Bonnie and Bright

I ♥ Sweetwater!

I can't remember how I came to find Sweetwater but I do remember instantly falling in live with all that they do!

They design beautiful fabric and patterns but also have a gorgeous Sweetwater Etsy Shop and I can't recommend it highly enough.

My first purchase was some beautiful cards to decorate my new sewing room with.

They came wrapped in a beautiful ribbon and I am so tempted to frame them. They are sooooo cute!

And now a confession.....

I don't put quilt labels on my quilts. Not good, I know. I have just never got into the habit. I sometimes feel it's a little bit like showing off. Which sounds silly now that I've typed it!  :0)

I was recently browsing the beautiful Sweetwater Blog and came across their label making service and I couldn't help myself! They are so beautiful and have lots of choices to help you make your own individual label.

I contacted them with my choices and they were so helpful in helping me decide my final colours. I am sure you will agree, they are gorgeous labels!!!

 

I now have a label to add to the baby quilts people ask me to make and I couldn't be happier! I am seriously thinking about joining their Label Crew.

Everything arrived so quickly from the US and I was so pleased that they gave me the ok to blog about their beautiful products too!

Head over there to check them out!

Have a great weekend

Sara x

Nearly There!

You may remember I recently blogged about planning a quilt on a train journey, then showed you the fabric I intended to use...

Well I can finally say I am nearly there!

The quilt was a surprise Christmas present for my step-mother. Unfortunately the surprise changed slightly due to an uncooperative long arm quilting machine!

She was so understanding when I emailed pictures of her "surprise quilt" and told her it would arrive before the end of January once the machine was fixed!

Last week the Gammill had recovered and I was able to get the quilting done.

It is only a single throw size quilt so it didn't take long. I am so pleased with the finished result. I meandered over the centre of the quilt and around all the poppies so that they would puff up a little. I changed the border by adding loops into the meander.

My dad had suggested poppy fabric and I was able to source this Michael Miller fabric from Fabric.com which has great choice and discounts. I have to say these are colours I would never normally choose to work with but I have fallen in love with them. Now that I am getting closer to handing the quilt over I am going to miss it! :)

I think it's safe to say the backing fabric speaks for itself! I took the quilt along to a class for show and tell and it got lots of oohs and aahs which totally made my day.

Now I just have to get cracking on the binding....

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great week!

 

Sara x

New Year - New Project!

In the tradition if trying new things in the New Year I have just completed something I have never attempted before.

I came across a great tutorial on the blog Don't Call Me Betsy (mini-bookshelf-quilt-tutorial). I've never done an online tutorial before but I fell in love with this project so thought I'd give it a go!

It's a great way to use up scraps and I managed to finish it in a few evenings after work. it was great fun to go through my stash and decide what to use. I definitely think I would make another one - possibly longer?!

I found the instructions easy to follow and really enjoyed quilting it on my machine. My quilting is a bit wonky in a couple of places, but hey, that's a great excuse to make another one!!!

If you haven't had a look at this fantastic blog it's full of inspiration and I'd highly recommend it.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a wonderful 2012!

Sara x