Add an extra side row...

Twisted hexagons
Originally uploaded by quiltingmick / michelle.

... and she's officially half finished. The top, that is.

Jam Fancy

These cute little animals are by Christina Gordon, a Melbourne artist and fellow Blythe lover.



They are itsy bitsy - no more than an inch and a half tall. I've had Roger the cat for ages, and then Christina surprised me with some beautiful handmade Blythe clothes and the Scotty Dog when I met up with her after Christmas.

I can highly recommend her journal - check out the dolls she designed for Gina Garan which have just started selling in Japan, and her handmade Creepy Christmas decorations!

Sublime Stitching - new book

I was so thrilled that Jenny Hart had put out a new Sublime Stitching book. Luckily a Borders bookstore just opened in Canberra, and they got it in just before Christmas.

It made it straight to the top of the husband's Christmas list. I can't wait to start stitching some of the designs. Especially the Scotty Dog...

Bibs for Hugo

Christmas present for my nephew Hugo, now seven months old.

Five bibs from IKEA for $3 + assorted Sublime Stitching patterns = perfect present for drooly baby.

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In print!

A few months ago I sent my stitchery BOM quilt to Down Under Quilts for an article on embroidered quilts. I got the early copy of the magazine yesterday, and there it is!

Chuffed, chuffed, chuffed. Yes.

Mystery BOM - the third one

I've been taking more mystery block of the month classes - this time a seven month medallion mystery. Here are the results so far. There are some smaller pieced blocks - stilll to be made - and next month we put the whole thing together into a queen sized quilt top.

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Hugo's quilt

My little nephew Hugo Dominic was born on 15 May 2006, and I made him this little quilt to hang on his nursery wall. I will be meeting little Hugo for the first time tomorrow, as he lives in Brisbane far away from his Aunty Michelle.

Once I spied these redwork patterns from patternbee.com, I knew they would be ideal. The sashing fabrics are a variety of vintage repro 1930s fabrics in blue, cream and red. All up, the quilt took me two weeks to make.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty
Originally uploaded by quiltingmick.

Block 3 ...getting closer!

Mary Mary

Mary Mary
Originally uploaded by quiltingmick.

This is block 2 for the quilt I'm making to hang on a nursery wall.

My baby brother and his partner had their first child on Monday night - a little boy called Hugo Dominic. I'm trying to get the quilt finished by the 25th when I head up to meet Hugo for the first time.

Sashiko pincushions

Sashiko pincushions
Originally uploaded by quiltingmick.

Made in a little over 3 hours for a mini-raffle at the SCQuilters pre-retreat dinner. The patterns are by Sharyn Hall.