Wednesday 6 April 2016

'Sunshine & Daisies'

Yay, my bits & pieces are a finished quilt top!
It's been a great project to do a bit here & a bit there, over the last few months.

'Sunshine & Daisies' is from The Red Boot Quilt Company... Toni designs such fun & achievable projects... & bonus, she's Australian.
The quilt is 65inches square... I was just in need of something fun, easy & cheery... this fit the bill perfectly... it's off to the quilters this afternoon.
 
 I'm sorry the pics aren't too good, for some reason it was just tricky getting decent pics this time.
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A few months back I shared that my Patchwork group are doing a Friendship Mystery Quilt... round robin style, so we each end up making a block for each other lady, in their colour/style choices.
We each wrote up a card featuring our own preferences, samples & requests on it... many of us also provided yardage of our preferred backgrounds or a feature fabric. That card & the fabrics go in a bag, & that bag is given around month by month, by our co-ordinator Sue. Sue also gives us the instructions for the blocks.
We give our sewn blocks & the bag back to Sue... she keeps the blocks stored for us... so we never see what else has been made. When we each have sewn a block for each of the other 17 ladies, we'll have a special event in which we'll each be given all the blocks made for us... hope all that makes sense!

I don't want to share full block pics here, but I think I can get away with sharing a little of what I've sewn up to now... I've only found one block so far to be quite hard, & it's certainly been interesting to work with some of the colour choices. I'm learning a lot as I go, that's for sure.
 








Bye For Now!

18 comments:

Ondrea said...

Awesome quilt! Lots of lovely sewing happening there.

marina said...

You and your mojo have definitely been reunited!
Love your Hexie runner and your Sunshine and daisies quilt looks fantastic!
Well done

KERYN B said...

Beautiful quilt fresh and pretty. Looks cute hanging off the cloths line. What a lovely thing for your quilt group to do.

Lin said...

Another great finish Anthea. xx

elliek said...

What a beautiful bright quilt. Love the round robin mystery quilt. Look forward to seeing it finished

Maria said...

pretty finish Anthea....
Have fun with your swap...

Michelle Ridgway said...

Your quilt is beautiful. ..so cheery and fresh! Toni is indeed very clever. Your friends challenge sounds great x

Kate said...

Gorgeous quilt, Anthea!!
Your mystery quilt is interesting and the final reveal should be fun.

sunny said...

What a happy, cheerful quilt! And your group project sounds like a lot of fun, and a bit of a challenge.

Susan said...

Lovely quilt - such pretty colours...the mystery swap sounds like a lot of fun too.

Jeanette said...

Love your quilt. So pretty. Hugs,xx

kiwikid said...

Beautiful quilt, so bright and happy. Your challenge sounds interesting...looking forward to seeing your blocks.

Lisa V said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous quilt Anthea. I have news, we have found a house, just going through the finance approval stage at the moment. Haven't stitched since Christmas, so hoping this move will bring my mojo back. Hugs

Fiona said...

Your quilt is lovely - it's going to be just perfect once it is altogether.... the challenge sounds fun too
Hugz

Melody said...

I love Toni's patterns and I love your quilt. Such a happy friendly quilt.

Janice said...

Despite your lack of studio you have been very productive. I love your quilt. I'm intrigued to see how your mystery blocks turn out.

Pamela said...

Beautiful quilt top! So cheery.

Stitching Noni said...

Wow! I love your new quilt top :o) Well done!
Hugs xx

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