My first colourway for "Up in the Air"
I just finished a sample of the new colourway, Which I just love!!
I have just made up 4 kits and they look gorgeous...(Kits come with Matilda's Own Templates).
Another quilt top finished, and I think it's my favourite: "Dresden Blooms"
Isn't it gorgeous!
Barbie x
P.S Don't forget the Grafton show on Friday 30th April & Saturday 1st May, We will be there!
A while back Babs & the crew completed the op. shop shirt challenge and from these creations came 'The Owl & the Pussycat' quilt. This was Barbie's creation and there were lots of enquiries about the design - a nostalgic image that would look so beautiful in any nursery or the bed of a child.
Due to popular demand, Barbie has created the pattern for this quilt so now it can be purchased and created for any child - what a special birthday or baby gift!
R.
I have just cleaned up after the Sangsang ravers and have decided to publish another post about Melly & me. I have previously discussed that their patterns are easy to understand and are great for Material Newbies (crafters who have only just started as opposed to Material Needers who have a few more threads in their sewing baskets). But Melly & me also have an excellent tutorial on their blog called the 'Scrappy Challenge'. This tutorial has allowed me the courage to tackle a quilt bigger than a drink coaster. Now I hear the diehard patchworkers out there shouting that this is just a log cabin block but Melly & me make it look so easy and incredibly cool with all those excellent fabric scraps - very important factors to a crafting newbie!
My sewing sisters & I have only encoutered one problem with this challenge - we are sewing innocents, therefore we have no scraps! We have embarrassed ourselves a little bit, scrounging on the sewing classroom floor for pieces, begging more experienced sewers to spare us a few little bright cuttings. Although we share most of the time, I know Annette keeps a few of the good ones for herself - dieb!
Although I have sewn hundreds to choose from (true - mean it - honestly Chris I have been doing my homework!) here are just a couple of blocks so far:
I know quite a few new ladies who are participating in this challenge, so if you have any scraps to spare please email the shop. Any scraps will be greatly appreciated and fought over the same way a flock of seagulls fight over a single chip (aka french fry).
R.
The other night at sewing class I was talking to Annette (who is German and wears funky Birkenstocks) and Annette made me sew my quilt binding wonky. Although I insisted that Annette should be the one to correct this, Chris banished me to the front of the shop to unpick the wonky binding. Anyhoo, I started to follow the instructions given but then I noticed a little face staring at me. It was the face of little Sangsang – one of the fun patterns from Melly & Me. Chris was still busy in the work room so I had a little flick through the rest – Sangsang, Freya, Hooty & Tweet, Lottie & Little Lady, Mrs Perkins - all patterns and more sitting right on the counter at Material Needs. Although new to everything crafty, these patterns seemed easy to read and quite achievable for all skill levels. Yay for Melly & me and their simple instructions!
Myself and a few other Material Needers chose to bring some little Sangsangs to life and with the help of my Eddie Spaghetti as chaperone they all had a nice Friday evening that didn’t get too wild & crazy. Here are some memories:
Now don't look at my Eddie Spaghetti's dirty beardy. Also, don't be fooled by the white maltese breed. As a puppy, I had visions of him matching my beautiful shabby chic bedroom, but he is in fact a filthy creature and seems to find it amusing. He did like the little Sangsangs though.
And this was later in the night when the techno trance & raving started:
As more of the Melly & me little ones come to life, I'll post their pics too. I think Freya & Mrs Perkins want tickets to next week's gig.
R.
