Not only did the Easter Bunny visit our little street last week but so did the Stork! My gorgeous next door neighbours - Casey and Jonte - welcomed their newest addition, Hamish Jack and he was 4 weeks earlier than expected! Well that threw a spanner into my creative works as I only had girly quilt tops made up on stand by. Luckily it was nothing a quick trip to Spotlight and a few hours of sewing couldn't fix and by the time they came home on Easter Monday I had a custom made quilt ready and waiting for them :) I used this tutorial then added an extra row plus some machine appliquing - http://neverenoughhours.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/fat-quarter-baby-quilt-tutorial.html
Another quilt I am working on at the moment is for my daughter Abbie (she already has quite a few but loves frogs so I couldn't say no when she asked if it was for her!). I am using the "Perfect 10" pattern by Swirly Girl Designs (http://www.swirlygirlsdesign.com/products/quilt-patterns/) and finally cutting into my Sarah Fielke's "On The Pond" range of fabrics. Each of the 8 bordered squares will contain a paper pieced frog which I thought was an appropriate use of such gorgeous fabrics! The frog is a pattern I purchased from etsy (http://www.etsy.com/listing/62747138/kiriki-the-frog-block-paper-piecing)
So this new project, together with my son's Hunter's Star quilt and my ever growing WIP basket, is keeping me busy and out of trouble ... for the time being anyway ;)
Happy Sunday everyone xo