It's awfully quiet here ....

because School is back!

(insert huge happy grin here)

Don't get me wrong, I love having my family home but by the end of the holidays I'm over it. 

I need my house back (anyone with teenagers will understand this, 2 leave the house and 6 come back!)

 and routine and with routine comes a clean house oh, and of course, wouldn't you know it, at 8am this morning it started raining!  Thought it might have held off until at least 3.10 :o)

I've not been Idle though, allow me to share.

I changed the pages in my Cottage Garden Threads Holder and am much happier now.
The pages are also double sided.

A new Book arrived.
And I have to say, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this one.
It has been a while since a quilting book has inspired me so :o)

Kate's Blog is here if you would like to take a look.

 Friendship Quilt

I've made my next two blocks for the Friendship Quilt I'm making with Claire.

  

I was obviously in a little Blue and Green mood :o)

The first block is Red Letter Day and the second Round and Round

both by Camille over at Thimble Blossoms and made in Bonnie and Camille fabrics.

I have these cut to play with next - the fabric is from April Showers by Bonnie and Camille

I've also been making a little village

 

and now have a new Mini on my wall

I've split my Minis onto two walls now. One is my Bonnie and Camille wall and the other is my Rainbow wall.

Lastly, I have been plodding away at my Sue Spargo BOM.

I am really enjoying playing with such gorgeous threads, wool's, velvet's and silks 

There is a Media Ban on this BOM so this is all I can show you at the moment.
I am keeping up with the block construction but have not dived head first into the embellishing yet.

Hoping you are finding time to do something you love
and that you all had a safe and fun filled Easter break.
hugs Sharon

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In Friendship

Back towards the end of last year I was running a few quilt ideas past Claire

when we decided to run with the idea of a 

"Friendship Quilt"

Blocks were picked, which so far are all by the talented Camille over at Thimble Blossoms.

No surprise there if you know Claire and myself :o)

So the idea was that each of us pick our fabrics and then each month we pick a block from the list and make two identical ones. One to keep and one to post to the other.

Here was my fabric pull to start me off.

Yes even my precious Bliss and Ruby Stash is fair game for this project. 

For January I made Swoon in Bliss

and then Flower Girl for February in Vintage Modern

Now you will have to excuse the Ipad Screen Shots from Instagram here.

These are Claire's blocks.  January is Swoon and February is Sweet Life.

 

Did you notice Claire's choice of fabric?

Yep I think we are both a bit smitten over the Bonnie and Camille ranges :o)

It will be interesting at the end of the year to see what we do when we assemble our quilts as we

will have identical blocks but maybe totally different ideas on layout?

My current thinking is a fully reversible quilt.

My blocks one side and Claire's on the other.

I wonder what Claire it thinking?

Thanks for popping by,

hugs Sharon

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