Friday, March 29, 2013

Say Hello to My New Friend :)

I have been so busy the past few weeks ... and here is the reason why!  Meet Qiyana (her name means clever and crafty) and she is a Janome Memory Craft 8200. To say I am in love would be somewhat of an understatement :)


She has revived my love of quilting and I have made 2 new cot quilts in the past couple of weeks.  This one is based on "The Crazy Quilt" by Missouri Star Quilt Company( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9QKruDO8tk)






And this one is based on "Goose in the Corner" by Happy Quilting (http://happyquiltingmelissa.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/starburst-quilt-long-goose-in-corner.html)





Now that those quilt tops are safely packed away in my UFO basket I have started on a quilt for my son Jordan.  His favourite colour is blue and I have picked a Hunter's Star block which I hope is manly enough for his liking!  This is what my design board looks like at the moment:



And there is a frighteningly large pile of squares which need to be sewn, cut, ironed and trimmed into half square triangles to make the blocks:




When it's finished it will be a queen size quilt ... he is lucky I love him as much as I do :)

Happy Easter everyone ... I'm off to make some more HSTs :)