The Plumb quilt is finished. I'm so happy with how it turned out.
Straight Line Quilting
This quilt was made from the Plumb pattern in the Scrap Republic book and I used mostly scraps, but I did add in a few pieces from my precious Heather Ross Lighning Bugs stash.
Lightning Bugs Mushrooms
Lightning Bugs Flowers
For the back I used this gorgeous Denise Schmidt print that I got from Spotlight and have been saving especially for a quilt back.
This quilt is in keeping with my goal of making quilts with what I already have in my stash. Top made from scraps, backing and binding from the stash and I found a perfect size left over piece of batting in Mum's sewing room. The binding was fabric on clearance from Spotlight ages ago and I purchased it for stashing for binding. It pays to stash spots and stripes for binding, you never know when it may be perfect for something one day.
I posted a photo of this quilt on my Facebook page the other day when it was still unfinished and I had a buyer in an hour. It will be going to it's new home later in the week.
Well this week my parcel from Hawthorne Threads arrived. It was mostly made up of backing and binding fabrics, but I did manage to add in a yard of some Ghastlies fabric to add to my ever growing stash. I thought this would be a good excuse to get it out and share it with you.
Linking up with Blossom Heart Quilts who is hosting Finding Fifth's Sunday Stash today.
I love getting that yellow ticket in the post box. The one that tells you there is a parcel waiting for you. Especially because it usually means that it's fabric.
Today's parcel was my backing and binding fabrics from Hawthorne Threads, along with some more Ghastlies to add to my stash. That Nesting Chairs fabric is even better in the flesh, it's just beautiful. I think I made the right choice to back my string block quilt with it. Now I will be able to complete that and the Cameo quilt. Yay!
Yesterday morning I was going through my blog reader list when I came across this post from Blossom Heart Quilts. You can imagine my surprise when I saw my name and realised that I was one of the winners of the Squeeze Your Own Bundle Competition! AND that it was Rita from Red Pepper Quilts who chose my bundle! Eeeek! She is one of my quilting idols so not only am I excited that I won a fat eighth bundle of my fabrics, but I'm a little bit star-struck as well!
This is the bundle I selected. Quiet As A Mouse. I'm looking forward to receiving these and adding them to my low volume fabric stash, especially those sweet Heather Ross prints!
