What a difference a few days makes!

After pulling some weird muscle in my back this morning (no twisting, so no FMQing), I've spent the day recuperating, but also getting the applique shapes fused and cut out for my Bunting Baby Quilt in little bursts throughout the day.  I decided to add a narrow 2" finished border to both sides, a 4" border to the top, and an 8" border from a different fabric on the bottom.  This achieved two things - one was to add extra length to a square quilt - because we all know that cots are rectangular and it makes it much more practical.  It also meant that if the quilt becomes a wall hanging at some stage in the future, the darker fabric adds depth to the bottom, helping to give a bit of perspective to the whole arrangement.

The quilt now measures 40" wide x 48" long.  The applique is just sitting there at the moment - no gusts of wind please!

 I love the fact that the applique gave me extra places to add even more fabrics - more pinks, more oranges, yellows and greens... I think I've delivered on the pink and girly request.

I really like this border, and would love to have it on a queen sized quilt sometime... I'll have to add it to my already extensive list.

I've also been reading and am on the last book in the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning.  I started reading this author through her Highlander series... modern/historical romance crossover, with a bit of the supernatural/fae thrown in - humorous... sexy... big braw Scottish men with all their (extremely large) bits in the right places.  The series (which could easily be read as stand alone books but also interlink if read in the right order) ended rather suddenly without a satisfactory conclusion.  Then I started on her next series, expecting something similarly light and enjoyable.  The Fever series is set in modern times in Ireland, where the dark Fae escape imprisonment when the faery walls come down, and take over the world - killing and causing havoc.  It's a bit dark and troubled... but I'm looking forward to finding out how it all finishes.

Well, that's week one of the holidays over and done with... roll on week two!

Whats up?

Every now and then, someone asks "so what are you sewing at the moment?".  I'm usually too embarrassed to answer honestly... and say "oh, you know, all sorts."  So if you really want to know...

Putting together the units for another cushion...

A charm square pattern from Oh Fransson! using a pack that
I won from a blog draw...

Putting another log on the fire... I mean, a few more logs on
my wonky log cabin block for my Buggy Barn quilt...

Making up some blocks to set my Sew Happy Me
stitch along units in so they have some friends using a Figgy Pudding
charm pack and some matching fat quarters...

and when I'm not sewing... some new books.  I'm a bit
of a sucker for jelly roll books.

Now when I say I'm sewing these at the moment... I actually mean I'm sewing them all at the same time... the phrase obsessive/compulsive comes to mind... I think of it as chain piecing outside the box.  I have other projects that I'm making - just not at the moment, so they're sitting in their work in progress boxes.