The best is first - I was quilting my quilt made with the Summer's Blush pattern. I love the quilting part and this is how I ended my day yesterday.
Earlier I had started to gather the supplies that I need to take to the Fat Quarterly Retreat in London. I realized that my supplies need accessories. The cutter needs a zakka pencil case bag made slightly bigger, the ipad needs a case, the moleskin notebook needs a cover. Luckily the rest of the small bits will fit in that wonderful bag that Catherine made for me along with my name tag. And I have a few presents to finish up to take along. Oh, and I need to pick fabric for the classes. A lot of bits and choices to make, I was totally unfocused and worried. Thus, I turned to the quilting mentioned above.
My evening started with wonderful mail. Those pot holders, pins and magnet came to me from Jodie (who is simplykidsocala on flickr and who blogs at You Quilt Girl). I asked for blue, yellow and white and she made these lovelies! Thank you Jodie!
Earlier this week, I finished piecing the Echo Stained. I am making this quilt using Sarah from Narcoleptic in a Cupboard's pattern as part of her Quilt-a-long. I love this pattern and it works so nicely with the Echo fabrics by Lotta Jansdotter. I think I will add some 5 or 6" borders in the Kona Charcoal that I used for the skinny sashing to make it a bit bigger. Right now it is about 44" square.
And these are the blocks that I received this round in the 5 x 4 Modern Blocks Bee all together. My group - Hive 1 - this round did a great job.
In fact all of my groups have been wonderful, look at the whole lot so far. I want to do one more round and then finish the quilt. This upcoming round will be accelerated so we have the summer off, so I am going to need to make my blocks right away as I am going to be in London for 10 days.
Finally, I have to make a pincushion for my secret partner in the Fab Little Pincushion Swap. I am really not sure what to make. Tonight I will see what I can manage, maybe just making some things will break the pincushion block. Any other thoughts on how to do that are most welcome.
Off to the work that pays for the fabric, enjoy your day.
Best,
Leanne
Wow everything looks so brilliant! I wonder if I will be in your group for the FQ swapsies :) I've started gathering all teh bits too - I'm not sure how I will travel on the tube with it all!!??
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ReplyDeletewow - lots going on & plenty more on the list! Getting ready for London sounds fun! And love your 4x5 blocks!
ReplyDeleteLoving your bee sampler blocks L! They are forming a superb quilt! How about some crazy patchwork for a pincushion! So much fun! Jxo
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe how much you have to do! I'm tired just reading your post. Bring on your holiday and face to face meeting.
ReplyDeleteOooh so much to do... you and me both! Love love love your stained :-) And your bee blocks! Wow. Really love them. Wait till you see mine ;-) Hoping to take it to FQR.
ReplyDeleteLove the progress on your stained quilt. What a great use of that fabric.
ReplyDeleteI am going to packing right up til midnight on the friday - so I feel your panic xxx
ReplyDeleteEcho stained looks fab! I really need to decide on what fabric to take to the retreat.
ReplyDeletelove your stained and those bee blocks! Good luck with all your makery and packing. Where are you visiting whilst you are over here (apart from London!!)
ReplyDeleteLove the stained top! I haven't cut into mine yet, but i think I have now settled on an idea! The pot holders are very pretty! Good luck getting all those preparations sorted!
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely stuff I don`t know where to start! Your 4x5 blocks look amazing together, and your stained quilt is just beautiful. Great to see Catherine`s pouch and tag are there and ready to go.
ReplyDeleteHeh, I've had a slight accessorising freak out lately for the retreat...
ReplyDeleteStill, fab happy mail there, and love your Stained Echo :o)
Alright...now I'm getting seriously jealous.
ReplyDeleteIt all looks awesome! I love your Stained :)
ReplyDeleteYour list of things to do made me tired just reading it! You have been busy! What a wonderful week you've had of receiving and sewing.
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing!!! Lots of lovely goodness! You have a great eye for color!!
ReplyDeletewhat a lot of wonderful stuff, love the echo quilt top :)
ReplyDeleteIt all looks wonderful. You will have fab things for your sewing bits at the retreat, I'll be using old toiletry bags!
ReplyDeleteWow! I have seen lot of stained quilts and your in Echo is really stunning
ReplyDeleteI love everything in this post - it's all stunning!
ReplyDeleteDo you quilt on a Horizon, too? :)
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting part as well, although I also enjoy basting! Weird, I know. :)