The quilt obsession continues

It's been so snowy here, we've had snow on the ground for a week and it's still beautiful, crisp and white.
As the roads are clear I'm rather enjoying it along with the children and the dog.
The temperature hmm well not quite so much, it was  -9 last night brrrr and it has been as cold as -13 really brrrr.
All this cold weather has spurred me on to finish another quilt, I really loved Mum and Dad's Joel Dewberry quilt so I used the rest of the fabric to make my own.
I have been putting brushed cotton on the back of my quilts just for it's snugglyness.....it's so soft and warm.
Brushed cotton is really expensive, so I had a look into alternatives and I found you can get really good quality 100% cotton brushed cotton flat sheets in loads of colours for a very reasonable price :o) They work extremely well as a quilt backing.
Any way enough of my blethering, here it is.

It's so cosy.

Stay warm where you are,

Emma x

Amaryllis...and a bit of bunting too

 So each year I like to treat myself to an Amaryllis and usually I just get one from the supermarket or wherever I happen to see one.
Well this year I treated myself to three really nice ones from Sarah Raven, they were alot of money and I hoped they would be worth it.
Oh my goodness it is worth spending a bit more, I wasn't disappointed.

This one is called Liberty, she had four beautiful flowers on this stem and there's another flower head waiting to take over when this one is done.

This one is called Emerald, I've never seen another like it, this picture was taken just as it opened, shortly after all the flowers burst open, very delicate and pretty.

Last but not least, this one is called Green Goddess and also has another flower head to come and they were all in flower for Christmas day...that was definitely a fluke.

I'm going to put them in the garden over the summer, then lift them and grow them again next year, apparently this is very achievable...we'll see.

After having a look at bunting on pinterest and flickr I decided to try some different shapes, I decided on a sort of square with rounded edges.

Well it certainly brightens up the kitchen window.....I still love the traditional triangle flags though.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Emma x

Well hello there....

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year :o)
As usual ours was very quiet but thats how we like it.
In my spare time over Christmas I turned my attention to the next season if you can call it a season, Valentines, I suppose for me it's another excuse to make things with the happy colours of pinks and reds and colour is needed at this time of year don't you think ?
I rather love making quilts but they are very time consuming and I have recently discovered that making cushions as a mini quilt turned into a cushion is very satisfying as a cushion can be finished in a day if I put my mind to it.
I've done two so far, want to see?

Trouble is I don't want to sell them, thats a good thing though because that means I'm really pleased with them and whoever buys them hopefully will be too.

Well my two girlies are still off school so I'm off to make tea, a very un-Christmassy pizza :o)

Emma x

It's finished

The picture isn't great but you get the idea, not quite as many animals as I would have liked but I ran out of time. 
It's up behind the tree and everything looks very festive. 
I'm just about ready for Christmas so it's time to put my feet up and enjoy Christmas and a few mince pies ;o).......ok rather alot of mince pies then.
I hope you are all ready for Christmas, if not put your feet up and enjoy a mince pie anyway.

Emma x

Woolly woodland animals

I am in love with lil foxes and deers at the minute....can't get enough of them. I wanted to make some little foxy decorations out of lovely wool felt. Que frantic searching on pinterest and flickr for real foxes, cartoon foxes, japanese foxes and all sorts of foxes in general. A very happy afternoon was had I can tell you.
So I drew my own fox using inspiration from everywhere, I think the japanese influences won, so here's my lil foxy

Then I thought that deer have a very similar face shape, if I just stretched the legs and and changed the tail he could be a deer too, so here's my lil deer to go with

I can't tell you how happy I am with these little animals but they are a little floppy so not so good for decorations. I so wanted to use them though so I thought I would make some bunting or a form of any way.

Last year I made some little crochet snowflakes thanks to Lucy at Attic 24 I love her blog and her fantastic free tutorials she is so brilliant, she also has a pattern for holly leaves (although mine look more like oak leaves). So my bunting is going to consist of little woodland animals and some crochet leaves and snowflakes, I'll maybe even add some flowers too.

Although it's not finished yet, I want to add some more animals and something to hang it on I'm really pleased with how it's looking, I'm hoping it will be up and finished by Christmas, I'll do some more at sewing club tonight.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend

Emma xxx

Back again......

Hello,
I'm back, the computer is fixed hooray......amazing the hassle that's caused by needing a hard drive replaced !
Well I've been desperate to show and tell a couple of quilts I've made. The first one being made with the beautiful Joel Dewberry Heritage fabric, I can't get enough of it it's lovely.

I'm so pleased with this one, wish I could keep it....it's not for me....unless the recipient doesn't like it ....
The next one I made with Momo Oh Deer fabric, which was love at first sight, so bright and fresh and just a bit Christmassy. I just made a small lap quilt which is backed with a lovely soft snuggle cloth. I use it every evening and I love it, keeping this one :-)

Still a few more things to show, I'm really excited about some woolly woodland animal bunting that I'm making.

See you next week,

Emma x

Absent

Hi everyone, we are having a few computer problems at the moment as soon as it's back and fixed I'll be back promise :-)
I miss this place and hope to be back soon, I have so much to show you.
Much love
Emma xxx