Pinterest and other linkys

A while back I did a post here on a quilt that I love. It was made from a pattern that was featured on Moda Bake Shop, by Roslyn Mirrington of Bloom, a very talented woman who has been featured in our Aussie mags. Its on my bed as it is my favourite one by far. So fast forward a couple of years and Moda are having a pinterest comp  in which you can pin a quilt from their patterns, and have a chance at winning fabric yay!! so I thought I would rehash this one as it is a gorgeous quilt - not cause i havent done any others!
I've just signed up to Pinterest, so its all new to me, I have only looked at other pins before. Not sure if I love it, but here I go anyway!

 Its called Sweet Menagerie, the fabric was Tula Pink's Hushabye. 

 I just call it my Bloom quilt!

It was made with a couple of jelly rolls, my fav pre cut, and a simple nine patch design 

it could work with loads of pretty fabrics.

Here is another one that is sort of similar

Its called Salt air crossings
I love the fabric she chose, lovely brights

I hope you are having a good week and I am praying for rain as our tropical paradise will turn to desert without some water soon.

Its right pouffy

I'm pouffed!

This is what I've been up to lately

 Its hard to get the colours right in the pic

I know its freaking enormous !

The stuffing isnt quite right, so there will be some adjustments, we tried to delump it by lying on it for a while  :)  

Winner ! and 200th post woo hoo!

As this is my 200th post,  I thought I would announce the winner for the thank you to all the lovely followers...

Its a Hoot by Momo for Moda

I tried to post  the RNG thingy according to a site recommended by another blogger, it still didnt work, bugger. So I hope you can bear with me but I did do the random thing and the winner for the  charm squares as a thank you goes to... Quilary, she has a great blog,  quilary - take a peek over the fence.   Congratulations Quilary I hope you like them, send me your address via a message on my email and they will be in the post !

Thank you to everyone I am loving reading all the new blogs I discovered and hope the party continues!

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday!

Today I'm linking up with Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

I have had this old adirondack double chair for years but it was in a stained wood that had faded over the years, I decided to paint it white, as it was starting to show some wear from the weather. I liked how it turned out and its a lovely spot to sit and ponder, especially with a quilt (which I made out of my stash) and good magazine!

Now all I need is someone to clean the house and make me a cuppa ! Ha!

the fruit from our trees, well only a few! Need to make some lemon pie with them, now that would be a nice morning tea  to go with the cuppa  :)

The photos below were from Hyde Park London, so beautiful, one of my most fav places :)

Have a great day everyone! 

Wish list!

I have linked up with finding fifth for the sunday stash and as  I am a jellyroll addict, and I love moda fabrics which my local store doesn't stock unfortuately, so these beauties will be on my wish list :) for the stash of course! 

 The plain white ones are great for sashing and I use them loads

 They are so pretty, and perfect fresh colours

as its spring here in Oz

Do you have a favourite shop for fabrics? I guess you know what mine is!

Thanks for stopping by

Log cabin sweetness

I have linked this to Amy's Creative Side in an effort to be motivated to get this quilt done, she has a challenge going to complete one thing a week, lets see how it goes!

The start of my new quilt, which I think will be called sweet sixteen,

it began with one of these beauties...

 The seams are reliably wonky as predicted, a bit like life !

Which I may give to my little girl...

And this is my little girl

Ah, sweet sixteen !

Have a wonderful weekend and happy quilting!

blog hop give away winner

A big thank you to all those who commented and new followers, it was fantastic to meet new friends.
I am officially tech challenged! I cant get the RNG to copy into the post, how does one do this?!
Anyway it came up with number 13, lucky huh! Especially as I didnt have a comment counter, as I dont know how to do this either ! I know dummy on board!

Happy quilting everyone and I will show my wonky gees bend project here very soon!

Congratulations to Michell,  please send me an email with your snail mail address and the goodies will be on their way!

 Michell said...

Thanks for the lovely giveaway and I follow you now

August 26, 2012 9:29 AM

 

Gees Bend

These are very interesting quilts, I have only just discovered them! I had seen this quilt on Pottery Barn some time ago but I didn't realise it was  a copy of one of the quilts. Stunning!

 They are made from scraps as quilts were done years ago, from a small community that live in a bend in the Alabama river. There are many different types, they all tell a story, so there are wonky seams and no perfect straight lines, which make a very artistic result... there's hope for me yet :)

Images found at http://www.ameringer-yohe.com/

Now I am thinking I would love to make one !

I am linking up with
Knotted Cotton - slow bloggers,
and
Coastal Charm for the Nifty Thrifty Tuesday!

Have a great day !

A little thank you present, reminder

Just a reminder to the new followers and old ones too (not in age of course!) that this little thank you is in addition to the main blog hop, so if you leave a comment you have a second chance at these goodies! As i posted previously, in this corner of the universe....

After such a great party from the blog hop, I will be having another give away after the quilting gallery one is over, just for my new and existing followers, thank you ! I have another two charm packs, Its a hoot, they are very cheerful ! So leave me a comment and good luck, any new followers will be included of course!

There is another project on the go, a couple of old daggy chairs have been stripped and painted and are waiting for new seat covers, will post this when i get the photos sorted ! I love recycling and rejuventating old stuff,  and it saves loads of money !
Hope you are having a great weekend !

Stars in my eyes!

Stars are my favourite designs, they can be a real eye catcher!

I made a version of this quilt a while back for my SIL, she loved it bless her, but I wasn't happy with the way the borders were finished, it wasn't square, but I had run out of  time to fix it properly unfortunately, as we had to catch a plane. I'm getting better at that sort of thing now! 

So I have this jelly roll "Garden Party" which I have had for some time now, and I think I may try this pattern again, it is lovely! 

I can't seem to find a photo of it finished which is a shame, I probably forgot! 

Anyway after I finish my chores I am going to play with them and see what i can come up with!

Hope you are having a great day!