Australiana Adventures FREE BOM

Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new block of the month. I've been hosting annual block of the months since 2015! This year we're starting my Australiana Adventures pattern.

You can join the fun, send me a message, there's an email contact link in the left sidebar of this blog. Today I gathered everything I needed and got organised ready to begin.

Background fabric: a Painters Palette solid called Aruba 

Feature fabric: a green solid I pulled from stash (not sure which manufacturer or name) 

Backing fabric: a cute koala print pulled from my stash

The colours for all the animal blocks will come from my solids scrap basket as much as possible. 

Then I started by pattern testing block one a gum leaf. Eucalyptus trees are native to Australia and are the most common tree here. There are many varieties and the leaf colour varies from deep green to sage green. 

We'll be making eight of this block and then simply orienting the blocks in different ways to ensure they look like leaves floating to the ground in amongst the animal blocks in the final layout.  

Australiana Adventures BOM

My new FREE BOM starts tomorrow!

To participate you must have a Facebook account because I host this BOM in a small private Facebook group that is for participants ONLY.

Technique: FPP

Level: moderate to advanced FPP skills required

Participants are expected to sew along and share progress or they will be removed from the group, so ONLY serious applicants need bother apply.

If you want to join the BOM message me via the contact me link in the left sidebar of this blog

Scrappy 600

Last year I made seven busy print scrappy 100 patch blocks. 

Last week I finally finished a scrap quilt top with six of those blocks! 

I stuck with simple white sashing and borders because this quilt is busy enough LOL.

It has now been free motion quilted with a basic meandering, I bound it with scrappy binding too and it's been washed, dried on the line and is ready to use. 

I'll use the seventh block to make a cushion cover one of these days but for now it's still waiting for it's moment. 

A Multitude of Colour!

Look at this growing pile of bright 'busy print' improv pieced blocks. So luscious.

I started these blocks earlier in the week when I sorted all my charm squares and sifted out the bright busy prints as I went. 

I could've just made a boring charm pack friendly quilt but I decided to go for a scrappy look instead with improv pieced brick blocks.

Now I have 36 of them ready to sew into a project!

 

More Charm Pack Play

After colour sorting all my charm squares earlier this week I was eager to start using them.  I whipped up these two mini runners. I use these behind my sink to sit my dish liquid, hand soap & disinfecting spray on, they serve as drip catchers. I only had one and needed some spares. I'll probably make several more eventually. I used a quilt as you go technique with these so they are quick and easy to make. 

I also used all the earthy prints pile to make eight scrappy style improv pieced blocks. Because there were only a small amount of blocks I decided they'd be best used to make a couple of table toppers.

They turned out well and fitted the table between my armchair and hubby's perfectly.