All washed, ironed and ready to go!

The fabrics are from the Fossil Fern range and I think its pattern is very suitable for a friendly Dragon. Now I need to find a Kinko's to blow up my pattern to the relevant size. Yellow Pages, here I come!

$17 will buy you perfection!

It's been a bit tumultous here the last two weeks so I decided to treat myself, thinking I should do that more often. ... Well, and then I did: ebay damage to be displayed soon - all in the name of quilting, though!

Harrison's Friendly Dragon Quilt

Harrison is my first godchild, son to my younger daughter's godmother - and obviously very good friend. He's English and with Saint George being the Patron Saint of all Things English, and Harrison being a boy, a Friendly Dragon theme seems quite fitting ...



I've searched high and low for the perfect dragon and finally came across one in a colouring book last year. The above lot didn't make the cut, but this one did:



all ready for copying though onto non-stick baking sheets, that little boy is Harrison, by the way.



The result and my little helper, Ms Chatterbox.



This is a close-up of my "design" which will now be copied and blown-up - hopefully not beyond recognition ... I've also broken out all the fabric purchased for this quilt and laid it out sort of in the way it'll be once finished. I'm hoping to add prairie points as a border. The backing will be light blue fleece and a dark blue frame to hold the whole thing stable. There will be minimal quilting. I might add some blades of grass around the dino!

Another one bites the dust ...

well, we've kicked out another aupair ... who apparently thought getting her parcel out of customs was more important than doing her job, such as picking up my 5-year-old from school on time. And then she got snotty and hung up the phone on me. So out she went ... Those weren't the first problems we've had. She's put enormous mileage on our car and used the phone excessively - which in itself are solvable problems. But her relationship with hygiene and the truth were rather casual. She only did the absolute minimun at the absolutely last minute and after about a zillion reminders. She was discourteous and generally disinterested in making an effort. Funnily enough, her profile at the aupair website says: "I am dependable and accurate" - true, you can depend on her to be lazy and grumpy but she's very accurate at making sure she does work the tiniest bit beyond the absolut minimum.

While most of my environment is still in shock and awe, I'm in a really good mood because now I don't have to face a moody and grumpy face every morning, trying to be sunny and smiley when I'm not a morning person myself.

In fact, I'm so worry-free that I've decided to ignore all deadlines on Baby Quilt No 3 and go back to work on Turning Twenty. Will post results soon.

quilt for a wee one

quilt for a wee one, originally uploaded by angry chicken (More on Amy here and here)

Look at this ... sweet. Makes me want to switch off my 'puter, go home and start sewing.

Hannah's Quilt: completed the day she was born

The "H Block" - H is for Hannah ...



with her family name embroidered into the H.



The whole thing layed out flat ...



... and folded for presentation ... with the H for Hannah and the M for Maria.

Safari Quilt and Owner

There you go: