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Showing posts with label quilting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilting. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

EB Potholder Surprise!

Yesterday I received a lovely package in the mail - it was my EB potholder swap!  Five colourful potholders made by some talented ladies - thank you!! 

There is divided opinion in the house as to which one is the best - we all have different favourites.  Both Samantha and Asha love the crazy house potholder (they each think it's a picture of themselves in the house).  But Samantha also loves the purple heart potholder, while Asha is a firm fan of the chocolate and pink bird potholder.  Pete likes the colourful scrappy potholder (I think it's the bold colours) but he is also impressed with crazy house.  And I have to admit, I can't pick a winner.  I keep changing my mind!

I won't delay, I will post up the pics straight away for everyone to see.


Crazy House potholder - a family favourite (made by Rebecca)


some free-motion quilting detail & the peek-a-boo girl in the window

Chocolate and pink bird potholder

Colourful scrappy potholder (made by KraftyKira )

Purple heart potholder (by Narelle)

Samantha keeps tracing the heart with her finger

Lavender paths potholder (again by Narelle)
The family voted and the crazy house potholder will hang as a feature in the kitchen in our new home (if/when it gets built) so I'll be putting it away for a little while so it doesn't get dirty.  Asha has already managed to get one of the potholders a little grubby, so I can see they will be well loved.  Thanks again ladies.

And many thanks to Rebecca for organising the swap, for being so patient and for including a treat in our packages!  You're awesome.  :)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Feeling groovy ....

I have bought some fabric for Samantha's quilt.  At this stage I have no idea of the design, but I thought the Feeling Groovy range from Riley Blake was just great for Samantha.



Samantha loves the fabrics.  I bought a yard of most of the fabrics (there were a few brown/green ones I didn't get).

Now to think of a good quilt design that I can actually pull off - something bright and funky, and good for a 4 year old .... any ideas??  :)