CHARM ABOUT YOU

I'm completely in love with this quilt.

From deciding to do something different (for me), to having fun piecing it and seeing the end result be so cool! I loved each block but even when I laid them out I didn't know if it worked. The grey eyelets from 'Flea Market Fancy' by Denyse Schmidt was the perfect choice for the rainbow blocks and, for me, the final touch that made me fall in love.

There's so many fun little fabric pieces in each colour block and my kids loved pointing them out!

The back is a Jay McCarroll print that I've used before, it's a nice vibrant blue with pink squares.

It is quilted in diagonal straight lines using Aurifil 50wt.

Gotta love the quilty goodness draped on the chair my Nan gave me (which I've re-cushioned and thought about recovering but I've grown to love the vintage shininess of it!).

You can buy this quilt in my Etsy shop now

Sold!

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And am working on these little dolls:

They just need to be stuffed. I'm thinking they'd be cute on a keychain to hang off a bag or something?!

I was so inspired when I saw the incredible Liberty skittle dolls Jo made and then my mum bought me this magazine:

So I used the basic template from Craftseller and then made a very simple version and attached a ribbon loop. 

Even my son seems to love them so hopefully they'll sell!

I'm still working on my bear paw blocks too:

Then there's those other little things that brighten up your day. The baby is poorly and we've had a hard time of late so when I heard that unmistakeable 'thud' of a package through the door (and don't we all just know when it's fabric?!) I was nursing her and thinking 'I know I've not ordered anything, what could that be?'. Nothing could have surprised me more. The wonderful and very generous Hydee had sent me some gorgeous Hope Valley as a thank you for a package I sent her recently. Now I have to point out I sent her a little bit of fabric and a magazine and she sent me LOADS of this: