Athens time

Thursday 11 June 2009

Soooo much to blog about.......

I haven't blogged for a while (apart from the giveaway) and this basically is because things have gone mad ! Apart from real life interfering with hobbies (does that happen to you too ?:-) I have been to a Guild meeting, a quilting lecture, gone to an architectural open day and bought more fabric and am planning another quilt too.....!

Also... and this I am really excited about... I WON something !! I hosted the giveaway for the launch of Sewn, I participated in both the Sew Mama Sew and Sewn Giveaways and entered loads and won nothing at all. Then... out of the blue, a private Mayday giveaway could not reach their winner and had to be redrawn ! Hi !! I'm here ! Always !! So excited. 8 lovely batik FQ's and a pincushion. I needed that pincushion, and I love batik !! Can't wait to get it. As I don't know how to get the photo of her blog, I will blog about it when I get it.

I will also still let you know about the other things later, but for now....

I have cut my fabric for the Old Red Barn Sew Along!!

Eeeek...... You know how they say, "think twice, cut once "? We'll I thought about 8 times, blogged about it, got lots of good advice from lots of lovely people, thought about it another 8 times.. finally made that very first cut..... and then was brave and cut it all up!

Don't the stripes look lovely ? Going to sew a sample together for size today and then play with layouts and make all the blocks. I am still behind, but catching up...


Doesn' it look great ? I'm so excited to see what it is going to look like !!

5 comments:

imquilternity said...

Great fabrics choices! I think your quilt is going to look stunning.

Lauranie said...

I agree, quite stunning indeed! I went to that giveaway, but so many fabrics so many choices....to hard to decide! :D

~Laurie~ said...

That fabric is just beautiful! And congratulations on winning! Doesn't feel wonderful!!
Laurie

Catherine said...

I LOVE all your heather Bailey Fabrics, great choice! Your batiks are on their way. Have just joined up to flickr. Do you have any tips? Will have to join some groups next.Loving it already.

Rafael's Mum said...

So great you all like my fabrics. I spent a long time choosing... it is really hard on the screen as I did not have a design wall and I am that sort of a person who has to physically handle the fabrics and put them together... Poor ladies in the quiltshop had about 40 bolts on the counter for my last quilt and I kept holding them together, rearranging and regrouping till it was perfect. I took over the shop lol!