Green tea and sweet beans progress

Tulip block 1, originally uploaded by beeware70.

A Little Morning Music

Some people I know grooving along!

Catching up..

In May Julie sent out beautiful Kaffe shot cottons and prints for log cabin/ squares blocks with interesting details in the Beehive block swap.  I loved the colour mix I received - different greens and a touch of orange.

She wanted lots of white space too.   I hope these fit the bill.

Speaking of the Beehive, Isak's quilt is progressing.  Here tis quilt top completed.

And this is the boy..mad about planes!

Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair

Friday fabric shopping SIT, originally uploaded by beeware70.

June...the weather is cold (certainly today it is). Must be time to think about craft (well I do all year but anyway....) and yes the craft and quilt fair is coming to Darling Harbour next week. I do love the craft fair & seeing all the quilts on display.  I also love checking out the shops new and old.  The fabrics above come from Amitie and Patchwork on Central Park, favourite shops from Melbourne who both come to the show.

So I've booked my day off & I plan to be there on Wednesday- let me know if you'll be there too and we can say hello whilst gazing at fabrics!

March Beehive block in May

March block in May, originally uploaded by beeware70.

I had a real block about doing this block. Ho ho. I'm not sure why- the fabrics were a bit delayed in the post but they arrived some time ago & they are beautiful. I think I thought that it would take longer than it did to do this block! And would involve lots of packing up & unpacking etc etc to fit it into my sewing time!
Anyway ...to cut a long story short (& let my impatient 10 yo take over this machine!) it was a joy & only took me one sewing sitting!

Blogger's quilt festival

I love the idea of this...checking out a wide variety of lovely quilts on the web....so I thought it would be good to join the fun :)

http://www.amyscreativeside.com/2010/05/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2010.html

This quilt evolved out of new found love of vintage chenille when I was pregnant with my third child in 2006.  I had a strong inkling that it was a girl.  I sewed the chenille squares (from Jodie of vintage ric rac) to some remnant English children's print that was in my cupboard.  There it sat...eventually it was finished ?early 2008 when some perfect Prints Charming backing was found at Fabric Remnant Warehouse.  My mum quilted it and it now lives happily with my nearly 4 year old

It is a bright sight on a dull rainy day!

Sewing Delights of Melbourne

It was positively wonderful to attend Sew it Together last weekend in Melbourne.  Sheridan did a stupendously tremendous job of organising this event and she deserves many thanks (very likely) & a big rest (maybe not so likely after seeing the photo of her mostly sweet one year old!).
Being a not very good blogger my photos are few & far between.  Just this...Jodie's toys above and the blocks I finished for Tanya.  Tanya is one of the Beehive quilters and it was lovely to meet her IRL!

More talking than sewing I think!! Here is the other block I did for her (not at SIT!)

If you would like to see more photos of SIT check out retromummy's blog (see sidebar for link)  Scroll back a bit cos she blogs a lot more than me!  If you look hard you will see me balancing too many bolts of fabric at Amitie..eek.

Melbourne was a lovely place & a great weekend.  A highlight was the drinks at Nikki's studio-big thanks to Nikki for that.  She has lots of great photos in her blog too.

I did get to enjoy some other great spots in Melbourne too including the Skirt & Shirt Markets, a fairtrade market at Victoria Markets, and last but never least a very comfortable part of West Brunswick (!).

Stay tuned for Sew it Together 2011