Cats and Dogs

Well, what a strange combination - cats and dogs! I never thought I'd be quite as fond of animals as I am now.... but it's a bit like babies really... I enjoy giving them back. (shhhh)...

Rosie, Andrea and I followed up last week's sewing day with another busy day of sewing. I machine stitched bindings onto the Pokey Puppy Quilt and Be Seussical. The couch awaits! Hahahaah.. perfect weather for sitting indoors with a movie actually....

Then I worked on the next Cat In The Hat quilt top.... pieced the background together and fused on the appliques. If I am able to get the quilt top finished by the weekend Mum and I will put it on her big machine... and zup zup.. another one done.

But wait, I've already had couch time.. and I've finished the Pokey Puppy quilt binding.. It just needs a label.. Yay!! Baby Finn is going to love it... (Finn is the one in the braces jumpsuit... and Marcus is having a swing at his lil' toy).

Mother's Day.

The last few years I've spent Mothers Day weekend in Phillip Island on quilter's retreat... yes, one of those years was with my mother... hahahahah... but this year I didn't get my form back in time, and missed out....

This Mother's Day weekend I spent some time with my Mum... awwww... yeah ....

I made her panda cupcakes (pandas are black and white... and that's her fav footy team colours) .. she loved 'em!

So what did we do? Mum showed me how to use her sooper dooper HUGE quilting machine... yay!

 Here I am working on the Dr Seuss quilt... yep... that's done...

Quilted with circles....

After lunch we had time for me to practise again.... quilted an allover bones design on the Poky Puppy baby quilt.

What a relaxing time with my Mum.. I love you so much Mumsy.... I don't know what I'd do without you. xo

Now there are two quilts ready to bind... Better get the binding machined on and prepare to watch some movies... ooh, what a hard job that is.... *wink*

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Sensible or Seussical?

Sometimes we are so excited with a quilt top finished in one day, then we hang it up to take a photo of it, and realise its too small...

So, after hanging it (thank goodness this blog makes me take photos of my sewing progress), I could see that it wasn't a very useful size.

Now with these simple borders, the quilt is a single bed topper. Much better than a cot sized quilt. And that's how you make a sensible Dr Seuss quilt!! LOL!

I'm going to ask Mum to quilt large bubbles in an edge to edge design, then I plan to use vanilla coloured binding.

Memo to self: be sure to take photos with your camera as well as the phone! The phone pics, just aren't as clear.

Introducing... Be Seussical

With the excitement of the Very Hungry Caterpillar, and the fast progress on the quilt top, I'm feeling quite spurred on... so I'm taking a step towards another literary quilt.

I love vintage and whimsical quilts. I guess that's why these last two have appealed to me so much... and I've been in the mood for fast and easy, but also creative sewing.

These are pieces I've cut from the Cat In The Hat fabric panel. Fusible web strips are fused around the outer edges of each piece.

Then I've chosen other fabric from the range to use as backgrounds. Machine blanket stitched on. Now that's fast.

I love the rocking motion as I've appliqued the panel pieces on at varying angles. It replicates the whimsical and nonsensical (or should that be Seussical??) feel in the Dr Seuss books.

So, there is a quilt top in a day...