It's contagious

Rachael is having a give-away so I thought I might do the same to celebrate the fact I have had 10,000 visitors to my blog! I find that amazing when there is so much to look at on the web. Thanks everyone who has visited.
The prize is the cushion cover featured as a project for Australian Country Craft and Decorating earlier this year.

It's made from the first French General range and is 20" square. It has a fold-over back using a beautiful linen toile from the range.

Just leave me a comment and you'll go in the draw  for Sunday afternoon.

Overseas entries are welcomed.

New project

No pics this time of class quilts but here are students in action! There was so much fun and laughter on Saturday at The Vintage Patch it was hard to keep everyone under control let me tell you.

These girls sure know how to have a good time!

Have you seen the latest issue of Australian Country Craft? I have a project on the cover. It's the cushion pictured made from the original French General range using a dresden plate ruler and pieced wedges.

Lovely pics as always from the magazines.

I've found a blogger who does her applique the same way as me - over freezer paper then sewn with the paper still in and then removed through the back of the piece. Have a look here at some   beautiful work by Karla Menaugh.                                              I'm off to Bathurst tomorrow for a special one-off class with a group of girls who've driven all the way from Coonamble to sew at the Home Patch. They'll be attacking the New York Beauty block head on and I expect some great results from the class.

One thing leads to another

Have I been sewing lately? NO! because I've been doing this. Emptying my sewing room in preparation for the new carpet - wasn't that a job and a half. How can someone have so much fabric and stuff? Then we ripped up the old carpet and found a corner of the floor was rotten where water had come in. Behind the gyprok in that corner the studs had rotted as well! And while the room was empty why not paint it. I must admit it will be so much nicer when it's finished and imagine if we hadn't opened up the floor!

On a much happier note here is my Spring Swap for Erica in the US organised by Corry and her sister at Dutch Blue. It is a big cushion cover made using the Dresden ruler I've been talking about lately. I included a couple of fat quarters and a pattern of mine and I'm so glad Erica liked it. The swap was great fun and it was lovely talking to someone from so far away about all things quilty and more. My swap from Erica will be here soon - can't wait.