Cheeky Little Monkey

My little monkey quilt for our friend's baby girl is ready to be delivered...


I phoned to check the spelling of her name for the label and learned that they had decorated her room in non-gender specific colours i.e. reds and creams, but I love that this little quilt/playmat... is very gender specific. I think for Mom's like me, who only have boys it's nice to make something pink once in a while!!

The back is beautiful soft flannel from the same range of fabric and the fabric is all (except the shocking pink) from my win on VickW's blog way back when. I made the label from a scrap piece of pink monkey fabric...


I do hope she likes it enough to use it, throw up on it etc etc - :-)


My Double Delight is back from the Longarmers. It could have been here months ago, but I guess not every one knows that you should never leave a message with my husband if you want me to get it :-)))


I still need to unpack it and to decide on the binding for it, but I can't wait as it will live on our bed as soon as it's done!


Yesterday we did an Easter Egg hunt with the boys in the garden. I love this photo of what looks like a strategy meeting :-)


And they liked the baskets I made them too!

Monkeying around again

Our friends have had a baby girl and so I thought I would make use of more of the wonderful monkey fabric that I won on VickiW's blog some time ago. Thank you yet again Vicki!! There were so many great bits of fabric in the parcel as well as one 8" nine-patch orphan block (with the green squares) and one 8" plain square of fabric (the one in the centre) so I used those as my starting point.

I decided on a simple layout which meant that I then just needed seven more 8" nine-patches which I cobbled together from some of the pre-cut strips and scraps. Then I needed sashings. I searched my stash... I'm not really a pink girl and only had a fairly bright pink that I could use. I cut the sashing strips only to realise I was a bit short, hence the pieced centre sashings :-)

I am not good at quilt maths which is why it is no surprise that I was short for the sashings, so even though I believe that "if you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail", I also believe that quilting is fun and that surely you are meant to 'patch' things together with hopefully happy results...? I am happy with the result:


I am not going to put any borders on, but I am going to use some of the lovely stripey fabric in the parcel for the binding and also in the parcel was some soft and gorgeous flannel which I will piece together for the backing...

I hope to baste it and quilt it as soon as possible.

I had a hopsital visit today and although there is a tiny vision of bone regrowth, it's very slow and so I am still non-weight-bearing or at a maximun 'touch'-weight-bearing until further notice. I am so exhausted from these crutches and when my surgeon asked how I was, I moaned: "I'm cooking, I'm putting kids in the bath and to bed, I'm doing laundry, I'm running around after kids etc etc" and he said:

Drum roll please.

"Good!" LOL. I guess it's better than lying around all day, but it really is quite tiring!

I'm not complaining!

I won! I won big time on Vicki's blog. Vicki W made some cute Monkey quilts with this great monkey fabric and then offered the scraps as a giveaway. Well, I like scraps! So I entered and gosh and golly I hit the jackpot. Vicki not only included her fuzzy cut scraps but also loads of FQ's of monkey fabric left over from her Monkey quilt...



And it's all gorgeous! Now, what shall I make????

Vicki also included one of her fabulous tie-dye t-shirts that I had my beady little eye on...



Thank you Vicki!
Admittely I am a sucker for hearts, but I LOVE it!! I reckon she should give up her job and make these t-shirts, they are superb!! (I couldn't get DH to take my photo because he's too busy bashing...)

What it looked like before I went out this afternoon...



And when I came back...



I'm not complaining, every bash is one bash closer to having a nicer house! (However I do have holes in my kitchen - photos to follow... if I can bear it LOL)