One for Mum ....

I've been busy making more cushions for the Village Fete next Sunday.  I showed the cushions to Mum and she loved them BUT none of them were the right colour - she wanted one for her spare room!  So I've spent a very wet bank holiday Monday afternoon making one especially for her ...

The front

The back

I hope she likes it.  I made this one as a raffle prize ...

Pattern by Lori Holt

Now I'm all cushioned out!

Wonder how long it will take ...

for Archie to jump into my new quilt basket ?

Not sure I'm going to be able to part with this cute cushion ...

And look at this fabulous fabric from Cupcake Cottons ...

Steph and Sue call it Jam and Jerusalem!  I just love it.  I've asked Steph to put some aside for me because I think it will make the perfect backing for a teapot quilt I'm planning!  Oh so many quilts to make ... so much lovely fabric ... happiness!!! 

Busy weekend ...

making cushions for Village Fete!

I won a raffle prize ....

Thank you Cupcake Cottons!

The things you do for love ....

so David has bought himself a new camera ...... perfect for taking photographs of my quilts I feel!  

                      

out we went into the local countryside ......... he must love me!

David is now my official photographer!

Whose quilt is it?

Finally, I can show you a quilt ...

I've spent a happy Saturday morning binding it ....

I love the back!

It's from a pattern called Suburbs by Allison Harris of Cluck Cluck Sew.  The fabric is a Moda layer cake and is called 'Road 15' by Sweetwater.  The pattern is very simple and was pieced in a day.  It was a bit of a frustration quilt actually - I was feeling very frustrated at the time I pieced it because life was so busy and I felt that I never had time to quilt - silly, I know!   So, I just downed tools and made this quilt for David and I felt much better afterwards!

I popped it over to Barbara at Fir Tree Quilting and she suggested this fun car pattern ...

and as you can imagine, David is thrilled!

When I opened the quilt this morning - Barbara always packs the quilts up so neatly - a little envelope dropped out.  It was a little card and a gift voucher towards my next quilt from Barbara because this was my ninth quilt she had long arm quilted!  Thank you Barbara for my gift and for always turning my mismatched piecing into such beautiful quilts!

PS:  I've already given Barbara another two quilts!