No, that's not the name of the baby for whom I am making the quilt, but rather the name of this tiny bird I saw in the garden this morning. I rarely see wrens in the garden, and when I do, they are so quick I have never managed to take a photo. It was just by chance that I was on my out out to the studio with the camera in my hand, so was able to capture the tiny bird
the quilt is for Hanna, the second daughter of Stuart's friend (and colleague) Emma. This is Stuart holding her when she was just a few days old
you can see Hanna's big sister, Mia, here ....... and more photos of Stuart! You can also see the quilt and shawl that I made for Mia. Emma had requested bright pinks and purples for Hanna
I used the tried and tested "six fat quarter" pattern, and it didn't take long to make the blocks
once it was all stitched together .......
...... I decided that it just needed a little extra something, and added some flowers
I layered up the quilt, then stitched the flowers in place with a combination of raw edge applique and quilting
having stitched all the flowers, I then quilted the rest of the quilt with my favourite four-petalled flower-meander - it shows up best on the back of the quilt
this morning I trimmed the quilt, folding it to check that it was "square" (except it's rectangular!)
I had four fabrics left, from which to cut the binding. When I cut the triangles off, I added them to the leftovers from teh flying geese blocks for the Aunts' Quilt, so I will be able to make more flowers
I have stitched the binding to the front of the quilt, and hope to handstitch it to the back this evening, which will just leave the label to make. I worked out how much binding I would need using this fun pad. As soon as I saw it in a shop in Morningtom, Australia, I bought it for Malcolm, thinking that the different elements would suit things he might want to note ...... but I pinched some for myself!
to finish, some rather different photos. I used to take art in the meme Shadow Shot Sunday (yes, it involved posting photos of shadows on Sundays!). Although I no longer take part, I still notice shadow shots, such as this one of my Indonesian puppet in the studio this morning
then, when I was sitting at the sewing machine this afternoon, I saw these two little angels watching me from outside the back door of the studio
fortunately I realised that I hadn't died and gone to that great big Sewing Heaven in the sky, but that it was a strange double reflection of my "Naughty Angel" wallhanging, which the sun was shining on!!