Showing posts with label quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilt. Show all posts

Sunday, September 26, 2010

{making} patchwork dreams

i love it when what's old is new again. that's quilting for me, right now. it's (thankfully) not all about the Saw-Tooth star anymore, but rather contemporary design and modern colour choices. it's also very therapeutic!

purl soho is a new york based fabric/pattern store  mecca (online and bricks-and-mortar). they have totally been fuelling my patchwork inspiration. just have a look. A-maz-ing.

and then... well isn't it funny how this book arrived in the post just a week or so later?


last minute patchwork + quilted gifts is by joelle hoverson, and the owner of purl. oh my this book is a beauty. ranging from less-than-2-hours, to more-than-12-hours, there is some kind of patchwork to make for everyone. i've already made a handful of the flannel baby blankets... so easy yet so so beautiful! (and they turn out just like the picture - that never happens!!)


this book (thankfully) also has detailed instructions. so the amatuer quilter in me can fumble through without having to call my mum!


quilting is a pretty special thing, isn't it? i still remember going to a grade one sleepover at school... all the kids had sleeping bags. i had a quilt my mum had made for me. and i still have it.

Monday, August 2, 2010

{making} rainy days - finished!




the finished project :: rainy days baby quilt



Monday, June 28, 2010

50 things...

50 things i'm dreaming of... seeing/doing/learning/cooking/reading right now.

blog this's 50th challenge is to write a list of 50 things. any things! i did contemplate "50 things i need to cook" but really, i didn't think that'd be great reading!

so i'm breaking my list up. into little groups of 10. have a read.... get to know me a bit better... and make sure you check out the rest of the amazing aussie bloggers out there who are making lists of their own! and, of course, make your own!


...things i'm dreaming of seeing...
...the eiffel tower. just one more time... pleeeeese?
...penguins in the wild. which would mean a trip to tassie... i heart tasmania...
...some films - 500 days of summer, Paris, je t'aime, the september issue
...scotland. those rolling hills. and this house.
...norway. in the summer, preferably.
...my veggie patch growing healthy... and fast!
...australia becoming a nation full of  organ donors.
...a little letter in the mail from ABC Classic FM offering me a job...
...a puppy in my backyard!
...Heaven


 ...things i'm dreaming of doing...
...being a mum. i think that'd be pretty fun...
...becoming australia's next tv chef. (dreaming? perhaps...)
...some more bushwalking. i just need to find the time...
...getting a good hair cut. (i know this is impossible. but a woman can dream, right?!)
...filling my huge dining room table with friends for an elegant dinner party
...making a wall feature out of framed holiday pics
...wearing a beautiful ballgown at least once in my life (*sigh* i watched high society last night!)
...buying a scandinavian summer house. stat.
...sewing everything from this book
...blogging something fantastic!


...things i'm dreaming of cooking...
...macarons. yes, i'm obsessed
...schiacciata con l'uva. michael klausen's recipe please!
...pork belly. and wontons. oh my!
...rhubarb. in any way.
...salt & pepper squid. 
(are you hungry yet?)
...chicken pot pie - kudos the green table
...peanut butter biscuits - kudos city bakery
...chorizo. all ways.
...lemon curd.
...tarte tartin


...things i'm dreaming of learning...
...quilting. i'm thinking like this. and this. move over grandma. contemporary is HERE.
...more chopin. his nocturnes make me swoon. 
...how to be slightly more of a "morning person".
...the secrets to cleaning a shower. mouldy grout? you are my arch nemesis. 
...a little more french. oui?!
...the secrets to interior decorating.
...balance in life.
...the art form of milk frothing & latte art.
...where my favourite book went. lost for 2 years. never forgotten.
...to say no.


...things i'm dreaming of reading...
..."A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent life" now that sounds like my kinda book.
...cookbooks... heston. jamie. stephanie. that's happiness!
...persuasion. for the hundredth time.
... more books & magazines on my iPad. i love that thing
...my bible... one inspirational book. it's pretty powerful.
..."the elegance of the hedgehog". it's title jumps out at me...
...Lists :To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art. this looks awesome.
...my google reader. total inspiration. everyday.
...twitter. it cracks me up. all. the. time. 
...any good novel, really.



thanks for reading!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

let the fun begin

ok. i must admit that i have run from this for awhile. i'm not sure why, but probably the "stereotypical" view the (non craft) world takes on quilting.

but i have started a quilt.

eek!

i thought i would throw in a teaser of some of the fabulous fabric i'm using:




yes, out comes my orange obsession again!

they are by a designer called Lizzy House - she has a beautiful blog worth checking out!
the quilt (yes, my first ever!) is a childrens design. easy block design. wish me luck!

pictures to come...


images : andover fabrics
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