Tabby Road begins

 

What a busy few days! 

Here we have the first blocks made with the Tabby Road and other Tula Pink fabrics I've pulled from the stash.

It's time for these fabrics to shine in their own right.

I'm creating blocks from the Tula Pink book "100 modern quilt blocks", which I feel every quilter could own and make a different version of the same blocks... in much the same way as quilting has been done for centuries of course, but it's so inviting to be different!

I am so Aquarius. I love to stand out and be different!

I really don't know quite what direction to take this in, I guess I had another think about bed quilt.

And once again, I've decided not to make it for the bed. So it can be smaller and maybe even hang in the gallery hallway if he doesn't need it in his bed.

These blocks aren't so big, but they make a big impact!

Some finished pieces

Tula Pink's select sampler from her book "100 Modern Quilt Blocks" has been completed. Binding is on. 

Combining Devonstone and Tula Pink, it was a delight to create and to complete.

Can you see on my sewing machine a Tula jelly roll, more solids, and a very special Tula print?

And here are some altar cloths that have been mailed out so far this month.

It's been a busy time, finally, people have time to buy for themselves!

That lion and moths, oh my heart!

Magical forest tree!

What a great altar cloth!

Special unicorn piece...

These are all sold from my etsy store

SewIntuitiveByRainey.etsy.com

 

Almost show time

 It's almost local agricultural show time and Mum (Deep Creek Quilting in Vic. Australia) has express posted these quilts to me so that I can bind them in time to enter the show.

(This blue one is "Tis The Season" stitcheries by Natalie Bird, with my own quilt setting.

They often seem to end up last minute, although that's not my intention!

Why do I enter the show?

I noticed the craft and baking sections were incredibly small at the Townsville Show. I promised myself to enter at least something into baking or craft each year, so that this aspect of the show would still exist when my children are old enough to participate, and maybe my grandchildren.

If we don't enter these things, they will just drop away!

I have to get my skates on to hand stitch the binding down.

The baptist fans look beautiful on this  rendition of a selection of blocks from Tula Pink's 100 modern quilt block book.