Wow a Great Giveaway

Look at this amazing giveaway over at Quilting in the Valleys, here. It's gorgeous and I would love to win such a beautiful quilt.

Sailing Away Quilt Completed

I finally finished stitching the bias for this little quilt last night so that I could post you the pictures before the weekend. This has turned into one of my favourite quilts so far. I do love the colour combo of blue, red and white together, it's such a simple but effective design.

I showed a picture of how I was going to quilt it a couple of posts ago, but on reflection I thought the pattern was too fussy and I wanted to portray calmer waters so I have done a bit of a simple wave design with some curls.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Caroline xxx

Pinwheel Quilt

Recently I was asked to make a quilt for a new baby by a friend from Sweden. There was little time and the brief was red, blue and cream patchwork. I came across this design on Moda Bakeshop from Jodi of SimplyThisThatandtheOther found here . It was very easy and quick to do, I wasn't sure if the design would work with mixed coloured pinwheels, I used a charm pack from Moda's Zippity Doo Dah range, but I am more than happy with the finished article.

The quilt is winging it's way to a new baby boy in Sweden who is being Christened early next month. I hope he enjoys the quilt for many years to come.

Some Loop-d-loop quilting finished it off nicely.
Completed boat quilt and other exciting projects coming soon.

Caroline xxx

Sailing Away

The latest quilt I've been working at has been a boat themed quilt inspired by my honeymoon on the Isles of Scilly - I wish I could say that it was my design but I got this one from a book called Sew Fabulous Fabrics by Alice Butcher and Ginny Farquhar. They had designed the pattern for curtains but I think it works just as well on a child's lap quilt.


I'm on a mission to avaoid too much stipple/vermicelli and so far only two of my quilts have been quilted this way, the last one I quilted was loop-d-loop and now I'm going to have a go at creating waves - like these;

Hope everyone in the blogging community is well today. I can quite happily report that married life is going very well indeed!!

At last I can show you what was in the box!

Before the wedding I posted a picture of a beautifully wrapped package in a golden box adorned with dragon-flies. I couldn't reveal what was inside because my wonderful Mother-in-law sometimes looks at my blog. Amidst the final weeks preparation for our wedding I decided to make quilts for my mum and Tony's, these are the results.

Every stitch is stitched with love, warmth and care especially for these two fantastic women who I am lucky to have in my life.

This quilt is for my Mum-in-Law who is so supportive and caring, she is a real gem and I love having someone in my life who is as equally passionate about creating art.

The church where Tony and I married is in the background.



My Mum's quilt. Thank you mum for all you have done for me and for always being there, no matter what.

I free motion quilted a rose design in each of the 49 blocks.

I love the two ladies that I made these quilts for. One for giving life to me and the other for giving life to the most perfect person in my life, my husband Tony.

Thank you.

I'm a 'MRS' at last ....

I'm finally back after a few weeks absence from the blogging world.

I got myself hitched at long last and can report that the wedding was wonderful. The honeymoon on The Isles of Scilly was idyllic and it is a bit of a shock to the system to be back to normality. Even though things will never be the same again!

We have also had some bad news this week, I shall tell you more in later postings. For now please enjoy some photo's of special memories.

Nine Days Left to go ....

The Wedding is fast approaching and I am actually fairly calm and enjoying some time creating some bits and bobs to add to the informal, homemade feel of my wedding.

Whilst gardening last weekend I ended up throwing away a plant that had withered and died in this basket. After a clean up, some gold spray and ribbon wound around the handle I thought it would make a lovely confetti cone holder.

The table names are named after Scillonian Islands, where Tony and I are going for our honeymoon. I can't believe that some printing companies charge as much as £50.00 for one of these table seat plans!!
These painted rocks will sit amongst the foliage on the tables.

I wanted a bag for my flower girl to carry with my handkerchief, lipstick and other necessities on the day of the wedding. The ones I found were very expensive so I decided to use some silk I keep for embellishing projects. The bag was constructed in no time at all and the flower I happened upon at our local supermarket for £3.00. I'm very pleased with the result.

A pretty box with something very important inside it which I will show you after the wedding!!!