Foundation Piecing

I seem to be so drawn to foundation piecing at the moment, there are some brilliant examples about:

This is by Kirie at Shapemoth, isn't it fun, she has a giveaway for the pattern and some fabric over on her blog at the moment, you really should check it out

Ive also just been given these books by my Mother in Law, cant wait to take some ideas from them

These pictures are taken from Quilts to Make for Children

Im especially loving the Toucan and the Puffin

I'm also thinking of having the theme classic boys toys for my month of the 'Sew Bee Joyful' bee, I think this theme would be wonderful with foundation piecing, these are some of the pictures i'm providing for inspiration for the other bee members.

Some of these would be great for foundation piecing, I cant wait for my month of the bee to see what the girls all do. Im going to tell them im open to them doing them either by foundation piecing or by applique. You can check out more on my Pinterest board

I really do seem to be addicted to Pinterest at the moment, its great fun, Im currently in the process of transfering all of the blog posts that ive starred because of the pictures over to my pinterest account to make everything so much easier to find. Click the link at the top to see all of my Pinterest boards.

WIP Wednesday (no.10)

Well this is going to be brief as not a huge lot to report, in fact ive done no sewing since my last post. I have got a little something to show you though that ive not yet shown, its still a WIP and im hoping to finish it before I leave Australia next week. Its for a pressie so im not showing the whole thing

My lovely, lovely husband let me have a little trip to Spotlight, actually 2 trips, these are the fruits of my first trip

Im very pleased with them but I was given an allowance so did not buy as much as I would have liked. I especially love the pineapple print (its huge, and it was on sale) and the elephants, they have a lovely retro feel dont you think?

I will hopefully show you my purchases from my second trip next time (there was a huge sale on brushed cottons so thats all I bought)

Being brief and not listing all my WIP's, I will leave that for next time but am linking up with Lee so go and check out everyone elses WIP's and get some inspiration

Some Sewing

Sorry for the lack of posting, its not that I haven't had much to post about, its more the lack of decent internet access that has let me down :-(

Anyway, firstly im so behind on the 30 day photo challenge that I have decided to give up, I love the idea so much but with the lack of internet whilst im on holiday its just not working.

I have however been able to get some sewing done, yay! I dont think that i have mentioned it before but I have recently signed up for a few swaps and bees (have i mentioned it?).

I originally wanted to sign up to the 4x5 modern bee on flickr but as I had no swapping history I wasn't able to, but they sent me over to the 3x6 bee and im really enjoying it. Im in hive 10 and ive got a lovely group to make blocks for, yesterday I started sewing for them, I had been dilly dallying about what block to make, I wanted to make a swoon style block but I decided that it would probably be too time consuming so I chose 'Up the Garden Path'

Holly wanted a background of white, grey or linen with flashes of colour such as mustard, caramel, avocado or orange and she wanted it to have a retro 50's vibe, hope ive captured what she was thinking.

Megan wanted a modern block with purple, orange and shades of grey

Nydia wanted purple, lime and aqua on white, there is no aqua in this block though, fingers crossed its ok

Cindy wanted lime and grey on white

I still have two more blocks to do, Im off to Melbourne this weekend but hopefully I will find the time to fit them in. Here are the four ive have done so far, all together

The swap that im part of is For The love of Solids, also on Flickr, Ive been working hard in my mother in laws wonderful sewing shed and finished the main item for my partner

Its a zig zag tote in Kona medium grey and orange. I lined it with plastic so that hopefully she finds it really versatile as its now wipe clean, or good for the beach etc.

I just need to hurry up and make the other little gifts to send with it

Im hoping that my adorable husband will let me have another trip to Spotlight and a spend up in my Mother In Laws local quilt shop run by the lovely Ann of periwinkle patchwork (you should check her out, her work and her shop are fantastic) before we go home (Fabric here works out even more expensive at home with the exchange rate being so bad for us at the moment but a girl just has to buy fabric while she is in another country dont you agree?)

Linking up for Sew Modern Monday, head over and check out the other lovelies