Have you ever noticed....

.....that you go into your LQS for one thing and come out with totally different treasures?  Today I went shopping for a border fabric for a project that I had set aside as I was not enjoying it.  I tripped across it again last night when I was tidying and decided to finish what I had started but to change it up a bit and re-cut some of the squares.  I thought that a solid border might help increase my love of the pattern and off I headed.  I was barely in the door of the shop before I spotted these fabrics.

I have been keen to try the swoon quilt pattern and have been following Camille Roskelley and her mother Bonnie.  I have seen these fabrics amongst her finished quilts.  They 'called' to me so I just had to have some of each.

Moving further down the store I saw this collection.  The photo does not do them justice!  I am drawn to these colours and while I have no idea how I am going to use them yet I just had to have them too.  Fortunately two of the fabrics were in the clearance so I didn't feel quite so guilty.

I did not find the fabric I had originally set out to get but that's ok as I did find these other treasures.   I did buy one more fabric in a taupe / beige which will work perfectly for a spools quilt I am planning on making....also a Camille Roskelley pattern.  I know I have fabric in my stash that will work for the thread part of the spools so no need to shop for more.

I think it was a successful shopping trip and I left with a smile on my face and kept glancing over at the fabrics peeking out of the bag as I drove home.  Just like a kid in a candy store!

I am slow to finish hand sewing the binding on two quilts and will have show and tell for them once done.

Enjoy your quilting this week!

I admit it....I'm a book-aholic!

I've had a binge of purchasing quilt books and patterns that I 'just have to have' of late and fall in love with many of the designs in each of the books.  I know there will never be enough time to make them all but I am thinking of putting a personal rule in place for myself that I have make at least one item from each book I purchase before I purchase a new book.  Sounds reasonable, right?  The problem is which book to start with!   I am like a kid in a candy store with fabric and books, but hey quilting is my addiction so I'm ok with that.

Here are some recent purchases -

I am almost finished with the piecing of a quilt from the Seamingly Scrappy book so phew, that's one off the list!!

I am still working on the binding of another quilt which I have been gradually doing in the evenings as I watch TV.  I also pin basted a Bonnie Hunter quilt top I made yesterday with a little help from my best friend.  I hope to start the quilting on it in the next week or so as time allows.

So I have been buying books, piecing and basting this past week.  Very productive if I do say so!

Enjoy your quilting endeavours this week!

A Promise of Spring

I finally finished the binding on my triangle trees wall hanging that I have now decided to name 'A Promise of Spring'.  The colours remind me of the young foliage in the spring so it sounds appropriate to me.  For some reason I had a brain misstep when I was doing the binding and had to rip the corners out even though I knew darn well how it was supposed to be sewn to create nice mitred corners.  They are not perfect now but I shall live with it.  Just a quilt label to go onto it and it's done!

I finished the stippling on another UFO and learned a lot from that about maneuvering a larger quilt through my DSM.  The stippling is a bit rough in a few spots but I anticipate that the more quilting I do the more I will improve.  And I am really looking forward the the practice and was so thrilled with my accomplishment on the UFO each time I walked by the room and caught a peek of it.  I am currently working on the binding and will have show and tell when it's done.  

Meanwhile I am thinking about my next project.  I have a Bonnie Hunter top finished and purchased the batting for it the other day so there will be more quilting in my future.   I do have a plethora of project choices from the many new books I have so I can't wait to see what I come up with next!

Hoping you are having a great day!