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Circle Quilt progress

I have had a productive last week working on the circle quilt. Feeling pretty impressed with my self that [a] the semi circles are easier than I expected to sew back into the block [b] it all lines up pretty well [c] that I love the fabric choices I made!

Laying out the blocks

It all sewn together

Close up

Backing Fabric

Backing fabric arrived today from Stitchworks and I am really happy with the colour and its also 2.7m wide so the back will just be one large piece of fabric.

Just deciding now if the front needs a white boarder around the circles before I have to cut off all my loose threads and iron (again) then basting and quilting starts!

Starting another quilt- Rainbow Quilt

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I have started a quilt, this time for friends expecting a baby early next year.

I had an idea (more scribbled down an idea just before going to sleep one night) and the plan is to have it like this... a Rainbow quilt

My idea scribbles

So after sorting through my fabrics/scraps this is my fabric selection and you can see the way I laid it out is more or less my scribbled idea and it looks like a rainbow!

Fabric selection (notice my yellow pile lacking a range of yellow?)

Here are some blocks done but not cut to a specific size yet

Red

Purple

Green

Blue

Black and White

Pink

Orange

2 more blocks to go once I finish the brown block and acquire more yellow fabric.

Photo Friday

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Had a long but productive week and of course loving the warmer weather!

Farmers Wife Sample Quilt Progress Week 2

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[29] Economy

[73] Rainbow Flowers

[41] Friendship Star

3 down 108 to go!

Fathers Day

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Yesterday- 4th September was Fathers Day and also for Christchurch the 1 year anniversary for the 7.1 earthquake that woke us at 4.35am.

We celebrated Fathers Day with handmade cards from preschool and the gift from Master W and Master B was a game of Connect 4 so we can play as a family. It was a beautiful sunny day so we had a picnic in Hagley Park, kicked around the soccer ball and finished off the afternoon having photos in the daffodils.

Here are a few photos from our day.