Fabric thats just LUSH:

Just look what I picked up yesterday from Dot. My much awaited for Luna Notte fabric by Moda. Isn't it just pure lush and its only the tip of the iceberg in the range. It all started when my wonderful friend Janet designed yet another of her fabulous quilts, several weeks ago. I rummaged through my stash and came across a piece of fabric as my starting point (feature fabric) but I was not able to match many other pieces of fabric to it, as the colour way was unusual. On the selvage it said, Luna Notte by 3 sisters moda. I had no idea where I purchased the piece of fabric from,so I rang Dot (quilters needs), who is a guru in the world of fabric and quilting. She knew the range but did not have it. However, she to loved it and kindly order both of us some from America. I got an e-mail from her yesterday saying it had arrived and I was on the bus quick as a flash. An added bonus was Dot also had us both a scrap bag of Luna Notte. I spent a delightful couple of hours in the midst of fabric heaven and Dots gorgeous quilts before getting the bus home. In all the excitement I left my little scrap bag on the table, hence no picture, Dot said she will pop that in the post. So until that arrives I will continue to stroke, caress and love my Luna Notte fabric and dream of the quilt I am going to make with them a little while longer.

Sunflowers:

A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog about researching sunflowers? Well, I can reveal why. I was commissioned by my lovely friend Judith to make a journal quilt for her sister. Judith specifically asked for sunflowers and she was delighted at what I came up with. Seen as Jen has received her gift, I thought I'd post a pic. I loved making this journal cover and even went on to make Judith a little card to go with it. Speaking of journal covers, I took time out yesterday and made a few more but these ones are made a different way to the one i made for Judith. My favorite is the bigger of the four.

My, time flys:

My beautiful daughter was 22 yesterday. I could have put one of her fantastic glamorous model shots on but I decided to dig out a pic from when she was a little girl. I'm sure she will thank me for it (not)! In the meantime, time itself might be flying by but the drawing process is going very slow, hence no blog post recently. I am currently drawing a pair of shoes and a handbag. However, I may take a break today and sew a small project????

Sewing, waiting, sewing, waiting and more sewing:

Lately, it has felt like I have been playing a never ending waiting game. I ran out of fabric for the twelve days of Christmas and had to wait for several days, before I could get to Southport and purchase what I needed. So in the meantime make a lap quilt only to discover I had no wadding. Placed an order with the cotton patch and had to wait a couple of days for it to be delivered. I am now in limbo cant finish Twelve days of Christmas, can't finish lap quilt! So I started a simple sample quilt and today I sewed all the blocks together, with corner stones and sashing. Oh no!!!!! I do not have enough of the feature fabric to complete outer boarders. Ahrrrrrrrr!! A quick search of the Internet and I have placed an order but its coming from America. However the much needed wadding arrived on Friday, so I was able to complete one of the two boarders on the twelve days of Christmas. If i have time tomorrow i hope to start the second one, whilst I am waiting for the fabric to be delivered from America??????

In the picture:

During my little photography mission in town, I met up with my daughter and grandson. I just couldn't resist takening several snap shots of Cole whilst, we were sitting outside the hairdresses wholesalers waiting for his Mum. Doesn't he look so cute in his flat cap.

Inspired by Sheena Norquay:

On Saturday, I attended the regional day, the guest speaker was Seena Norquay. Sheena's work certainly has the WOW! factor. Her talk was all about Grids, Lines and Curves and was really interesting. Sheena, showed us how and where she got her inspiration from. So today, with my digital camera in my pocket, I jumped on the bus and headed into Liverpool City centre. I took lots and lots of pictures, mainly concentrating on patterns on buildiings, railings and grids, here are just a few. I was certainly spoilt for choice, as Liverpool has the most amazing ornate buildings. I really enjoyed this little exercise and I can see lots of potential with the images I took today. Unfortunately, before I can release the Sheena Norquay quilt inside me, I have to finish the twelve days of christmas and the simple sample quilt I have just started.

From this to this to that....

I am so frustrated at the moment, I love to draw but I also love to make quilts! I have been advised to practise, practise, practise, my life drawing in preparation for September. It is true, the more you practise, at a particular subject, the better you will get. After my second, informal interview this week, at Hughbaird college, I was given some A2 paper to practise life drawing. A much bigger scale than my little A5 sketch books and the few pieces I have recently done on A3. The area I need to concentrate on is surface texture. So I started this shirt and after several hours, with breaks for essential life things like, eating and washing and cleaning, I was itching to do some sewing. I love to draw but this type of drawing is very intense and to say I am rusty at it is an understatement. I took a break and rumaged through my fabric stash and made four blocks from the Simple Sample Quilt my amazing friend Janet designed in 2006.