Progress Report II:

Baby still safely locked away in Mummy's womb, only nine days overdue. She'll be induced tomorrow ... in the meantime, I am racing against time to finish the quilt, hoping to have enough time to add a letter each to the solid light blue block. It'll be an H and an M, her first and middle name initials, which have the added benefit of mirroring perfectly: an H is an H, no matter which side you look at it from.

I'm spending a week working with the parents of the Safari Quilt recipient and hope to shoot a publishable photo for display on this side, so watch this space.

Progress Report: baby in womb, quilt coming along nicely

With the baby still safely tucked away, I continue making progress on her quilt:



detail of the quilting on the reverse side of the quilt ...



top with border fabric for colour comparison ...



borders attached to front ...



checking the width of the border and liking it.

Does it work?

I got sick of the brown-ish colour scheme and am trying a new lay-out. Hope it works, hope you and I will like it!

(insert tweaking here)

I like it!

(more tweaking)

I like it still ...

And in case you are wondering why ...

you are getting these pop-up windows requesting a passwort you have never heard of ... I am upgrading site security at my husband's request. We are posting a lot of private photos on our private blog and will make those inaccessible this week, if only because paranoia is our friend and someone's holding Madeleine McCann hostage.

Georgia Marie Wood (1917 - 2003)

Georgia Marie Wood (1917 - 2003)
Originally uploaded by daintytime

Jan from bemused.typepad.com referred to this photo and it's an ideal pattern to use up my Turning Twenty and Hannah's Quilt scraps. Thanks, Jan!

Are you sick of it yet?

The quilting is coming along nicely and some of the corners even line up.

SAQA Reverse Auction

Always getting about three steps ahead of myself (and my bank account); I've cruised to the SAQA reverse auction site for those One Foot Square quilts that Kristin La Flamme mentioned, since she has one piece in that auction as well.

I already have a few favorites ... and find the idea quite cool. One foot square is very well manageable .. and I'd love to evolve one or two ideas I saw, such as Marvis Leahy's or Jette Clover's.

Find out more about the auction .... (click)