New Quilt, Sun Time, Fun Time

I've received many requests for the pattern for this quilt, called Sun Time Fun Time. It was photographed in my profile in Australian Country Threads magazine. In the new year I'll get the pattern ready for sale....but for now here's a preview.

A preview of a wallhanging project

Happy New Year!
I hope it's a good year for all.
I'll start the year by showing some "new" projects. Today it's this one:

My sister Lynne is a quilter, too. She use my wallhanging "Children Bloom with a Mother's Love" as the basis for her Christmas stitchery quilt. Isn't it great? I love the verse. Thanks Lynne.

Autumn in New York shawl

Over some about 4 weeks, Andrea from BadCat Designs posted the instructions for this shawl. I had fun along with hundreds of others, knitting along and sharing the experience through her yahoo group and Ravelry. I used 2 balls of Noro Kureyon sock yarn and 4.5 mm needles. You can find the instructions at Andrea's blog.

That's lovely Anna from The Yarn Barn modelling the shawl so well!

Of course I'll have to wait until winter to wear it. Thanks Andrea for the great shawl pattern.

Yeah! A little Quilt finished!

Well I'm pleased to say that I've finished making this little quilt. It takes just one pack of 5" charm squares and with the little bit of applique it makes a quick not-so-shabby quilt. Oh but it is sort of shabby chic though. It finishes at about 33" square. There's no binding involved. There's some of that lovely large ric-rac sewn around the edge.

Hope you're ready for Christmas:)

cheers

Colleen

What does a quilter do when she can't quilt?

For a while now my body's not being cooperative in the quilting department. I'll spare you the details, and just say that it's ..not...very....good...and....I'm...sick... of.... it.

OK, so what does a quilter do when she can't make quilts? She knits.

I found a wonderful knitting designer who shares her designs through her blog. http://badcatdesigns.blogspot.com/

She's known as BadCat, and she designs fantastic shawl. Thanks BadCat.

This is the first project I "knit-along" with BadCat and hundreds of students...the Summer Sampler Project.

Each week for about 20 weeks Andrea would post part of the pattern, each week a new stitch, until we had a complete shawl. I've learnt something new every week and thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. Of course I love the finished project.

So quilters can sit down and knit when they can't make quilts.

BEV'S ROSE OF SHARON QUILT IS FINISHED

We celebrated! Bev has been working on this wonderful quilt for many years now, (in between other projects) and it's finished! Hand appliqued and hand quilted.

It's truely manificent.

I think some quilters would understand Bev saying that although it is great that it's finished, she feels sad and maybe a bit "lost" now that it's not there for those times when a little bit of stitching can be relaxing and comforting.

Congratulations Bev and hope you find the next big project just as enjoyable.....it's a candlewick quilt....

Thanks for sharing it with us.