a little bit silent...

...but behind the scenes it's all a bit crazy. i'm preparing lots of goodies to take over to houston and the flower quilt (which i decided to call summersville bloom, although thanks for the suggestions, they were all great) is now quilted and bound. i couldn't get a great shot of the whole thing, but i just had to show all that lovely texture, it really brings the quilt to life. you can just peek a little bit of border - it's worked brilliantly and really pulled the piece together. quilt number 3 is on the quilt frame and i hope to show you some of that this week along with some other summersville magic ;)

i spy...

with my little eye...just thought this was cute - a beautifully photographed bundle of loveliness - can you spot some summersville? i can see three pieces...(click on the photo to make it bigger)

flower quilt, a little bit more...

so, the flower quilt (amazing name needed, any ideas? was thinking 'summersville spring'...) went together with surprising ease and very quickly. i was a bit ambitious to begin with, i thought i'd make it 5 x 5 (making 25 blocks) but really, what was i thinking? 3 x 3 is plenty big enough, especially with a rather marvellous piano key style border (will show pictures when quilted) this would be especially sweet in a little girl's bedroom, on the wall or made bigger for a single bed - it's quite modern and punchy. i'm really happy with how it turned out and can't wait to see it quilted! poor mum is getting seriously overworked, but i think she's enjoying the challenge, secretly ;)

ta da!

mum's finished the quilting, hurrah! i'm SO in love with this quilt, it's one of those rare projects where it's come out looking exactly how i wanted it to! and the quilting is fabulous, if you want to see it a bit better, do click through on each photo to view it bigger - you'll see much clearer detail. mum will attach the binding today, then we'll hand stitch it tomorrow. one quilt down, 2 to go. more on quilt number 2 tomorrow! x

quilt progression...

...so exciting! as i type, summersville strings is on the longarm machine being quilted by my clever mum. i took the opportunity to take some images this morning just before she carried on, and it's just amazing. it's exactly what i pictured while i was making it - i deliberately wanted some nice areas of plain (i toyed with black, but am happy i went with cream) for the quilting to really show up. i cannot wait to get this bound and finished!

quilt wip

so, the summersville strings quilt is nearing piecing completion and goes on the longarm machine tomorrow! i'm so excited to see it finished. i've a horrible feeling it's going to be a nightmare to do though, i deliberately haven't double checked the lengths of each edge because i'm too frightened to find how uneven they are...i'm being an ostrich and may well let my mother take care of that bit...and apologies for the dreadful creases in the quilt, i was too excited about getting a shot of it!

i've been keeping a secret...

i'm not really sure how i've kept this to myself but back in march i got an email asking if i'd like to submit some designs to moda fabrics. yup, that's right, i said moda fabrics... i replied saying not on your nelly...i'm kidding, i'm kidding! of course i jumped at the chance and nervously sent off a box of goodies and waited a rather anxious couple of weeks for them to arrive. then i received an email entitled 'it's a yes!' and i let out a rather large squeal of joy heard in several counties and after lots of waiting and several months later, here we are with a stack of sample fabrics and only 6 weeks till quilt market in houston where i shall be officially revealing my debut line for moda fabrics! it's to be called (what else?) 'summersville'...how exciting is that??? i'm so, so happy with how the samples have turned out, the scales are a tiny bit different than the originals, and i'm thrilled - especially with scandi, which has been supersized, OMG, brilliant! there are 8 designs in the range in 5 different colours and guess what??? some of them are coated! that's right, like oilcloth. i can't tell you how much i'm looking forward to seeing the samples of that!

so over the next few weeks i'll be showing you my projects for market - i've lots of things planned and not long to make them in...so what am i doing yapping away to myself here? i'd better go and chain myself to the sewing machine...i can think of worse fates...tomorrow i should be a little further forward with my first quilt and will take some images for you to see. SQUEAL!