~Wrapped in Paisley~ A New Quilt

Last week I saw on the Fat Quarter site a Tutorial for a Jelly Roll Jam II Quilt-

Shortcut Quilt Series

I was intrigued and went had a look and decided there and then 'I'll do that'!

This is my second Jelly Roll that I have ever used and I got really keen

The Jelly Roll I used was Wrapped in Paisley by Kansas Trouble Quilters
Beautiful rich, dark, warm colours

I printed the pattern out

Looked at the Tutorial

Pattern here

Organized my strips

Sewed them together

Blocks all stitched together

Sorting out the backing strips

The backing is the rest of the strips sewn together

Can't get much easier than that!!!

Last night the backing and quilt top together

The back is together

So happy with this!!!

There are instructions on the pattern for larger sized quilts

So you never know, another day I might just do it again!!!

Thanks so much Fat Quarter Shop and Kimberly for a great Tutorial and Pattern

I'm sure to come back for more!!!

Post Script......I emailed Kimberly and showed her my quilt top and she came back with the following
Hi Dzintra,
Thank you so much for sharing this.  Your quilt is beautiful and I am so happy you made the quilt!  You have definitely made my day!!!

Kimberly Jolly
Fat Quarter Shop
www.FatQuarterShop.com

How exciting......thank you Kimberly

The Shopping ~ Craft and Quilt Fair Part 2

Who couldn't resist this gorgeous bundle of fat 1/8's by Anni Downes of Hatched and Patched...

it's her new Christmas range that can be used all year round......just perfect!!!

I ran into Yvonne at Anni's stall and she was proudly showing them to me as she had just bought some!

2 Japanese fat 1/4 by Studio Mio

The fat 1/4 on the right is Petite Odile by French General

The pattern is Prairie Flower which I showed in the last post

it was just so homely, old fashioned looking and I had to have it!!!

And of course a paisley fat 1/8

I bought this bobbin to make a pin cushion by Anni which was featured in an earlier edition of Homespun magazine......I'll write more about this later

Check out the Harry Potter ribbon......sooooo cool!!!

Couldn't resist the paisley one either

I started this kit last night.....I was determined to buy something and make it up as soon as I could after the show!!!

Anni's latest book The Simple Life along with Simple Pleasures...

Zips......I don't do zips but I might.......these were too tempting!!!

I thought this might be good for some of JoJo's zippers on jackets as they often lose the 'thing' on them...

'the loot'

and coming back from dinner on Friday night these lovely ladies were posing for a photo and we (Chooky and Anita and I) raided it ha ha

From back Dale,  Peg, Suzie, Lynda,  Kerry, me, Chooky

And look at this for a nice touch......JoJo and Mr Armchair bought me this scarf at Paddy's Markets for $5-00......not bad eh!!!!

But wait......there's still more......I'll be back with the food and sights!!!

Until then stay warm......Dzintra

Colour Swap Received from Annie's Dreaming!!!

Recently I signed up for a Colour Swap with Lydia's Treasures.

Yesterday I received my gifts from Annie's Dreaming...and I was not disappointed!!!

The idea was to send 6 gifts with one being handmade in a specified colour...

I nominated 'soft country colours'...

They arrived all wrapped in gorgeous paisley paper...

Jamie Oliver tea towels and barbeque basting brush...Mr Armchair thought he scored ha ha!!!

Fabric covered journal...

A Bareroots embroidery stitches book along with 2 skeins of Threadworx threads...just beautiful in 'soft warm country colours'...

and I needed this book of stitches!!!

A fat 1/8 pack of Whimsicals Tangled Threads 

close-up...

And of course every stitcher needs sustenance!!!

And a nice scented sachet!!!

My first ever Christmas pin cushion......I think I'll use it for all Christmas projects!!!

or 

All my goodies together!!!

Thank you so much dear Annie...I just loved my parcel to bits!!!

And a huge thank you to Lisa for hosting this very fun swap!!!

I'll be back later to show what I sent to Annie!!!