A special order quilt

Eeeeek my busy life again has come between myself and the blog AGAIN(which I hate).
I need to share something absolutely beautiful with you today.


I have a couple of images of a special order quilt I did for a lovely customer, Dimity. Her daughter Sienna was born premature & is still in NCIU, but the good news she is getting stronger.

This was her very special message to me .

Thank you soooo very much for the AMAZING quilt you made for our tiny princess in ICN / NICU.. It's just absolutely adorable!! Our 22month old daughter Mia, thought it was so pretty,, she wanted to keep it:) so it's definately a hit!
Sienna had heart surgery yesterday and is on a special theatre cot bed under special lights, and with loads of support / tubes attached.. So I haven't been able to place it with her.. But as soon as she is well enough to be transferred back into the humidy crib, I will take a picture of it for you.
Kindest regards and loads of loving thanks
Dimity x

I love what I do & makes every hour I spend worth it.

Here are some images of the quilt sent by Dimity, and how it is being used currently in NCIU.
My heart fills with warmth look at them.

A great way to end my week.
bring on the weekend. I hope its fabulous for you.

Designing Quilts

I am leaping into unknown waters here. I absolutely adore quilts, I have never made one, I wanted to but have never got around to it. In my quest to create I met a lady who has a quilting business and has agreed to make them for me.

I'M SO HAPPY!!!! 
As I want to sell them in my range they need to be perfect, nothing less, so it was best I gained the expertise of somebody else.

With so much excitement, I searched & bought my fabrics from Macs Craft. I am going to start of with 2 combinations, one for the boys and one for the girls. Can I tell you the hours I spent thinking & flicking from one supplier to another. It was very stressful having to actually invest in something, and commit hopefully making the right fabric choices. It took me 2 days, and when I know I have to be sure, I let it go for the day & re-look at it the next day with a fresher perspective.

I didn't want to make just any quilt I had to make sure my cushion designs were incorporated. I sell so many of them, and get asked so many times do I create quilts. Hence my journey in trying to create these. With a lot of chatting back and forth with my quilting genius, she has come up with the right amount of squares, to accommodate any 3 of my A4 sized designs. I have tried really hard to accommodate most of my current designs with quilting fabrics to blend. Most of my designs always consist of the similar colour palette, so fingers crossed all will blend perfectly.

The first girls sample before being sewn obviously, with all of the actual fabrics.

Here are the boys colours & designs.

I am assuming all will go well as here is my very first sample I had my quilter make. I used fabrics that I bought ages ago with intentions of making Charlotte a quilt one day. I just wanted to check that my panels work well aesthetically. I also wanted to make sure they wash well, which I can confirm the did, on a gently cold water machine cycle.

I am really excited and can not wait to share the final result, which should be here within the next day or two. 

My quilt project - part one

I have been wanting to tackle a quilt for a while now. I just want one about 3x3, big enough for Charlotte in her cot. To keep her warm, & also something she can snuggle with on the couch. We all have blankets to cuddle up with here, (except hubby), especially when we watch movies.

These are the fabrics I have decided to go with, & the binding I am using. It's going to be be basic, squares only, nothing flashy at all. I haven't even got any instructions to follow yet. I'll let Google solve that for me. I have read so many quilt tutorials, I feel slightly confident I will manage.

How well it turns out is another story.

The exciting part is that I will be adding some squares in myself of my own designs. They are still being worked on, but I will reveal soon.

Any quilting tips are always welcomed.