butterfly garden quilt - let's get moving!

haven't mentioned this quilt before, but i fell in love with it absolutely a few years ago.

this is it - the butterfly garden quilt by Leanne's House - just lovely!

i decided when i got it that i would do it all by hand (not sure why.....slightly regretting it now that i am more confident with my machine!).  but i have been working away at it for a while now.

it is made up of 9 blocks each made up of 9 mini blocks.  i have finished 2 blocks and then 3 mini blocks for the 3rd block.....but want to keep it moving.

so i have tried to make it part of my sew daily challenge that i have spoken about before from the about.com quilting forum and at least now i feel i am on some kind of track!

these are the latest 3 mini blocks....i just love the design, colours etc...

i did have a mini disaster last christmas when i took everything i had done away to piece it together into the larger blocks....and my spray bottle leaked in my sewing basket all through a printed pattern.  the ink 'melted' all through the blocks!  argh! i soaked them in various brands of stain remover to varying results....in the end i had to unpiece some of them and replace fabrics with different ones, and then make sure that i have enough to piece some into the remaining to keep the colours consistent. 

got to keep focused!

pugs and kisses
xx

blush quilt top finished!!!

yay!!!
i am pretty happy with it - but it is not at all what i thought it would look like!
that always happens to me with fabric - the colours that are the prominent ones when the whole thing is pieced are not what i expect.
but that is ok! still happy!
so will iron it all and the backing (just doing plain brown homespun) tonight while hubby watches the footy - go crows!
hopefully not too long til ill be posting a finished blush quilt!




im sooooo loving the focus of quilting for 15 minutes a day (as per the sew daily challenge on the quilting forum, see earlier post). things really come together when you do a bit each day!

pugs and kisses
xx

p.s. i have joined the world of flickr. not sure really how i want to use it (i am a bit funny about sharing all and sundry with the world, hence the anonymity here!) but at the moment i am using it to keep track of my finished pieces. it is also a slideshow on my blog - cool!

quilting forum fun!

ive been having the best fun in the last couple of weeks on the quilting.about.com quilting forums.

the friendliest people participate and there are so many places to talk about different subjects.

ive taken up the "sew daily" challenge in the Challenge folder - a great way to try and just do 15 minutes a day, every day! hard to do, but manageable (i hope!)

this is what i managed to achieve in my 15 minutes today - i sewed the rest of the blush charm squares together!


then once the little human was asleep, i worked the lay-out out - i am happy with it! i think ill try and find 15 minutes tomorrow to start putting the strips together and iron the rest of the blocking rectangles for the parts in between the charm squares.






pugs and kisses
xx