Fun BOM

I found a new fun BOM on the net this week, so I'm going to make it for one of the children. Simple stitchery and easy blocks. Found a perfect border fabric in our Zim stash, so I pulled out a bunch of FQs in matching colours.

You can have a look at it here: Little birdie
http://www.littlemissshabby.com/2010/12/birdie-stitches-bom-flickr-group/

We are back at work in 2011!

Audrey made this lovely bright quilt, using diagonal squares, one of our favorite patterns. We have a whole box of 6 1/2" squares precut, so to make this pattern we just pick a border, then sort out squares to match, and add to them from the stash. It makes the cutting quite quick.

The first quilts to be sent next year

I've started on quilts for next year. These bright quilts have fabrics sent by Joan as their theme fabric (centre and border).

Home again!

We are home from our travels! Had a wonderful time with Christina and Peter when we delivered the box of fabric from Jo - lovely friendly people and great new friends. I am very envious of Christina's sewing room - it is about 3 times the size of mine!

We had a break in a long driving day at The Craft Depot, Pennant Hills. they had a sale on, so i bought some more fabric for the orphanage quilts at $5, $8 and $12 per metre. Now we will have to stop buying fabric and start making the next lot of quilts!

Another quilt top, and signing off for a while

Over the last week i cut two more quilt tops, using the beautiful orange batiks sent by Joan as the theme fabrics, and yesterday sewed one top, and Audrey began the other. They are looking bright enough to need sunnies - lovely!

I'll be away for 3 weeks or so. We are going south in our caravan, delivering a box of fabric etc to Christina (see her blog in related links: We Care). Well, thats our excuse! Keep up with our travels on our travel blog if you like:
http://wendingourway.blogspot.com

Another fabric donation!

A lovely big bag of fabric arrived today, from Chris in Rocky. Its very pretty, Chris! Cant wait to get sewing!

20 quilts posted!

Today we boxed up 20 quilts into 4 cartons, and posted them off to Zimbabwe. Used heaps of packaging tape! Now we have to be patient till they arrive - anywhere between 3 and 5 months, or maybe more . . .