Finished Christmas Quilts

I wanted to take some pretty photos of my all finished quilts today while I was off work (and had natural daylight for the first time this week) but the weather turned out to be absolutely terrible and it might as well have been night time it was so dark here, so I am so glad that Chris has been out earlier to buy a daylight bulb, this thing is awesome!

First up is Felicity's Big Sister 9-patch;

And then Baby Hannah's Not-So-Mystery Mix Tape;

Two partially matching quilt for two sisters, now just to wrap them up and let them finally go home!

J x

Holiday Time

It's been a while! I don't think I can even remember the last time I wrote a blog post, but a lot has been going on in the last few weeks; we have celebrated two birthdays and been on holiday! It was so great to get away, even if it was just for the weekend - it involved...

A few hours of this...

For one of these...

Lots of these...

Admiring these...

Plenty of playtime...

Some of these...

A bit of this...

And loads of these...

And finished off with some blocks of these...

(which I will blog about soon, with better quality pictures!)

Happy Holidays!!!!

J x

Beginning a birthday present

I sat down last night to start making a birthday present for a friend who loves to bake and I couldn't think of anything better for her than an apron and hat! I found a pattern for the hat here while googling madly (you can see it listed under her tutorials) as I couldn't be bothered with the maths although I altered some of the sizes and I am going to leave off the velcro fastening and even with my slow beginner style it only took about an hour and a half, although I did have some help...

but he decided it was too much like hard work and soon fell asleep, leaving me to carry on alone.

There was a lot of finger pricking when I was trying to fix the pleats; until I realised that I should be pinning down the brim, and magically there were no more sharp edges for me to hurt myself on- duh!

All in all I am pleased with it and can't wait to show my friend; I hope he loves it as much as I do (and my model; Jen de Bear thinks it fits perfectly too and thinks she is getting to keep it)

Next up is a cute flirty apron to complete the set, I have found a great one that I will be testing and showing you in the next few days!

Thank you for stopping by,

J x

edit: linking up to the sundae scoop party at I <3 naptime
and fabric tuesday at quiltstory