It's a small world ;-)

I heard from Terry that my block for August QBSA had arrived safely.  Here is the sneak peek I posted earlier.

 

 

and here is the full block.

Terry asked for ANY BLOCKS in Grey, Black and Pink.  I had so much fun making blocks for the Block Lotto, I decided to upscale the block and make a 12" one in Terry's colours.

I was extremely lucky enough to win August Block Lotto - I have won 56 blocks - after only making 2 blocks this month - the Block Lotto Gods are certainly looking after me ;-)

The small world bit is that Terry also won blocks from the August Block Lotto and is going to use my 12" block amongst her winnings.

I am just loving the blogging and quilting world ;-)

Block from Maria for September .... already ;-)

I received this lovely block in the mail from Maria for the QBSA

It came with the most beautiful card with the front made from fabric - thank you Maria, I love it and have it proudly on display in my sewing room.

Maria also included some lovely lace,

but I forgot to photograph it ;-(, sorry Maria.

Zoe's quilt passes inspection ;-)

We finally got to spend some quality time with the family on the weekend.  It was Fathers Day here in OZ and we all congregated at my sister's place.

It was almost a full house ;-)

The important guest of honour, Dad, was there, as well as the next special guests of honour

(well for me anyway ;-)) Smiley Riley & brand new (well 10 weeks) Baby Zoe.

Here is Riley inspecting the quilt I made for his new sister, Zoe.

Here is Zoe

Here is the quilt

New Fabric - just in the time of nick ;-)

I needed to get some batik fabrics for the September Block Lotto block.

I remembered I got some lovely batiks at the Salisbury Craft Fair from a stall run by Cynthia's Ark

Mandy of BlueEdge Crafts happened to send me a copy of Cynthia's September newsletter on Wednesday

Some batiks were on sale!   Thank you Mandy - perfect timing.  The photo does not do the fabric justice - the colours are gorgeous.  The last FQ on the right was a 'freebie' - thank you Cynthia, I love this colour.

Stay tuned for the Block Lotto blocks I am going to make!

Christmas Log Cabin received by Shirley

Have just heard from Shirley and she has received the log cabin block I made for the Christmas Quilt Block Swap for August

Thank you Shirley for letting me know the block has arrived safely and that you like it.

The Log Cabin block seems to have had a resurgence lately and is 'in' again - which is really good, as I have a tonne of strips pre-cut ;-)