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Project Life 2014 Week Thirty-four

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Highlights of our week

Kea came to stay for the week

Getting into the garden
Visiting friends

Master B lost his 6th tooth

Week 34

a pile of fabric- blue addition

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I had already made a start on the pink addition quilt. This quilt had me struggling for a while.

I made a start 3 times. I sadly and thankfully unpicked a fair amount of the quilt top.

I found some inspiration from pintrest.

I am so pleased I brought 1/4 mtr of plain homespun that were also the full width of the fabrics I was using. It ended up being less bitsy and came together quickly after that change!

Ironing out all those seams was very tedious!!

I choose to hand quilt using dmc thread matching the thread to the colour in the row I was stitching. I made sure not to do every row. Just enough.

Completed quilt

Both quilts are now washed and dry and ready for their new home- even with a week to spare!

a pile of fabric- pink addition

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I was asked by a friend to make a quilt for each of her two children. We had decided on a bundle of fabric and then it was all up to me. Eeek!!!

It took a while to get what I wanted. Lots of stopping and starting. Lots of nerves and second guessing myself.

I finally settled on a block pattern after some inspiration from pintrest.

After lots of sewing and ironing....

I had a quilt top I was super happy with!

My favourite part was hand quilting this. I choose a few plain dmc threads to co-ordinate with the plain fabrics. Simple and very effective.

Quilt complete!

Check out the blue addition here.

school's out

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bring on the holidays!

lego building, summer swimming, pj wearing, soccer playing, park hopping, book reading, movie watching, bike riding, eating baking, creating and making, beach going, playdate arranging, fun having and photo taking.

hooray for summer!!

(where did the year go? my babies are growing up too fast)