House block - block two

House block - block two, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

Here's the second block for my house quilt. Next I'll be doing the hammock that Jodi suggested - and making it all tropical! Good thing to do when it's winter outside.

House block - block one

House block - block one, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

I've finally finished the first block for my house quilt - I decided to piece the trees. I'm planning to do one block each week. It's good to set a goal...

Circle quilt, back from the quilter

IMG_2052, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

Thanks Fran from Willow Patch for your fabulous quilting.

Circle quilt

IMG_2050, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

Excuse the photo - it's a gorgeous sunny winter afternoon. I have sewn on the binding, just need to turn and handstitch it down.

And the beauty is - I didn't buy any new fabric for this. Discovered that I had enough spotty fabric already (shows the kind of stash I have!)

Circle quilt close up

IMG_2047, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

The machine quilter used black and white thread, and we decided on an open spiral/ snail shell. I'm sooo happy with it!

Circle quilt

IMG_2048, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

Back from the quilter - a close up.

Ben's wonky houses quilt

Ben's wonky houses quilt, a photo by Linseed2010 on Flickr.

A real milestone today. Ten people have now marked this as a favourite on flickr.

I loaded this (pretty bad) photo to flickr about 15 months ago.

I really need to take another shot, which 1) shows the whole quilt (!) and 2) doesn't have bumps all over (husband's knees and elbows, I think).

Spiderweb close up

Well I've sewn together 10 blocks so far. Planning a double bed-sized quilt - so only 40-50 to go?!

Close up

Spiderweb close up

Enjoying using selvages...