Sassafras

All finished and bound, with a little help from Bella who sat in my lap while I stitched the binding on...

What's The Plan?

It's got to that time of year where I've mostly finished all the quilts on my "to-do" list; all those quilts I had fabrics and patterns stashed away for but hadn't quite got around to. Right now I'm hand stitching the binding on to Sassafras (photos soon), and wondering what project I'm going to start next... my trip to the US is less than 7 weeks away, so I'm not sure whether to start anything new or not...

So I've started plotting out what I'll be working on next year! And already the list is growing. Yesterday, my layer cakes of Simple Abundance and Rouenneries arrived; these are destined for "A La Mode" and "Red Velvet" respectively. I've got a Simple Abundance charm pack which I'm going to use to make the "Pint Sized" version of "Wild Thing" (check out the FQS kit for this, it's cute!). I'm thinking that my Sweet honey bun might be nice to make the "Mini Jelly Filled". I know I want to do something with Aster Manor, but I'm not sure what yet. And I'm thinking about a double hourglass block made with some of the fat 1/4s I bought at the quilt shows this year...

Meanwhile, Bella is up to her usual tricks...she loves a good game of peek-a-boo. When you peer out from behind something (door, chair...) her right ear twitches, and her pupils dilate (we call them her "naughty eyes"). At the moment she is enjoying peering out from behind some flowers on the coffee table...maybe she thinks I can't see her?

Progress at Last!

I took some annual leave this week, giving me a 5 day break to do with what I wanted. It's poured with rain most of the time, so I've mostly stayed out of the garden and got in some decent sewing time.

Sassafras is all assembled, and appliqued. Just need to blanket stitch around all the shapes then it's ready for quilting.

I finally got around to quilting Jelly Girl (and got most of it done in one day). Just got the borders to go. I'm not too happy with the batting; it's much softer than the wool/poly blend which makes it hard to push around for free motion quilting. Lesson learnt!