October Schnibbles again

I hope these photos are a little better but I think it is wishful thinking. I decided not to add the two borders and I will bind it in navy. The fabric is really nice and looks good but doesn't show up in the photos.

Here is a close up but for some reason blogger turned it around and I have no idea how to change it. Sorry
I am looking forward to the next parade of schnibbles!

October Scnibbles

After the last Schnibbles parade I won the October Schnibbles pattern and 3 charm packs from Havasu Quilts.

But I decided to save these charm packs for another schnibbles. One of the reasons I joined a year of schnibbles is that I love charm packs and patterns using them.

But I decided to use fat quarters for this one. Go figure!

Sorry it does not photograph well inside and it is still raining!!! Here is a close up. I will try to take another photo in a different room and see if it is better.

A Day with the Nancys

Miss Nancy, Nancy and I try to meet on the second Tuesday of each month for a sewing day. We usually meet on a different day and do more talking than sewing. We met last Tuesday (it wasn't the second Tuesday but it was actually a Tuesday) and decided to do this tutorial by Oh, Fransson for scraps at Sew, Mama, Sew!.

We actually managed to get a small quilt top done.

As you can see we have very different tastes in fabrics.
This is Nancys'. This will actually be made into something for her grand kids. She will reveal it on her blog when finished

Miss Nancy used some gorgeous Japanese fabric for hers

And I of course used batiks. Most of these were scraps from this quilt. We have made the same pattern several times and it always looks very different. That is one of the things I like about the Year of Schnibbles- seeing the same quilt look totally different.

Birthday

Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes. I had a very nice 2 days! Yes we started last night as it was my birthday in Australia and continued all day today. And yes I got my camera!! It is perfect for me. Nice and small so I can carry it easily in my bag.

Disappearing 9 Patch????

Just over 2 years ago at a quilt class I was shown how to do a disappearing 9 patch. I did not have a lot of experience quilting so I wisely decided to buy some cheap Halloween Fabric from Walmart. I made a pile of blocks and then got sick of it and put them away. I found them when looking at all my fabric getting ready to move and decided to use them to practice free motion quilting. This is what I found.


I am sure they were meant to be disappearing 9 patch blocks. They all are like this. I don't know how I managed it but I completely messed up a very easy block.

This is my recent attempt at a disappearing 9 patch. My sewing skills have improved or is it my ability to follow instructions that has improved?

Giveaway

Great giveaway at Geta's Quilt Studio. She is an amazing quilter and her work is incredibly beautiful.

Testing Testing

I went to Paducah with Miss Nancy and we found the best booth. It was full of the most beautiful fabric. I could have bought every kit they had but unfortunately I couldn't really so we went back 4 times before we decided on what to buy. I ended up with 2 kits. This is the fabric from one.

Isn't it gorgeous. It is from Fern Hill Fabrics . Now I love pretty things that other people do but I don't usually do pretty. I couldn't resist this. I loved it and wanted it for me. But I was too scared to cut the fabric so I did the pattern in something else first. Of course my obvious choice was dogs.
Another cushion for Brittany. She loves it and I like the pattern. It will be a Table Topper with the gorgeous fabric.