The scooter has landed!

Well my Spring quilt finally arrived at its destination and just in time for the recipient's birthday.

Lovely Valerie has a very entertaining blog and during one of my little research reads I discovered that she owns this little beauty!

So I couldn't resist. I had to make her something with a scooter on it and came up with this.



I did the scooter image in a funky floral. It's just a little bit 70's which I absolutely love.



And the spotty interior to finish.



Oh, and I forgot to show you the back of the quilt.



So another of my little quilts has found its new home.  My other one for the Doll Quilt Swap III is still winging its way to its secret destination.

So here's another sneaky peak.  Hopefully you can see the whole thing soon!



I have much to do this week including mailing out my apron for the Sassy Apron swap which just needs a few extra touches and my extra little quilt swap quilt should be on its way soon too.

And finally, before I rest my weary bones, I would like to thank you all for your good wishes on the launch of our patterns. It's very exciting and we can't quite believe they are finally here.

Still here, still sick, still sewing!!

Well I'm still here and I'm still sick! But to make it more interesting I have a different cold this week.

The last one was a snotty sinus, headachy thing but this one comes with a lovely never ending cough and a lack of voice. So not only do I feel poorly but I'm driving everyone else completely mad!

And added to that I have had various children home with it and little Daphne is now coughing along with me. So not much is getting done although I do have a few bits and pieces to show you.

Yesterday I had a note from the postie to go and pick up a registered parcel which I knew must be one of my doll quilts. When I went to pick it up the girl handed me a huge and heavy box so I was a bit surprised. We raced it home all excited and sure enough it was my Four Seasons Quilt Swap Spring quilt. But it was also four lovely quilting magazines and lots of yummy lollies/candy/sweeties (depending on where you are from).

How incredibly generous!



The quilt was designed and made by Su who makes all sorts of wonderful quilts and sounds like a gorgeous woman with a really big heart. It's a pleasure to have 'met' her. Thanks so much Su for my lovely bright, cheerful Spring quilt and all the other goodies, we are enjoying them enormously.

Finally I have completed my Spring quilt. It's off to its new owner who as far as I'm concerned is one cool girl. I'll let you know who it is when she gets it because she has a lovely blog.



I hope she likes it.

And here is a little sneak peak at my doll quilt for the Doll Quilt III swap. I haven't said much about this quilt as it was inspired very much by something my partner said on her blog and I think it will be way too obvious. So again, you'll have to wait and see.



The other thing keeping me extremely busy at the moment is pattern writing and sample making. So in case you forgot that I make aprons - here's a few of my recent ones.



We're not far off launching so stay tuned!

Oh and by the way Fi, my extra exciting news is that I WON $5,000 of advertising on the Living Creatively website for generating lots of leads from my blog during the month of April. So yippy for me - perfect timing for our new venture!!

Thanks!

Just a quick post to say thank you all so much for your good wishes on my blog anniversary. It is so lovely to think that there are people from all over the world popping in to read about my latest creations. I wish I could send you all an apron!

But there can only be one winner and this time it is:

Lindsay of Today we are reading.

Congratulations Lindsay, email me your address and give me an idea of the sort of apron you would like - half, full, modern, retro, frilly pink, blue - whatever!



Do you like the tissue box? I cut up all the names and was looking for something to put them in when I found this on our table. Perfect for the job I think - thanks Lucinda.

And I leave you with a little sneak peak of my latest Four Seasons swap quilt for Spring which is due very soon!!

"Cosy Inside"

My first finished project of the year - and it is very late!



I have to admit that I wasn't too inspired to make a Winter quilt given that we have had several days of 40deg but I had a few ideas.



And with school holidays, working on my Mum's quilt and preparing for the return to school and my new brilliant job, I mucked around with it for ages.



Still, it is done and winging its way to a distant secret destination - I hope my partner likes it!



Now I just have to finish all the other projects!!