New Quilt Pattern "French Connection" for Bloggers Quilt Festival!!!

Hello Everyone!!!! I know its been a while since i jumped on to blog. Well, a little more than a while... but i am alive and well, AND surrounded by kids!! My little Kobe baby No. 4 is keeping me on my toes. He is now 18 months! He doesn't sit still much, doesn't sleep well and i cant train him to watch TV, sooooo i don't get a whole lot of time for sewing these days or BLOGGING!!!! But i do get to keep in touch with blogland a nights once the kiddies are in bed.   I cant believe that it is Bloggers Quilt festival again!! And I'm excited to be apart of it. Thank you Amy for all you do!! Here's my offering for the festival. 

"French Connection"

I have had this quilt on my to do list for a while and when the editor of Homespun gave me a nudge, to get a project done for the October edition of the Magazine... i dusted off the machine and whipped up this little number!!

You know me,..... I really like my curves! Ive seen this design/print around alot and have been dying to make it into a quilt.....I was really happy with how it turned out...

What do you think??

Because i LOVE the Bloggers Quilt Festival so much,

 i have pattern for sale......

You can buy it from HERE

The pattern will only be available for one week only...... For the first week of the festival.... and then it wont be able to be available again for a few months..(Magazine rules)

  You can also buy a copy of the Australian Homespun Magazine in your local newsagent

 Here's a copy of the October cover so you wont miss it!! They also have some great children's patterns in this month!  

Thanks for stopping by.......

I hope you enjoy the rest of the Festival....

i know i will.......

Have fun.... Happy reading!!! xx

Another one...

... another Baby one...

Hope you like it Ame xx

Gotto Love Fabric...

More Fabric...?? Yep Ive been shopping again... This time from

 The Fat Quarter Shop...

Take a looksy!

This "Children at Play" Fat Quarter Bundle  by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller Fabrics.

My baby boy is due May 16th. In May, it will be getting cooler for us here in Australia as we head into winter... so I really wanted to find a cute boy fabric in a flannel.... This is perfect! I LOVE this range! I'm thinking of a new quilt design?? Maybe kites? or I do love the "Kites in the Clouds Quilt" that Ashley from Film in the Fridge made... so maybe something similar to that one?? or Maybe Rockets???

mmm decisions...

I couldn't go past grabbing a little of Annela Hoey's Little Apples Range with these cute turtles. Paired up with some fabric from my stash.

These cute "Get Together Navy Squirrels" By David Walker..

 My Chevron and Michael Miller Dumb Dots.... with the New "Backyard Baby" by Patty Sloniger

More Michael Miller Dumb Dot with a charm pack... Cape Ann for Oliver + S.       

 I LOVE Fabric shopping.... and believe it or not... I actually have a few baby projects finished...Ill show you soon!

and FYI....

 The Fat Quarter Shop have just launched their 5th annual Designer Mystery Block of the Month Quilt Club. This sampler quilt features 12 wonderful blocks from Moda designers such as....

 Aneela Hoey, Blackbird Designs, Bonnie & Camille, Bunny Hill Designs, Cosmo Cricket, Fig Tree Quilts, Me & My Sister Designs, Kate Spain, Minick & Simpson, Pieces from My Heart, Primitive Gatherings and Sweetwater.

AND

 features the Vintage Modern collection by Bonnie and Camille...

Looks like Fun!!! For more info.... You can read more about it HERE 

Happy Sewing...

Oh... and...

I'm clearing out my cupboards to make some room for some new Quilts... So if you wanna buy any of these???

You can find them HERE 

Thank you!! xx

Wedding Confetti - A finished Quilt

My Little Sister Eden got married on the Weekend.

She had a beautiful beach wedding and reception at my parents house.

It was so nice to be able to have the wedding at home, although.....we have been soo busy the last few weeks organising and making sure we covered every detail. I'm excited to share parts of the wedding with you soon... Beautiful Photos, Table settings, Our Candy Buffet/Dessert Table, I made her a bling tulle garter (maybe throw in a tute?? I wish i had one before i made hers!)

And.... as well as all the usual wedding plans/organising, i was behind the scenes making her a surprise wedding gift.... a Quilt! ...Of course!

Being as though it was a "Lovey" Wedding Pressie... I wanted it to have a love heart in the centre with some sort of modern design around the outside.

I had remembered Kate's cute baby quilt "Scattered Showers" she had made a little while back. Kate even has the Pattern Available for you HERE. I thought it would look perfect having scattered pieces of fabric around the outside. I was hoping it would look like a flutter of petals or confetti dropped around the outside.

I had been hoarding this great Nano Iro bundle for a couple years now just waiting for the perfect project. The fabric is a double gauze cotton cloth. Its really soft and light but can be a bit delicate painful to work with.

I pieced the back.. and Quilted it by hand and machine...Starting with a smaller heart in the centre and followed the same heart shape out to the edges.

It was such a beautiful day....

Congrats on your Marriage Josh and Ede!! I am so so happy for you... I would be even happier if you weren't packing up and moving to Canada for a few years. But i guess, time will go quick, and whenever you feel homesick you can wrap up in your Quilt and know how much I love you....

and miss you....

xxx

FFA3 Finished Quilt

....I'm BACK!!!

The last few months i have had absolutely no desire to do anything....and sewing was definitely at the end of the list. I was a bit nervous that this feeling was the new me? When it came to sewing.. I would sit at the machine and wonder... What did i find so enjoyable about this?? Why do i like cutting up fabric and sewing it back together? Writing Patterns...Yuck!? But with a New Year here, my health is 80% back...(no spewing thankfully, just tired) i am sooo pleased to say that the horrible feeling is GONE.... and I'm ready to go.

New Projects??

Yep!! I have a massively long list. I have spent the last few days scouring the net trying to find out whats new? Can you believe i haven't even been interested in fabric? I had no idea what was getting released and what was coming soon... But thanks to my Fav Shops/Sponsors and their "new arrivals" and "coming soon" sections... I'm totally up to date. I've got my orders written and ready to go.

Before I share what my new projects are going to be... I had this little gem waiting to show you... My FFA3 Quilt for Baby Coco.

As you know,  Its no secret that i Love Heather Ross. I love her cute designs and her choice of colours.. they are instantly recognisable as hers. But i think my favourite thing about her fabric is the actual cloth that she prints on. Weird?? i know!! She doesn't print on the standard Quilting Cotton. Its always slightly different. It has a texture, a natural colour...not a bleached white. Sometimes its a cotton/canvas fabric. Sometimes like a linen. This range was listed as a quilting cotton but some of the fabrics were like a really light weight linen. They were just beautiful.

So this was a really fun, quick baby quilt to sew.

Even though i don't make many strip quilts, i really have a thing for them. I think they showcase the fabrics perfectly. They're modern. They're easy. They don't waste fabric. They comes together really fast. They're perfect for straight line quilting, i really should make more!

For this quilt I couldn't cut up the pictures so i decided to make a feature of them.. I wanted them to kinda look like kids building blocks stacked on top of each other.

For the backing fabric i used this Essex Linen/Cotton fabric

One thing I'm hoping to do this year is find some cute labels. I really want a satin type label that you cut up and fold over and i can sew it into the binding.. I just want it just to say 'Chasing Cottons' so if any of you out there know of a good label place... Please send me some details.. I'm left either not labelling.. or doing this..

So needless to say.. I'm back. I'm feeling great and I'm excited about the year ahead.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and holiday with your families and

 Happy New Year!!

xx Love Bec xx