Modern Christmas table runner

 Well after giving my first table runner away to my auntie I knew that I had to make something special for my mum :) And does she love the Christmas season or what!! she always seems to have her biggest smiles at Christmas so I knew a Christmas gift was the way to go. After browsing through the internet and not finding anything quite right I headed for the library and found a great pattern in "A Quilting life" called Christmas star runner. I adapted the pattern slightly and found the instructions in the book very easy to follow.

Dr Suess Baby quilt for a wonderful baby boy

When I heard that Braden's sister Hayley and her partner Adrian were having a baby I just had to make them a baby quilt. I remembered Adrian picking up a Dr Suess book at a bookshop so when I spotted the fabric in Palmerston north I knew that it was meant to be.
This is my first baby quilt and it took me a long time to design the pattern not to mention tackle the courage to cut into the fabric! I am so pleased with it and happy that I managed to find more of the red and white fabric for the bunting. (Turned out I didn't get enough and they had sold out! long story but I found it eventually).
I was very excited to finally meet baby Leon at Christmas and give him his new quilt, he is such a little cutie!! I even got to baby sit :)

Week 6- Pets

Dirty paws, Purring, Barking, yawning, meowing.. Whats not to love. I have been wanting to get myself a puppy and a kitty for a long time now and I cannot wait. I think that I am growing slightly impatient. Braden might come home to find some new household members.....

Week 5 love nz

Week five block five. I loved my Nz Taupo trip that was earlier this year... Easter to tell the truth.
This has been finished for quite a while shoved in a box with all the other block plans for my favourite things quilt  It is a bit of a UFO at the moment....

I have been dancing in the lounge!

I wanted to create some labels for my quilts and after surfing the net I found many different options. Printing on a home inkjet printer seemed to be the most popular, however I wanted my labels to be waterproof (Call me picky) so I kept on searching...  Before my partner knew what I was up to I had already created and ordered some labels for my self.. They arrived in the post today :)
What do you think?

Table Runner Completed at last

OK, So I had finished this a while ago but had to keep it hidden, as I decided to give it to my Aunty. She came down last weekend so after making a neat tag for it I bundled it up and gave it to her. She was rather surprised and she seemed to love it. It was a great feeling. I will have to make more table runners soon.
Here is the finished project below....

So the last time I posted.....

Was a long time ago now EEk! how the time flys. I never got around to finishing that quilt.... I must have cut out hundreds of tiny triangles though then I got distracted with moving house... Finishing off a table runner that was a surprise gift for my aunty and I'm sure there are many more excuses, but tomorrow is a new day.