The Purse Quilt

After Nellie and I had finsihed making all of the quilts for Camelot Fabrics in the spring, we had LOTS of the Lulu fabric left over. I REALLY wanted to make a purse wallhanging using those fabrics, so while I was in Florida last March I stitched up this wallhanging. I just now finished quilting and binding it.

I went to a garage sale in the summer and bought some fancy rhinestone broaches to use as embellishment.

I really love the way it turned out, but I'm not too sure what to do with it. It doesn't fit anywhere in my house and I don't know if I want to make a pattern out of it. Perhaps I'll sell it at the Studio Tour.

Baby quilt #5

Here is the fifth and FINAL Dancing Bugz baby quilt. I think this one is my favourite! I can't wait to give these quilts as baby shower gifts.

Baby quilt #4

Here is the fourth quilt - the large bug blocks were cut from a panel that was part of last year's Dancing Bugz line.

Baby quilt #3

Here is the third baby quilt. Don't you just LOVE it when you see a mistake AFTER the quilt is quilted and bound??? Yes, the third row was sewn on upside down. The mainly blue blocks were supposed to be on opposite corners! Oh well, I'm sure the baby won't even notice!!!

Baby quilt #2

The rest of the baby quilts now have their bindings sewn on (thanks Mom!) so here is a picture of the second one that was finished.

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Baby quilt bonanza

When we made the Dancing Bugs quilt for Camelot we had many test run blocks that didn't make it into the finished quilt - they just didn't seem to work for us. So when Nellie gave me the bag of left over fabric and blocks, I just HAD to do something with them! Mike has two cousins who are expecting babies and one of the other pharmacist`s at work is pregnant, so I went on a baby-quilt-making spree and churned out FIVE of them! Here is number one - it was given to Mike`s cousin Pat and his partner Marci at her baby shower yesterday. Their baby boy is due this month. The rest of the quilts are quilted, but are awaiting their bindings.

And more Camelot quilts!!

Here are the final few projects that we made for Camelot Cottons. By the end of this job, Nellie and I were like a well oiled machine. We would meet for a couple hours to decide what to do with the fabric, to start cutting and piecing. Usually Nellie would finish piecing the top and then bring it to me for quilting. After quilting each quilt I would deliver it back to Nellie who would sew on the binding and hanging sleeve and then one of us would hand stitch the binding to the back of the quilt. All of the projects were finished and in the mail by April 22nd - the day before Nellie left for Toronto. Well, we've always said that we work well under pressure!!!

For the second colourway of the Bridgewater line we made a tablerunner, placemats and napkins - they turned out very festive.

This was my favourite quilt of all the projects we made this time - this Medallions fabric also comes in a red colourway as well as a green colourway but I LOVE this blue version - I wanted to keep this quilt!! But luckily we have some leftover fabrics, so I'm making a tablerunner for myself.

More Camelot quilts

After we got three of the Camelot projects made, another package of fabric arrived - only about 20 metres or so - of another three lines of fabric! They needed all of these quilts made and delivered to them by the beginning of May and Nellie and I had to be in Toronto from April 23-26th - so we had our work cut out for us. But we got them all done! Here are a few more of the finished products.

Dancing Bugz II

From the Garden

What I've been up to continued...

So Reason #3 for not posting on my blog for the last few months is that Nellie and I had lots of quilts to make for Camelot Cottons!! At the beginning of February we received a huge box of fabrics from 4 of their new lines - they needed quilts made and patterns written for each. These patterns are offered as free downloads on their website: http://www.camelotcottons.com/ . Here are a couple of the finished quilts.

Aztec Cowboy

Bridgewater

These quilts are now in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be exhibited in the Camelot Cottons booth at International Quilt Market. We'll have to get Elana at Camelot to take some pictures of their booth so we can see all of our quilts in action!!

Now, back to work!!

We've been home from Florida for 10 days now, and there was work to do from the very first day bakc. While I was away, Nellie designed a new quilt for Camelot Cottons using their new African themed fabric. When I got home, she had the top and backing all ready to go, so that I could quilt it on my Grand Quilter. They also sent us their new "Dreamsicle" flannel fabrics to work with, so I got to work making the top for that quilt. I'm just waiting to get some backing fabric then I can quilt and bind that one. We also have to write up those patterns, AND send a project to Carla from A Needle Pulling Thread magazine for their Fall issue. Luckily that little wall hanging is already made - I just have to write the pattern. And, oh yeah, we have to get ready for Spring International Quilt Market in Portland ( we leave in 37 days - OMG!!). Good thing I had a restful vacation - I've got work to do!!