Done

Nan's quilt is done. Yes you read that right after almost two years sitting on the UFO pile it's done, finished, complete. How happy am I?

It's always tricky trying to get a picture of something so large, made even more difficult by the lack of day time photographic time, but for the sake of being able to show something I hastily threw it on the bed and took a couple of pretty awful shots but you get the idea.At least it's had the Molly seal of approval...... in fact I couldn't get her off the thing, every one of the pictures I tried to take had a Molly in it, lolGood job my Nan likes cats, she may have some Molly fluff to cuddle up to when she puts this on her bed!And before I go I want to say a huge thank you to Kim who shared her pattern for this quick and easy quilt top, many moons ago which inspired me to make this for my Nan who I'm sure is going to love it.

Under the machine

Quilting on Nan's present has begun in earnest this week. Now it's started I'm a little worried that even sticking to simple straight line stitching I may run out of time to get this one finished. Isn't this just a crazy time of year? I don't think we have any weekends between now and Christmas that we're actually at home for the whole weekend with no plans. I need to give up work then I'll have plenty of time in the week to get things done...if only :)Things aren't helped by the fact that Inspector Hugo makes his regular patrols closely checking that my quilting skills pass muster....oh the pressure! :)

Nan's Quilt

Most of my crafting time at the moment is going in to trying to get Nan's Christmas present done. It's coming along well, but still a long way to go.The back is now pieced, just using this and that pieces of fabric from the boxes I already have. This isn't going to be a master class in quilt making that's for sure, but it's being stitched with plenty of love and is meant to be functional so hopefully it will end up being just that.Yesterday saw me shifting around furniture in an effort to lay this one out in the living room and get the layers basted together. So it's now all rolled up and ready for quilting. I don't do fancy quilting so this is going to get the straight stitch in the ditch treatment.
One of the very best things about quilting is that you know as soon as you start getting the fabric out you're sure to attract the company of a kitty or two looking to make a nest right on that vital piece of cotton you need next. :)

The Next Big Thing

Now the budgie cushion is finished I can move on to the next and final big project that I'm hoping to have done by Christmas. Way back here I made a quilt top which was meant to be a present for my Gran for Christmas, needless to say I didn't make my ridiculously short deadline and, well that was 2 years ago and the top has been folded away in a cupboard since then.

So I've been busy cutting some fabric to make the back, I'm not buying anything new for this project so the back is not going to have any sort of layout or pattern, just a bunch of squares cut from fabric that I just want to get used up, layed out in random order.Now I just have to get to the job of getting them sewn up.