Border quilting ...

I made the first of the bunny quilt tops - very simple with a solid lime border and mauve cornerstones.  Then I agonised over which thread colour to use for the quilting.  It had to be something that would show up, but not overdominate! Eventually I decided on a medium turquoise rayon thread and set to work.  I have half a feather border, a la Patsy Thompson!!  I need to rewatch the DVD to see how she handles the corners and the finishing swirl - you think you know until you try to do it, but this is why we practice :)

Quilting finished and new project idea ...

The quilting on the Fun with Bricks is now finished.  I haven't bound it yet, but thought I'd share a picture of the backing fabric which is a recycled duvet cover.  The quilting pattern seems to work quite nicely with the boats - think choppy seas!

Last weekend I was going through my stash to find anything I was willing to part with at my Guild's auction night.  I found several pieces that had been hanging about too long, together with 64" of this cute Easter bunny print.  I think I thought it would do for a backing, but I've never found a quilt to put it on.  I decided to hang onto it and make a couple of incubator covers.  There's not enough without adding borders, so I found some solids/nearly solids in my stash to co-ordinate.  I'm thinking I could practice some fancy quilting  here ... need to rewatch my Patsy Thompson feathers DVD :)

Fun with Bricks Quilting ...

I seem to be on such a 'go slow' at the moment.  Finally the quilting is underway and about half way through, as I write :)

Fun with Bricks ...

I've got the whole top assembled already - it's amazing what a bit of concentrated sewing can do!! Here's a close-up of some of the fabrics that are included. I bet the child that receives this will delight in finding all the different items :)

Starting ...

... a new project. I've been in a bit of a quilty 'lull' since I did the Quiltathon and finished the sample. Now I've got to get myself 'in gear' again and get stitching!! I'm sewing up a version of Bonnie Hunter's Fun with Bricks pattern, using bricks cut 4.5" x 2.5", some of which I used as a Leaders and Enders demo at the Quiltathon. To make a 40" x 56" quilt it is surprising how many bricks I need - over 200 by my calculation - which has made a nice dent in my bricks box :)