A New Quilt!

Oh my goodness, have I got a treat for you!!! Well actually it's for me and Daughter No. 2 really, but you get first peek at it, because she is still at school. She is going to be very pleased with her Mama when she sees what I have for her!

This is where we spied the perfect quilt for her. I love my new book 'Material Obsession' and was very keen to try one of the beautiful quilts in it.

And the quilt she eventually decided upon is this one, Fanciful Flowers. It seems to be in the advanced category which is interesting. Interesting because I've only made one other quilt and it was a nine patch quilt. Apart from the hand applique which I can manage just fine, it looks rather simple really. Maybe it's the hand quilting that makes it a bit tricky? I don't think I'll actually hand stitch it anyway - too time consuming.

I do like her choice. The flowers are really going to make it beautiful, not to mention the gorgeous fabrics!!!

Fabrics, did someone say fabrics??? Oh I just love them all!! Let me show them to you. Here we have a lovely selection of florals...

some bolder choices, and some plainer ones...

and some wonderful blues and greens to tie it all together...

Don't you agree they are quite something? I was planning to cut into them this afternoon, but I think I might just wait a while and enjoy spreading them out and organising them a bit. So much fun!

This striped fabric is going to be the binding around the whole quilt. The lemon one will be the background colour under the flowers instead of the brown. Much softer looking and more young ladyish. I really love the colours of the one in the book for myself though.

And an added bonus, loads of fabulous selvages for another project or two. Such pretty spots and scripts.

So are you ready to see them all together? Yes? Just one last look...

Ooooh aren't they so divine?!!!

Some of you may be wondering who the designers of these fabrics are. They are a mix really. But the ones I really love are from Michael Miller.

The little girls are running around the garden in the glorious sunshine just now. It's such a beautiful day and the sun is shining brightly. You just can't beat it, quite frankly!

Well, now that I've shown you my bag full of loveliness, I can go and have my lunch. I've just remembered Daughter No. 1 has her first clarinet lesson after school today too. It really is a good day.