Southern Aurora Quilt - Bittersweet Blog Tour - GIVEAWAY

Today is my day on the 

"Blog Tour"

I had the absolute pleasure of starting to playing with this new range from Sue Daley back in November last year.  When you English Paper Piece you need a LOT of lead time!

I had this design sitting here waiting for the perfect fabric and once these arrived I knew it was the right time to dive in and write my first EPP Pattern - Southern Aurora.

Sue has designed this range with the fussy cutter in mind and has worked the colours to team beautifully with Riley Blakes Basics Range.

I find keeping my secret sewing to myself really hard and during the making of this quilt I did let the occasional pic sneak through to my social media :)

I designed this quit to allow for as much or as little fussy cutting as the maker would wish.

I also designed a NEW SHAPE!

I wanted the hexagons to stand out in their own right so I designed the "Lilabelle Polygon" to frame the 4" Hexagons perfectly.

Here are just some of the examples of the fussy cutting within my Quilt.

This Quilt is pretty special to me. Not only is it my first (yes there are more coming) EPP Pattern, with my own shape, this one also made it Debut at the International Quilt Market in Salt Lake City.

 Linda at Ladybug Quilting has quilted this one for me.

Linda is very clever at choosing a design that works with the quilt.

This design gives Souther Aurora a nice flow and movement. 

The pattern for Southern Aurora can be purchased with the templates and papers.

Ask at your Local Quilt Shop or visit some of the stockists that I have listed on my stockets page HERE. If you are a retail outlet that would like my Wholesale details please email me at sharon@lilabellelanecreations.com 

I also have it available as a stand alone hard copy pattern in my ETSY Store HERE.

(No papers and Templates)

These photos were taken here in Bendigo before my quilt left for its adventure at Quilt Market.

If you are in the Ballarat area, my quilt is currently hanging at Cotton Factory and if you are in Queensland it will be on show on the 22nd and 23rd October in Roma and the following weekend at the Gympie Show.  Just look for Janeene at the stand for  "Fabric Patch".

**GIVEAWAY**

Giveaway is now closed - Thank you

To celebrate the release of my first EPP pattern and the Blog Tour I have two copies of my

 Southern Aurora Pattern to GIVEAWAY.

(Pattern only - no papers or templates)

All you need to do is leave me a comment below, ensuring you have a valid email attached to your profile and I will randomly draw two winners next Thursday.

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Here is a list of all the stops on the Blog Tour.

Some amazing things have been created so be sure to pop on over and visit to see for yourself.

28 August	Sue Daley	http://www.suedaleydesigns.com/
28 August	Amanda Herring	http://www.thequiltedfish.typepad.com/
29 August	Anorina Morris	http://www.sameliasmum.com/
29 August	Carrie B	www.beribeedesigns.com.
30 August	Sedef Imer	http://www.downgrapevinelane.com/
30 August	Marissa Rae Gun	http://www.raegunramblings.com/
31 August	Sharon Burgess	http://blog.lilabellelanecreations.com/
1 September	Deanne Coombes	http://www.fabricpixie.com.au/blog.asp
4 September	Peta Peace	http://shequiltsalot.com/
5 September	Keera Job	http://livelovesew.com.au/blog-2/
6 September	Alison Von Bibra	https://cottonfactory.wordpress.com/
7 September	Lorraine Lovell	http://www.hettiespatch.com/
7 September	Leonie Bateman	http://www.leoniebatemandesigns.typepad.com/
8 September	Leanne Ivanoff	http://www.sewfab.com.au/blogs/news
8 September	Jina Barney - US	http://www.jinabarneydesignz.com/

Thank you for stopping by,

Hugs, Sharon

You can also follow Lilabelle Lane Creations here

All Over the Octagon

I recently started a new project.

"All Over the Octagon" 

by Sue Daley

It's a "Fussy Cutters Club"

"The club features 13 EPP shapes and templates which combine to make 2" finished octagons. The shapes can be used in a myriad of ways.

Each month for 12 months you will receive:

Six Fat eights of fabric. 

1 template shape and a packet of papers. 

Instructions included. And a bonus pack of shapes/template at the six month mark."

You also have the option to get it as a full kit upfront or just the pattern, papers and Templates.

I have gone the all upfront option :)

 As you can see, I am totally addicted. No surprises there :)

The patterns gives you all the options for your Octagons but you don't have to be limited by that. This one below I created and is not in the pattern.

You also get finishing / setting option and again I came up with something not in the book because, well it's just how I do things sometimes :)

If you would like to see more blocks they can be found on Instagram by searching #allovertheoctagon or #suedaleydesigns

Until next time, remember to

"Create what YOU love"

Sharon xx

You can also follow Lilabelle Lane Creations here

Wish upon a Star

"Wish upon a Star"

Over the last few months I have been busy working on a new pattern for Sue Daley.

It all started with the arrival of the above fabrics and a grey scale picture and the request that some fussy cutting was included, the rest was up to me. These fabrics were just a guide and as can been seen in further photos I chose not to use them all and some more than others, especially that stripe :)

The fabrics are a mix of Riley Blake and Penny Rose Basics and "Fancy and Fabulous" by Fancy Pants Designs.

The entire quilt is English Paper Pieced.

I have probably spend way to many hours staring at my design wall questioning what I was doing but it slowly stared to take shape.

Today the quilt top was sent back to Sue.

I can't wait to see how she has it quilted.

The pattern will be released soon and if you are interested, there will be kits available in the same fabrics that I have used :)

If you pop on over to Patchwork with Busy Fingers and sign up for the newsletter you will be amongst the first to know when its available.

(I have tried to add a Flipagrvam above. If it does not work, sorry)

Until next time,

hugs Sharon

You can also follow Lilabelle Lane Creations here