'Tis the Season ready to go

One of the local quilting shops had a sale recently so I decided to take a look at the fabrics. I had been puzzling over what fabrics to go with for my 'Tis the Season project for a few months now, as Kath and Clare would both tell you, I've had long discussions with them about it :) 

Remember how I like polka dots, well, that's what I decided to base my fabric choices on, and once I'd chosen my DMC thread too, the rest came together quite easily.

It's going to be "bright"!  I can't wait to get started on my first stitchery block :)

Have a happy day xx

A big Ta Dah!

I was jumping up and down with excitement earlier in the week - you guessed it, after two and a bit years Hannah's hexagon quilt is finally all finished!!

25 rows with alternate rows of 12 and 13 hexagons, so about 300 + in total.  I haven't counted up exactly but there's at least 20 different coloured fabrics and I used the same white on white fabric for the backing.

The fabrics were collected from quilting shops all over the North island of New Zealand and I used at least 4 rolls of cotton to hand sew it all together. I tried really hard to keep the colours random but in the last few rows as the selection of colours was getting low, I did end up with a few close together.

Hannah is so thrilled with it and now she can't wait for it to go onto her bed this weekend!

See you soon xx

Hexagon Quilt Update

Hannah's hexagon quilt has seen the light of day lately - I thought I'd better get a hurry on and try and have this finished by the end of July since I started it back in July 2009! There's only a few rows to go now.

Speaking of Hannah, one of DH's aunties recently sent a package for Hannah and in there was this pretty purple knitted hat - she thinks its so cool.

Hannah was also given recently a gorgeous knitted coat and hat by one of my friends and I finally managed to get a pic of her wearing them both yesterday so I share a pic next time.

Hope its been a fun filled weekend for you!