A new little nephew

I have a new nephew yay
No news yet on size or name

So thats 4 nephews and 3 neices
now I wonder what the next baby due in Aug will be.  I was sure this little one was going to be a girl LOL

Now to finish a few boy things and send them off with the baby quilt

I think I am addicted

Well I use to watch my mother quilt and patchwork and decided that I really wasn't patient enough to work on something for so long, But I have given in and I think I am a quilting addict PMSL
Mind you my mother takes ages to finish a quilt because she is the best procrastinator in the world hehe love ya mum.

I have just finished putting my blocks together for my disappearing 9 patch and it was so much fun.
So now I have all the top done so I have to sandwich and baste and then start the machine quilting.
After making Jacks quilt and the new niece/nephews floor rug I decided that my nan was next LOL  It is her bday near the end of August but I think once it is done I will send it off.  she is 88 this year and thought a lap quilt for her in the nursing home would be great.

So here it is. I just LOVE these colours together



Now to get to the basting etc etc

Not much else happening I really need to get back into the scrapping stuff as I have pics sitting there from Clair that I am dying to do.

Oh so many things to do and never enough time

Cheers

Finished baby quilt

Well it is such a long time that I blogged so I thought this needed its own mention.

I finish the baby quilt. After lots of thinking about the colour and asking here in blog land I have finished it. And i have to say I am very very happy with it.
I started quilting it by just using pins but it wasn't looking so great so decided to unpick it all and spray baste it down. Did that and it is perfect. The binding on the other hand is a bit dodgy but oh well that is the smallest part so it is OK PMSL. Anyway here is a pic.



So there you go all done in time for the new bundle which by the way is expected on the 19th/20th all going well.  My SIL is sure to do a fine job as she did last time and I can't wait to meet my new little niece or nephew.

looks like Green wins

well looks like the border might be green LOL

Thank you so much ladies for all taking the time to help me with my colour issues LOL

Will pop another pic up when it is done. Hopefully Anthony might take the boys out for a bit tomorrow and I can have some time, please please please might make up for last weekends mothers day.

anyways thought I might pop a few pics of Jack quilt on here as well, although the pics aren't great






So there you have it my very first single bed quilt

which colour???? that is the question

ok so I have asked my mum and my sister so now I ask you out ther in blog land which colour do you think the green?


or the yellow?

so which one do you like?

oh

I forgot to mention that Jacks quilt is almost complete. just have to finish the binding. It is taking a few days cause my arm gets so sore so I can only do small amounts at a time.

What are we up to?

Now lets see. I have so much stuff on the go at the moment that I thought it would be great to come in and blog it. Don't normally blog very often so maybe this will get me gong a bit more. Well lets hope.

first up I actually started something for me. Yep I am actually sewing me something first time in about 12 years I think. I am pretty happy with it since I have never been game to sew anything like this fabric I chose.
It is from the latest Women's Ottobre Mag which I borrowed from my neighbour. Thanks F.
it is the little knit top and I love it it is actually quite easy although I am not sure how I will go on the buttonholes. Although my new machine has one step buttonholes so with a few practises it should work ok LOL

sorry about all the pins everywhere LOL


it actually pulled a bit out of shape at the bottom but oh well doesn't need to be perfect LOL
It looks better on the dressmakers dummy than me to PMSL

Buttons aren't done yet still have to have a few practises.  I used fold over elastic which actually work out quite nicely. Much better than I think the binding would have.

Now to go and finish it LOL

Also have a pair of pants cut out for Luke in the most gorgeous colour velvety fabric, so I also have to sew them

OK so I have a few other project in mind as well but I think I need to get off the computer and get back to sewing