Chocolate Machine

I've had a long term loan of my sisters back up machine.


I gave it back to her over a month ago and I've been waiting since then so I could blog this!

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Surprise!




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Finished log cabin

I've finally finished the log cabin quilt for my girlfriend Jessamine.


I ordered zebra print online for the back so I had to wait for it to arrive. One it did I quilted it with big circles all over. It is quite a big quilt so it was difficult to maneuver it around my machine.


I tried the fold over binding method which was much quicker than hand stitching on a separate binding.


This will be delivered at the end of the month. I hope she likes it!


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Star Cushion

I was messing around one day practicing these matching stripes. I made a star but didn't want to take it any further so it just sat on my design wall.



My mail lady admired it so I said I'd make it up into a cushion for her.



I did that on the weekend and had more fun messing around piecing the back out of scraps.




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Jezzie's Log Cabin

So what's the best way to do a sneaky bit of sewing when you have a non-quilty girlfriend staying?

You offer to make them a quilt of course!

Jessamine chose a log cabin design and had fun choosing and laying out strips of fabric from my stash.



It turned out to be the perfect holiday project to take to Busselton with me for a week. (Yes I did, and there is nothing wrong with taking ones sewing machine on holiday!)



The top is now finished. Just need to find some backing for it.











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Swoon Little Houses Cushion

So I got on a roll yesterday and finished off my swoon topper. I decided to turn it into a cushion and see if I can get a whole range of bright and colourful homemade cushions!




I chose a red corduroy for the back with a button closure. This gave me a chance to use the button holer on my machine and it worked a treat!








Then I decided to use one of the decorative stitches my machine has and add some red detailing to the sun on the front.


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Merry Christmas!

How good to you was Santa this Christmas? I must have been REALLY well behaved!

My gift to myself ;) was a cracker of a new sewing machine. Mine has disappointed me ever since I got it a year ago so when it broke again, I took the bull by the horns and snaffled a new one.




My darling husband was guided by a quilty neighbour and bought me a design wall. It is awesome as I don't have any wall space and this is double sided. It's by Brindabella Quilting Co and is very lightweight but sturdy. This one is the large and really, although there is a medium available I'm sure it would be too small for most projects.



In quilting efforts I participated in my first doll quilt swap. I think I might have blogged my contribution, but I also made a second swoon quilt for myself. This one below is the donated one. I wasn't super happy with the intensity of the cloud fabric but didn't have time to wait for more to arrive.



I put the second one that was to keep aside while I found bette cloud fabric and I finished up the topper last night. It still needs quilting but I think it's cute.






The quilt I received in the swap couldn't have been more appropriate if it had been picked on purpose! I got a little chook wall hanging. I love it!





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Nana's Christmas Quilt

I made this little lap quilt for my Nana for Christmas. I'm hoping she likes it. The quilt is called Garden Trellis by Lauren & Jessi Jung. Fittingly enough the fabric is also by Lauren & Jessi Jung and is called Birds and Berries.
























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