Should be Packing, but no I am sewing!!

This quilt is dads, which is the Savile Row which you can see here, finally finished quilting and now putting the binding on , with just an inscription to do on the back, phew, for some reason this one has taken me a while.



And the above 2 pics, are of Teagans soon to be quilt, based on Jenny from Amitie's Hopscotch Quilt, but I have added a row of pinwheels around the centre blocks upon Teagans request as Sacha's quilt has pinwheels too!! So I have decided to have a late one tonight and get Teagans quilt top put together, I would still like to put a border around it to make it bigger, so stay tuned..

Might sneak in a box of packing now, and oh, I have an assignment to finish off too, might get an extension on that one!!
Until Next time
Ren xx

Have been sewing, just not posting!!

Cant believe its been nearly a month again, I have been sewing though, its just so much has been going on lately, its hard to find time to sit and post. We are buying land about 15km out of Wangaratta, and although we are not building for another year or so, the people we are buying the land from are letting us house sit their house in the mean time as they wont be living up here again for some time. So, we are packing and moving again, only just after doing it 12 months ago. We are very excited but it still takes a lot of energy etc amongst all the other day to day things. And so here are some things I have been sewing, a bag for Matts Mum for her birthday, out of fabric I bought from Ballarat Patchwork. I loved it so much, I jumped online and bought 3 metres of it!!! Nutcase, but I loved it.


And I have just about finished the first block, of Amities block of the month, all hand stitched which I have loved doing as this quilt is for moi!



And finally, a little package from amitie, some fabric for being a VIP, which I think I will make a little craft bag out of to keep some of my threads and things.


Have been busy trying to finish the tops for Sacha and Teagans new quilts too so will post some more pics of those hopefully later in the week

Bye for now
Ren xx

Amitie's Block of The Month

Last week I received my first Block of the Month from Amitie. I have never done one of these before, but could not resist this one as it just looks gorgeous. It is hand pieced, so will trace my templates out later today and start cutting out tonight. I have been so busy making quilts for everyone else lately, this one is a good one to squeeze in for Moi!!!

And below is an easy one I did as a sample for Sackville and Lane in Wangaratta. It is a large log cabin, all in spots, quite a retro bright look, we made it as a cot size. I have made another quilt top for Sackville and Lane, but will have to get a pic of it.

Creative Space Thursday

Here I am Thursday evening, handstitching madly on the couch the last 5 stars to finish off Sacha's new quilt top, once the stars and pinwheels are finished and sewn together, I will pick some fabric for a border, maybe around 4 to 5 inches wide. The quilt finished will be approx 2 x 1.8 mtrs, I think!! Cant wait to see it come together.
Will upload some pics of Teagans new one after the weekend, Teagans is in similar fabrics but a different pattern. Many of the fabrics are from the Katie jump Rope and the Flea Market Fancy range from Denise Schmidt.





Check out more creative spaces over at Kirsty's.
Hope you like my new logo, I am in the process of ordering fabric labels at the moment, cant wait.
Until next time
Ren x

Off to Melbourne....

Just a quick post, very excited, off to Melbourne tomorrow evening after I finish work. Matt is taking Tuesday off to look after Gemma and drop girls off to school etc. And I am stocking up on some fabrics, cant wait!!!

Heres a pic of the bag I made my mum on the weekend, its her birthday this coming Wednesday and I am going to meet her for breakfast before I drive home.




This is a pencil case I made with some leftover fabrics for me to keep my memory stick and pencils/pens (of Course) to take to tafe.



And just to finish off, some fabrics I have been collecting from op shops, I would like to make a picnic quilt made of vintage fabrics, and some quilts to take camping out of vintage fabrics so have been collecting. Will may be mix with some fresh new ones but not too many. And with the camping quilts, will double the wadding I think to make really warm.




The middle pic, is a lot more orange than it shows, but I love it, they were old curtains.
Anyhow must go and finish packing and wrap mums present
Have a great week
Ren x

Birthdays...

We have had 3 birthdays in a space of about 4 weeks. Sacha and Teagan turned 7 on Friday and had a wonderful couple of days. They got lots of lovely presents and had a great little party with some of their friends in the park. I made a birthday cake for them, a horse was their request but they were happy with one cake this year. Usually I have always made round cakes, banana or chocolate with sprinkles on top. Then last year I made them a cake each in the shape of a 6 in different colours.

Then this year with a help of a friend I made a Dora cake for Gemma so then Sacha and Teagan wanted something a little more special for them, so heres a pic of the horse cake I made. Not perfect but hey it looks like a horse, I did forget the mouth, or teeth or something but still it came out better than I expected.

And check out the ribbons I used for the reins, the lovely little parcel which arrived in the post from Amitie a week or so, was some pretty ribbons, to be used in a crafty challenge, well probably not the crafty challenge expected but they came in very handy on Saturday morning!!!




And heres the Dora cake made with a lot more help, for little Gemma who turned 3 on April 6, and well, she was one excited little girl...




This last photo is of Gemma racing to the door to greet her first guest!!! How cute is she!

Creative Space Thursday

Hi all
Today I am making a bag like this one but with a differnt patterned panel. So will finish it later on today as getting close to school pick up now.



I am also popping in the post for baby Grace who is about 5 months now, a bunting, still want to make her a little quilt, but only time for the bunting for the minute. Hope she likes it.



Must keep going
Until then
Ren xx