UFO #3 - Finished! And a question ...

Well, I finished my January UFO #3 in the nick of time!  Nothing like last minute, I finished the binding yesterday afternoon!  Yay!!!  I present to you, Anita's Arrowhead blocks quilt....

I think this one might have to go on the bed tonight!  hehe!

So for February my UFO is #8, this pastel stars quilt, which I loaded onto the frame, gave the machine a spruce up, clean and oil, and she's ready to go. 

What I realised today, working in my Happy Daize Studio was that I need never have my frame empty again!  It is so great to have all the equipment I need in one place! 

Speaking of equipment, one thing I've never had is a design wall, though my living room floor made for a fantastic space to lay out and create. 

So my intention is to turn this wall into a design wall....

So here's the thing, I'm thinking polystyrene sheets propped up against the wall covered with wadding (batting) or a flannel sheet, or even both.  The slight angle of propping will hopefully stop things falling off. 

How have you made your design wall?  What would you recommend?  I'd love to hear your thoughts, either leave me a comment here or e-mail, either way, make sure I can reply  :)

A also had a little play tonight ....

but I can't show you too much .... not yet anyway!

Happy Quilting!



Just a little catch-up ...

Not a great deal has been done, I'm afraid my mind has been elsewhere as the state of the economy and the availability of funding hits home and has the potential to affect my job.  Hey ho!

This year I've decided to keep a record of my stash and have set up a spreadsheet to record my progress, with the aim of using more than I buy.  Hopefully that way I can keep focused to use it more.  Though I can't say I will NOT buy any fabric this year, my aim is to only buy what I absolutely need!   Yeah right!  LOL


So this wouldn't be a quilting blog without some quilting to show you would it!

This is my block for Sherri for The Bees Knees virtual quilting bee.  This one is 24" square!

And January is my month for The Bees Knees vqb, and I have gone for a sort of pink lemonade with a splash of lime colour theme using Hourglass blocks.  You can find a tutorial of how I made them over here on the Bees Knees blog. 

I've been chopping fabric for another Pork Chop Swap, and had planned to get this quilt trimmed, ready to put on the binding, but alas I never got to it today ...

Now to tackle the ironing...... sigh!

Happy Quilting!