Laura & Sam's Wedding (& Quilt)

On Saturday we went to a family wedding...

It was held on The Fruit Mount 

in the very beautiful RHS Wisley Gardens....

A beautiful bride.....

A gorgeous setting...

Stunning roses....

(metal ones on gates too!)

And a few very hot children!

Walking down the fruit mount, 

we saw apples and beautiful greenery....

and glimpsed two of the 'Kalico kids' playing so nicely together....

We even got a decent pose out of madam!

Wearing the fascinator I made to match her dress....

We all enjoyed this very special day...

And we enjoyed wandering around the gardens after the ceremony....

Lots to see...

And the view from above is very relaxing 

I believe ;o)

Flowers to make me homesick....

 I love these lilies...

And lush Bottlebrushes...

*****

At the reception, I was lucky enough to be entrusted with a 5 week old baby

He was a cutie....

I really enjoyed the baby snuggles!

The reception was held in the couple's garden...

One of my boys snapped this of Laura's dog 

(from under the table - great shot!)

A lovely day was had by all!

*****

Here's another pic of Miss-Kalico's hair fascinator...

(she had her bag packed and trundled it around for days 

in anticipation of our trip!)

***** 

And another picture of the quilt I made....

I used 5 inch squares so it came up relatively large

considering it's only 3 blocks by 3 blocks.

It was backed with 'bicycle' fabric

and the song went through my head of 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...'

as I was quilting it :o)

 'We' (Miss Kalico & I) took the photos of the quilt in our garden...

And that is the 'end' of such a long post!!

In a Bind

Sometimes I amaze myself.

I was incredibly lucky again.

I didn't measure...,

I just cut a piece of fabric into binding strips

and hoped that it was enough for two quilts.

Even after I sewed the binding on the first quilt,

I didn't measure to check if I had enough for the second quilt...

Gosh, I must have felt foolishly confident

because the small strip of green in this photo is all I had left!!!

At the same time I cut binding for a quilt I am working on

for a very expedited project.

 Again...I haven't measured...

I'll keep you posted!

This is the work in progress....

 It feels like drawing with thread...

Perhaps swifter than I would have preferred,

but time is of the essence...

And done in an evening.

The longest day of the year,

so done in a day!

A long day!

Wordless Wednesday - Day 2, Quilt number 2

Quick Quilting

I sort of made myself a promise that I would try harder

to quilt in a bit more detail

and try and get more out of my Longarm Quilting machine

but......

I had this quilt loaded on the machine,

and I wanted it quilted and a step closer to being finished,

so..........

I very loosely and very quickly freehand quilted it

and it was a lot of fun.....

Maybe next time when I have more time

and want to be more serious I'll try harder.

But then again.... maybe not :o)