Sunday 24 May 2015

Weekend at Kates..........

Such a fun time with Kate @ Show and Tell a few weeks ago.............very busy since but catching up with posts..............
very kindly an offline friend Cheryl gave me some fabrics.........I thought  it would be great to use one of the jelly rolls she gave me for a good cause....spread the love......we choose Chelsea Boutique.......
Kate was forced came on board for this second quilt for the Dungog floods........
She did all the sewing as I could not get the right seam allowance on her machine and I cut and ironed............as Kate says it was pretty much a sweat shop while we made the quilt..........each pushing each other along.........
Kate really wanted to keep the quilt.......we both love the colours............
4.30 the blocks were all laid out and ready to start joining.......auditioning some boarders...........
by 10.30pm we were done..........that includes socialising with Bloom and a dinner break...........
the dark brown narrow border framed it well.........
 
The quilt has now made it's way to Jan @ Red Shed Quilting who very kindly offered to quilt it at no cost.............
We had a little break out shopping and found this great backing fabric.......would be perfect on my blue lanterns quilt...........I agree but left it there........Kate holding it while I snapped a pic to remember the fabric.............
Enjoyed the beautiful autumn colours while in the cooler climate too.............
And her camellia plant was loaded with flowers..............
thank  Kate for having Fairy Girl and me for a sleep over..........
we had a great time in the "studio shed".........
Catch you later.......
Chookyblue.........

12 comments:

gracie said...

Lovely quilt and nice pictures

KERYN B said...

Quilt is beautiful no wonder Kate wanted to keep it..

loulee said...

Looks like you had a great time making up your charity quilt.

Simone Harding said...

Lovely quilt made by the both of you.

kiwikid said...

Well done in the sweat shop..that quilt is lovely!! Looks like you had a wonderful time! Nothing better than girls together sewing time...even if you did have to crack the whip!! Lol!!

Deb R said...

Nothing like sewing with friends!!! Especially when you find your lost blocks too lol

Susan said...

You do great work together, it's a lovely quilt for a good cause. Sounds like it was a fun weekend.

Daisy Jayne said...

Wow..... That's team work ..... Thanks for sharing

Michelle said...

I love the colour of the quilt also! Well done girls!

Dawnie said...

You girls did a top job with the quilt. Always a sense of achievement to get to the finish line, well done!

Janice said...

It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. Thanks for sharing the story behind the quilt. It really is a case of maximum effect for miminum effort. The colours work so well together.

Show and Tell said...

It was so nice to have you girls come and stay and you know you are welcome any time, I think that trip most definitely got my mojo back....PS I hope you haven't lost the binding!!! LOL