Binding going onto Elisa's Quilt

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Happy First Advent Sunday!

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Finished: IWC Charity Quilt

It's all done, ready to be washed and then stored for next year's Annual Charity Auction and Wine Reception.

Love, love, love it!

Making this quilt proves to be very good fun so far. Less than a week ago, it was just a pile of fabric and an idea based on AmandaJean's Ragged Squares Quilt. All I need to do is tie up loose ends and bind it.

Cool Straight Line Quilting Tutorial

Straight Line Quilting Tutorial courtesy of Tall Grass Prairie Studio.

The Emergency Quilt has a name: Elisa's Quilt

Elisa was born last Friday - she was due in early January 2010, she is in intensive care and her parents are "hopeful she'll be able to breathe on her own very soon". Mum is recovering very slowly from horrendous blood loss. It is all very sad in that only hope and time can work their magic and make for better days.

Edited to add: it is loosely based on Amanda Jean's Ragged Edges Quilt Tutorial, only that I sped up the whole process by patching and quilting at the same time.

As soon as I have photos to show, I will explain!

Getting ready for Santa

Lots going on in my sewing room these days. I have a hard time prioritising at the moment. Santa? Emergency Quilt? Objects Quilt? Hell, I'll just parallel engineer ... !