Autumn

This time of year is the best , warm sunny days with a hint of a cool breeze .
We have had lots of showers so everything is so green.
I find summer in this climate a chore , energy levels drop with the increase in humidity.
So autumn brings with it lots more activity & for me that means lots of sewing & quilting !!!
Outdoors without heat stress & sunburn !!
I have a couple of projects in progress , nothing to show yet .
Maybe later today if I get far away from this screen .
Meanwhile here is this so pretty double gauze by Nani Ira .It is so soft to the touch.
What will it become ?



Here is my Mini .... it feels so clever to complete a quilt in an afternoon . It measures 9 1/2 x 9 1/2ins.
Liberty lawn pink & lavender prints , just for a change .

Sunday Stash .. on Monday

Here are some of the Japanese fabrics that arrived in the post this last week .
Yes I know , more matryoska prints . I have whole Russian dolly families living on my shelves .
It's the colours , you see , I need them !







And just for a change some chickens .




I would like to say thank you to all the lovely blog folk who have been so kind in their comments about my Bloggers Quilt Festival post

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to you all

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Amy @ Park City Girls is hosting this great idea ...post your favourite quilt in her online festival !


I had to really think about this one !
It was a toss up between my very first quilt & a special quilt made last year.
I chose this one.
About this time last year we discovered that my 25 yr old son had a tumour deep in his brain.
So he had 6 months of pre-op tests .
All the while we were preparing ourselves for the complex & risky surgery necessary to remove the slow growing but damaging cyst .
It had already caused deficits in some major cranial nerves.
Worst part for me was the risk of damage to the vital nerves supplying face , sight , hearing & balance during the surgery that would leave him disabled .
My son had great respect & trust in his surgeon & this gave us all the reassurance we needed so badly.
The surgery was very long & difficult but our son is now completely recovered ... no deficits at all.
So this quilt was made by THE most grateful mother , for Robert Campbell , neurosurgeon & our hero !
It is a traditional block which started out as Lady of the Lake but somehow ended up as Birds in the Air, I cried a lot making this . It was machine pieced from lots of indigo civil war reproduction fabrics & a navy & cream shirting. Bound in red. Backed in a large navy & red paisley design fabric.

It was machine quilted by Cathy Davies in an all over curvy quilting design .



All fixed up !!

Joseph, Rooftop Bar, originally uploaded by J.Mc.

Easter Sunday Stash

These cute bunnies will make a sweet baby quilt sometime .




The vibrant orange comes from a lovely quilt & fabric shop in Paris called Le Vouvray





Good news this week , baby George Alexander was born to Camilla & Andrew so it's a good thing that the scrappy log cabin is done !




Georgies quilt

Sunday Stash

Don't you love it when you discover long hidden but much desired fabric hiding at the back of your shelves !!!
Some Heather Ross West Hill & 2 bits of creamy /rosy Urban Indigo by Fig Tree Quilts
I happily came across these pieces today whilst trying to distract myself from some unsuccessful stippling .
Tension not playing nice.
My upcoming machine quilting class can't come soon enough.





Here's what you get when you get too carried away making scrappy log cabin blocks , as I am want to do .
Cute little pillowy pin cushions.

Quilt for a brother-in-law

I have been slowly working my way through all of the family in a quest to supply all members with a quilt whether they like it or not .
They mostly like it !!
So now I am planning a quilt for my brother-in-law & think a simple design will be just the ticket.
Square in a square using lots of grey , stone & blue/greens & a layer cake of 1974 by Urban Chicks.



A big load of solids arrived this week for the frames.I'm thinking the clay coloured one is a cuckoo in the nest & will be ejected.



Am now thinking cuckoo looks quite fine against the neutrals



Now,if I could only finish those little time guzzlers , the scrappy log cabins, I could make a start.

Happy quilting .