to everyone, no matter where you live!

Open to the US residents only.
Go to http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/a-fabric-giveaway.html
This is Huge! Maureen Cracknell  Handmade sponsor this week is Hypernoodle, Just fabulous!

Quilting.

 The quilt I am working on right now for Aussie Hero Quilts and Laundry bags is a blue and white one, this is the sashing strips ready to be separated for the rows. I assembled the blocks in much the same way, so much quicker and less tails to worry about.

 I don't normally share what I eat, food ordinarily is a bit of a chore and a must do rather than a pleasure, but this is what I ate for my dinner yesterday and again I had the same thing today, and I really enjoyed it!  strawberries, blackcurrants, raspberries, grapes and button mushrooms.

This is the quilt I am working on.It has 4 lots of blue and white. 3 blues on the block and one on the sashing.
This is the block I have used.

Colours 1 and 2 stayed the same, but colours 3 and 4 have half the colours switched. This makes no 2 colours touching.
I will show more tomorrow in the day light when the colours will show up better. I am putting the strips of the quilt together this evening.

Re vamped Chair.

 Today I went to the post office and as usual, Savers was the next place. I bought this chair for my sewing room.  Cost? $5.50 half price. Gas lift seat and variable back rest. The best thing is that it is smaller than the chair I had before in the room and has no arms. Much better for my space.

 I took off the seat.

 Took off the back.

Then this afternoon, recovered it and cleaned up the legs. The chair cover is now a wool hounds tooth in mid tone green and beige, tones in well with Meggies bed and the design board which are also covered with hounds tooth fabric.

Craft Lovers Giveaway.

A Spoonful of Sugar is having a massive Rafflecopter giveaway, 7 different prizes, enter as many or as few as you like!
this is the link.
http://aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com/2014/02/craft-lovers-giveaway/

Quilt Top Finished.

Aussie Hero quilt top finished.

Close up of fabrics used.

January Finishes.

This is a little sampling of what I have been up to in January.
cape sets, quilt tops, lap quilts, bags and toys for charity, Bought a filing cabinet to get organized, Very happy, made reams of bias binding for pillow case dresses later on in the year, something for myself, learning how to quilt. made a slip cover quilt board block on the robe door, (love it!)

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.