Blue and White

It's no secret that blue is my favourite colour. In clothing stores, I automatically drift toward the blue section (if the store is arranged by colour groups!) and my fabric cupboard is overwhelmingly blue. From my delft blue collection to a "chicken scratch" blue gingham table cloth stitched by a friend to blue dishes, my home is filled with my love for blue.

Chicken Scratch embroidery

Gingham Chicken Scratch Table cloth

Delft blue bell

Delft Blue Miniature tea set

Delft Blue Souvenir Windmill

What's your favourite colour? Do you fill your home with shades of what makes you happy?

--Ann

WIP Wednesday - February 13

Busy week for me this week. I have a custom order for 8 placemats - almost done, just need to pop into my local quilt shop for fabric for binding. The placemats are made from a fun fat quarter pack called "Cinnamon Spice" by Blackbird Designs from Moda fabrics. I have lots of fabric left, so watch for more items made from this fabric line in the near future!

Cinnamon Spice Placemats

Quilting Cinnamon Spice Placemats

I also finished the friendship star border on my blue & white quilt and added the final blue print border, bringing it up to a nice lap/twin size quilt top. Just need to look for a backing and this one is ready to go out for quilting!

Blue and White Sampler Quilt

And finally, I had 5 friendship stars left over after I pieced the border for the bigger blue and white quilt and put them together into a table runner that's now listed for sale in my shop here!

Blue and White Table Runner - FOR SALE HERE

So, that's what's happening in my sewing room this week! How was your week?

--Ann

Linking up with:
The Needle and Thread Network WIP Wednesday #77
Quiltsy Team WIP Wednesday
Freshly Pieced WIP

3x6 Sampler Blocks in Blue & White

Do you remember these blocks from the Flickr 3x6 Bee Quilt Block exchange? I pulled out the quilt blocks that had yellow and purple in them and made this quilt with batik sashing and borders.

And I had 6 blue and white blocks left that I thought I could make into a baby quilt, but when I got it together, it didn't look very baby-ish to me. And then it was put aside until I could figure out what I wanted to do with it. I decided I would add a pieced border and another border of the same blue I had already used to sash and border the original quilt blocks. I like how it's coming together so far!

I think when I have this blue and white quilt finished, I will go back and join the next exchange again. It's a great challenge for me to work with someone else's colour choices and it's fun to find a unique quilt block to make.

--Ann