A (long awaited) finish

I made the top for this quilt about 14 years ago and only recently got around to taking it to my quilting place to get finished.  I got the call that it was done and so I went and got it yesterday after the quilt show.  I love love love how it turned out.  I really love the simplicity of the irish chain pattern and the gorgeous quilting in the cream blocks.
I may have had a slightly unfortunate mishap when trying to remove a couple of decade old fabric marker lines using a little bleach solution (it seeped through to the back and now I have three very small light spots on the reverse of it.....ooooops..... : S.  Still, in 50 years time, who's going to notice as I'm sure it'll collect other spots and marks in the future.

Thanks to quilt-model Murray - nice pose!

After a soak in the tub and drying overnight, I have to say that I'm really happy with the outcome.

In the barn!

Had a nice trip out to Wonga Park to check out the Quilts in the Barn yesterday.  Such a gorgeous day - sunny and warm - genuine Spring weather.  I'd lost the flyer and couldn't remember the address, so I ended up having to call my local quilt shop for the details...

The quilts on show were lovely. It's always interesting to see how other people mix pattern and colour.  One of my roomies tagged along for the ride and supplied us with the quote of the day 'So....these things are called quilts, right?'... quite funny : )

Just lovely

The Barn itself is a nice little building and got my mind ticking over as to how you could fit it out quite comfortably to live in. Hmmmm...  Perhaps the red/white colour scheme helps me to picture living in something like this.

53/98

Over half way done!!!  *Yay*

The end (of the central blocks at least) is in sight!!!  53 blocks down, 45 to go - plus a couple of remakes.  It'll be obvious which ones are on the 'to remake' list when you scroll through the pictures.

Recent news:  the sewing 'nook' has been rearranged and a design wall is in the not-too-distant future : )

1/3 Insane

Ok, so it's been a little longer than I'd anticipated it would be between posts.  NI update: 33 blocks complete :), so that makes it 1/3 complete (excluding sashing & borders of course).

I started to lay some of the blocks out a couple of weeks back, so that I could see how it was taking shape.  As you can see, Gracie has decided that she likes them too...

The Insanity continues

Here's the pic (finally) of block 18 - under construction as well as the final product.

(It doesn't look so square here, but it is... hmmmm..... perhaps I need to set up a mini-studio to get some better pictures)

The off-cuts pile...

Another finish! (well, of a block, anyway)

More Redwork

*Newsflash* block 18 complete - all 229 pieces of fabric.  Pics to come : )

Redwork Insanity

My other project is a red and white version of Nearly Insane.  I'm über-excited about this one - at last I'm delving into my rather extensive red stash!  Sometimes, if I have a stash I'm particularly fond of, it can take a while to find a project worthy of it... and anything with red & white is my current obsession.  I'm also going through a bit of a scandinavian/nordic design phase. 

Here are a couple of my favourites so far: