Starry night Quilt - progress

Starry night lay out & sizes here :)

Im still ploughing away with my hand quilting. I'm using lots of blues & pinks.

the flannel is nice and easy to quilt - very soft, and luckily for me Sydney is having a chilly spell. Its been very nice tucked up under the starry night quilt - sipping tea. Hopefully I'll get it done before the heat comes back!

Hope your day goes well

Xx Siobhan

Starry Night Quilt

I have finally pieced the front of my 

Starry Night Quilt

What do you think?

Its definitely bright

Sydney had a few days of drizzle & rain this week, then yesterday was very steamy & hot. 

Our area has lots of Jacaranda trees & currently they are all in bloom - it looks fantastic, I'd love to have an aerial view and look down on the north side of Sydney harbour.

After the rain a lot of the flowers drop and truthfully make a bit of a mess, especially on the footpaths - but gosh it looks beautiful - It will only last a day of two before it all goes brown and mushy, especially with the hot thats coming this weekend.

with that in mind I had to get the starry night quilt top out & photograph it, these opportunities don't come often

If you look back at my original post, I have all the info on material used. 

Anna Maria Horners "folksy Flannel" might be tricky to get hold of, but looking at Anna Maria Horners new "Loulouthi" Flannel I think you would get a similar result. 

I have actually ordered from pink chalk some of the Loulouthi range to make the back and binding.

the top measures 65 inches X 65 inches

I have the sizes etc down below :)

If you want to give it a go, I have used the improvisational method of piecing the big & small wonky star

let me know if you would like a tutorial on the wonky star block - if I get enough interest I'll put one up.

Wonky Star NEW NEW

I'm off to enjoy the sunshine

Xx Siobhan

Last of the floor cushions......

Third & final cushion for my kids room re-vamp

I decided to use a panel I had floating around.

I used the Eton Mess panel which I talked about a very very long time ago. 

It just happened to be the perfect size for the cushion insert I had.

I think Giant cushions are my new Favourite :)

for the back I have used the upholstery strength Ikea fabric that I talked about back here.

& for multiple reasons I did an envelope style back on the cushions, mainly because they are going on wooden floors and the kids push them around and lay all over them.

The sofa in the kids room will be my next job, it desperately needs a recover. That job needs a bit of research before I start it.

below we have the start of my next quilty project,

I'm finally cutting into my Folksy Flannel by Anna Maria Horner.

I'm off to get all the kids ready for a swim, Hot day here in Sydney. 

Summer is coming!

Xx Siobhan