Monday 1 April 2013

Marvellous March

March has indeed been the most marvellous of months, in relation to all things quilty.  To start, I reviewed 2 books for The Sewing Directory Website, they were;

 And the much anticipated;


Both fabulous (if very different) books, so do check them out :-)

And then there was Mother's Day, and my very kind and generous husband surprised me with this.



Oh happy days!  How could the month get any better you ask? 

Well it did, because I got to use my shiny brand new sewing machine when Lucie Summers, designer of the gorgeous fabric line Summersville and Summersville Spring, came to  Jersey to teach!! 

Here's a little collage of what we got up to, and you can read a full account here.


So with all this flurry of activity, it's any wonder I actually did any sewing at all.
 
As well as being busy making pirate bunting and cupcake bunting to fulfil orders through my website, I also had a quilt finish, that I've been meaning to share with you for ages.  It's my hand quilted French General Quilt.







And finally, as Easter approached, I knew that I needed to make some teacher presents for my daughter's teachers.  So I used this little tutorial, and made some of these, juggling chickens. 




And finally, one other SO VERY EXCITING thing happened too this week...I booked my ticket!
 


Are you going?  If so I'd love to hear from you!  I'm so excited I can hardly wait.

I hope you have had a great month too. 

Linking up with;

Lily's Quilts


And





Sarah x



12 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt! And cute chickens, too.

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  2. How exciting! Great machine.

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  3. Ooh I'm going too, but I'm not meant to know, it's my birthday present. Love your quilt, very pretty :)

    Rachael

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  4. You did indeed have a lovely March didn't you??

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  5. Cool Month! I am going to Fat Quarterly Retreat! So excited even now I could burst!

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  6. Great month! I love pictures of shiny new sewing machines :D! Your French General quilt is so pretty. I love all the beautiful hand quilting!

    Thank you for linking up to Let’s Get Acquainted this week!

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  7. You've had a fabulous month! I have a Bernina and I love it!

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  8. I love my Bernina too. Your hand quilting looks lovely.

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  9. I love your French general Quilt!! And I am jealous over your Bernina!lol Have fun!
    Jan

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  10. Sounds like a great month! I love your hand quilting on the French General quilt, might have to get some tips off you in July!!

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  11. Lucky you getting a visit from Lu Summers! Yay for the FQR, I will be going so see you there!

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  12. Wow - what an awesome surprise!!!

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