Unruly Letters for My Unruly Niece!

I've pieced the letters for my next Christmas name banner. This one is for my niece, Ellie. Ellie is a bit of a pink princess - but more warrior princess than Disney princess :-)- and she loooooooves bugs, so this pink spider fabric is just perfect for her. I might even hand quilt this one, cos I've been itching to have a go at some Baptist fans but too scared to try on a big quilt. So, I'm thinking pearl cotton (what else?!) but should I go for pink cotton, white, or a different colour entirely? Hmmmm....decisions, decisions. What on Earth did I spend my time thinking about before I started quilting?!

Fencing in the Village

Phew, I aimed to finish Waif's quilt top by the end of February...and here it is! A complete village, all fenced in.

Forgive the cruddy photo, but I was too excited to wait for a sunny day!

I do love this quilt, but I think if I was to make it again I would leave a little more background on the houses, cos I don't think there's much of a place for the eye to rest. But hey, it's for a six year old boy and when do they rest?!

Numbers

Three pinwheels:


Three liberated trees:


And the hexagon count is up to 56:


And that's it :-)

100 Bags, a Dotty House and a Star is Born

First of all, I have to share my latest liberated house.  It has to be my favourite so far and is also Waif's favourite:



I loved the door so much I made a matching tree :-)

In other news, I have made four more Morsbags which takes Snoozepod's grand total up to 100. Yes, I have made 100 bags.  Woohoo!



I have decided to take a new direction with Gman's black and red quilt.  Since discovering the joy of liberated quiltmaking, the conventional stuff seems, well, a bit boring...so I have sewn together some of the log cabins I have already made into a star formation and I am going to transform into a medallion quilt, taking inspiration from Gwen and Freddy.  I think my first border will have to contain some liberated stars, then who knows where it will go from there..?