Christmas in July completed...

Well, my Christmas in July gift is completed and I don't want to give it away!

I wonder if I could some how fix Kris Kringle to ensure I get it...

Christmas in July

This Friday night my Friday night sit n sew group are meeting for a Christmas in July dinner and as part the celebration we are swapping a small Christmas present.  The rules are simple, the gift should be handmade and be a needle necessity.  So I have been madly stitching the front cover for a little booklet that will made, somehow, before Friday.  I love the stitchery so much that I am thinking of making a few more...

An Angels Story - June

I am not sure how it has happened... but I seem to be in front of the Challenge.  Others have lost the love or have just been too busy.  Either way I am happy (Ha!) but with five months to go I need to keep my game face on and keep working...

And here is a little sneak peak of July's block, I got heaps of sewing done at the monthly quilt group meeting.

Fairyland - my 'in between' project

I have been writing several months now about my in between challenge group project.  Well I can finally reveal that I have been working on Fairyland by Natalie Bird.  I started this a few years ago and it has been sitting on my UFO list ever since.  I don't know why, but this project seemed such a slow project but I am flying through it now!  Here are some photos of the first few finished blocks.  At present I am not working on a block per month like I am with challenge group.  This project is my pick up and put down task.  Whenever I have time and have finished An Angels Story early I get stuck into another block of Fairyland.  What do you think so far...

People have spoken... well voted!

After voting there are two quilts that are strong options, one has 86% of the votes and the other has 67% of the votes.  I have listed (in no particular order) all the quilts that received a vote or votes.  Which one do you think is out in front?

Berries and Bluebirds from Gail Pan Designs

Home is where my heart resides by Rosalie Quinlan Designs

Home Tweet Home by Cyndi Walker

Jardin de Roses by Verna Mosquera

A Girl in Paris by Fig Tree Quilts

Tiny Town by Bunny Hill Designs

Le Jardin by Bunny Hill Designs

Blooming Springtime by Irene Blanck











 

Some project possibilities...

The other night at Challenge group we had a great discussion about the possibilities for our next challenge project for 2012.  I know, it is a little early but as you can imagine with seven members we have to find something we all like and think will be challenging... not that easy!  We have decided to use the next few months to investigate challenge quilt possibilities and obviously we will vote or magically just agree.  It hasn't been decided yet if we will add an additional challenge like the use of a mystery fat quarter but it is early days yet.

Here is the list the quilts (in no particular order) currently under consideration - please comment and let me know if there are any others...

Berries and Bluebirds from Gail Pan Designs

Bird Haven by Denise Sheehan and Sophia Pearce

Home is where my heart resides by Rosalie Quinlan Designs

Home Tweet Home by Cyndi Walker

Jardin de Roses by Verna Mosquera

Heart and Home by Quilt Company

A Girl in Paris by Fig Tree Quilts

Your home or mine? by Lynette Anderson Designs

Tiny Town by Bunny Hill Designs

Le Jardin by Bunny Hill Designs

Love Birds by Candleberry Country

Blooming Springtime by Irene Blanck

An Angels Story - May

May has come around quickly but I am please to announce that I have finished my blocks a few days early...  I am a bit unsure how I am managing to be on top of the challenge this year - perhaps it is the list I created in January to chart my progress!  I might have to start working on another UFO while working on this Challenge Quilt to fill in the time.