We are back in the Bay

 We have just got home from three great weeks in Perth. We caught up with family and friends and did some tourist things too. The only sewing thing I have to show is  the wall hanging I made mum. It is from a patchwork and stitching magazine. It is meant to be applique but I stitched it instead.

Here are a few photos of some of the things we did.

Christmas Stuff

I made two mug rugs to go with a table runner I made a couple of years ago so I could give them to my parents this year. The only problem is I lost a mug rug. I cleaned my sewing room and now it has disappeared. This is what happens when you clean up!
The mug rug is a free design using this tutorial by Megan. It was part of the mug rug madness holiday addition over at Erin's blog, Two More Seconds.

Ready to be trimmed

I got an early Christmas present of a charm packs and decided to make half square triangles. There are so many quilts I want to make using these that I will decide later what to do. I will probably make some more with fabric from my stash before making any decisions.

An early Christmas present and a summer quilt

 I decided to give Dave a canvas of a photo he took of the Golden Gate Bridge when we were in San Francisco for Christmas. I was so excited at how it turned out that I had to give it to him early. I came up with many excuses to justify it but really I just could not wait! It is not often that I think of something he will love. I had the photo put on a canvas in black and white. The only problem is that I think it would look better on a  different colour wall.

 I decided to try something different with my jelly roll race quilt and make it a summer quilt. I did not use batting and put a green flannel on the back ( it does not show up in the photo). I love how it feels. I t is so light and drapes beautifully. I now want to try using flannel instead of batting. I quilted it with straight lines along the seams.         


                                 

I could not resist taking a photo with Brittanys new dog. It is solar powered and wags it tail in the sun.

Ready For The Quilter!

 I added the borders to this quilt in anticipation of going to a quilt shop with a friend and leaving it with a quilter. The photo does not do the fabric justice and it will make a great wall hanging. I bought a kit in Paducah (oh so long ago) from Fern Hill. The fabric and quilts Stephanie designs and makes are amazing.

 It is nearly Brittany's birthday and I like to make her something. She has a great quilt cover which is white with a black desk and dog silhouette on it. I would take a picture but her room is a bit scary. I will make this into a cushion for her bed.

I wanted to make something quick and easy so I made this zippered pouch. I used the Lazy girls design perfect pouches pattern. Not sure what I will do with it but the fabric looks great.

More of the same and something a little different

I loved the last table runner I made so I decided to make another one with scraps from my Jelly Roll Sampler Quilt Along. This one is a little wider than the figgy pudding one and looks great.

I really wanted to make something with different colours. I decided to use the tutorial for the Geometric Quilted Table Runner over at Sew We Quilt. I love the pattern, not so sure about the colours.

 I took a photo outside to try and show the colours.

 I have so many things I want to make that I don't know where to start and I have so many UFOs that I don't know where to start to finish!

Christmas leftovers

 Of  the fabric kind.

 This table runner is made with the scraps from this quilt. The pattern is a Moda Bake Shop called City Windows.The fabric is 12 days of Christmas by Kate Spain. It is a gorgeous range.

I love this one. It is the scraps from a schnibbles I made in 2009 with Figgy Pudding. I love Figgy Pudding and I love how this one turned out. It is lots of little scraps cut off while making this quilt. I got the idea from the Skinny Verna pattern once again at Moda Bake Shop. I still have 2 charm packs of figgy pudding that I am saving for something special but I don't know what yet.