Friday night sew in

After a week of feeling sick and four days in bed I was desperate to do something. I wasn't up to anything really tricky so I grabbed a bundle of beautiful flannel fat quarters I purchased at the Sydney show from Picklemouse Corner..three years ago!!!

Cutting instructions were included so off I went...and after a couple of hours I was playing around with placement.

..and here's the completed top...

Yippee!!!! 

I'm a little excited by this...I told my daughter I'd started and finished a quilt top that I only started on Friday night and she replied 'hang on, doesn't it normally take you, like, 3 years...'

I suppose I've got a lot of time to quilt the thing!  Any ideas for quilting? I want something open and simple because I want to enjoy the soft feel of the flannel...concentric circles???

Thanks Wendy, for organising this virtual sew in...now  I'm off to have a look at what everyone else got up to.

Friday night with friends

I love the motivation these virtual sew ins provide...I started a small(ish) side project, starting with fussy cutting and EPP some lovely stars.

It was fun to see all the options I had with the fussy cut mirror...it's so clever!

...and it was relaxing to put a couple of the diamonds together...it really is addictive...

I'm hoping to use these stars in a bed runner to sit on white bed linen in our little beach house...maybe some more appliqued on some big cushion...and a table runner....

Did I say this is addictive????

Thanks for the night (and day). Now I'm going to take a look at what you've all been up to x