Christmas in August

Today I visited a friends house for a sewing day.  We were both working on Christmas quilts.  I’m very pleased with my progress as I managed to complete a further 9 blocks for my Tula 100 quilt.  That puts me at a total of 25 blocks completed.

My fabric choice for the 100 blocks is Joy by Kate Spain.

They’re so pretty… I might have to sew up some more this week :)

WIP Wednesday - Tula Pink Sampler

My first completed block of the new year.  Number seven block in my On Point Sampler is called Starlight Geese.  I'm not a fan of flying geese, mainly because I did a whole quilt border in them for my first quilt, BUT this was a breeze.  Flying geese in foundation piecing.... LOVE them :)

Starlight Geese
Tula Pink Sampler Block 7

I'm linking this post up with Freshly Pieced blog, pop over & have a look at some of the other WIP Wednesday posts.  It's very inspiring but be warned, you could end up with a new pile of wips!!!

Happy stitching :)

The Last Post - 2012

Some updates on this here last day of 2012.

First up is my Christmas Past cross stitch.  As you can see I didn't get it completed for Christmas but I'm still enjoying stitching it in the evenings so it'll remain an ongoing project.

Hinzeit - Charmed Christmas Past

Next up is my Tula Pink sampler.  I'm up to block six out of twelve.  This one made my head hurt a bit trying to get the foundations the right way around & I had a couple of hiccups along the way but look.... it turned out fine in the end :)

Butterfly Star
Tula Pink Sampler Block 6

Last up is a picture of three Christmas gifts that I received this year.  They're nice new dies for my Accuquilt Go! Cutter.  I have lots of projects lined up for them so keep an eye out in the new year to see what I come up with.

Accuquilt Go! Cutter Applique Dies

I'm looking forward to my crafting in 2013 already, I hope you'll stop by every so often to see what I've been up to.

I wish you all a very happy, healthy & prosperous 2013.

Happy Stitching :)

Cross Stitch Finish & More Tula Pink

For the last couple of weeks I've been working on a cross stitch for a friends birthday.  It's been a relaxing way to spend an hour each evening while catching up on some TV.  After finishing the stitching I decided to make it into a mini wall hanging.  The birthday girl will soon be having a dedicated craft room & I thought it could be a perfect addition to the wall :)

Cinderella Is Proof - Lizzie*Kate

I've also completed two new blocks in my WIP Tula Pink sampler quilt.  It's becoming increasingly more difficult to decide on the fabric for each block, but I really love how they're turning out.

Double Compass
Tula Pink Sampler Block 4

Pinwheel Delight
Tula Pink Sampler Block 5

This week I'm linking up to the WIP Wednesday linky party at Freshly Pieced so don't forget to head over & check out some other lovely WIP's :)

Happy Stitching :)

WIP Wednesday - Tula Pink

I know it might seem like I'm only working on my Tula Pink sampler right now but I can assure you I'm doing other things too... I just don't seem to find the blogging time for them.

Here we have block 3 of my On Point Sampler.  The block is Red Cross & the fabrics are of course Tula Pinks Prince Charming.

Red Cross Block
Tula Pink Sampler Block 3

Tula Pink Sampler Blocks 1, 2 & 3

This week I'm linking up my post to the WIP Wednesday linky party over at Freshly Pieced.  You should pop over & see what some of the other lovely talented crafty folk are up to, some lovely WIP's on the go.

Happy Stitching :)

More Tula Pink

Week 2 of my college class & that means week 2 of my Tula Pink sampler blocks.

I realised that the photo I uploaded of the first block was square on & as the sampler is going to be On Point I thought it would be better to take the photos on point. Hopefully you'll get an idea of how the blocks will look in situ.

Cross & Crown Block
Tula Pink Sampler Block 2

Tula Pink Sampler Blocks 1 & 2

Happy Stitching :)

Tula Pink - It's Started :)

Today was the day that I cut my precious Prince Charming fabrics.

I bought these for a sampler project & today I made my first block.  All of the blocks are foundation pieced.  I've also decided to do the background of all my blocks in a darker teal colour rather than a traditional light colour.  Let me know what you think?

Tula Pink Sampler

Happy Stitching :)

In Love With Prince Charming

Prince Charming is a wonderful fabric range from the equally wonderful designer, Tula Pink.

When I was at Festival of Quilts back in August I was lucky enough to meet her & she signed a copy of her book for me.  I totally fell in love with almost all of her fabric ranges & especially Prince Charming.  It was then that I decided I wanted to use the range for this years college project.

Tula Pink & Lisa G

This years college project for me is an on-point sampler where the blocks are made using foundation piecing.  I had an image of this project on my mobile phone & once I'd decided to use the Prince Charming range I went back to Tula & asked her opinions on the fabric choice, possible back ground colours & connecting blocks.  I can't wait to get started :)

Tula Pink - Prince Charming

I'll post progress updates on the quilt once I get started.

Happy stitching :)