Quilts and other projects

I have finally finished my 'Summer' Four Seasons Quilt. I have named it 'Bushfire Sun' as the colors remind me of the unusual color and haze of the sun, and the quilting reminds me of the radiant heat. This is the fourth season I have participated in. Once I receive my quilt in return, I will have to 'post' all four together.

Here is a photo from our "'Little People on the Move ' swap. Sophia is holding Birra the wombat and Pinta the Koala. They are spending July with us, and sharing many adventures. At months end, they will wing there way to the U.S.A. passports, scrapbooks and bags packed to live with 2 little people there. In return there little buddies will head our way to live with Sophia and Tessa. (nice bottom there Birra)

They came two by two

Finally, here is a photo of the finished 6 1/2" quilt I made for my partner Tine. I actually made it for her son Ask , based on a gorgeous animal quilt that she had made for him. If you know me well, you will know I can't pass up the chance to do something in a Noah's Ark theme. I LOVE Noah's Ark! I have been told it will be hanging above Ask's bed.

We went for our first drive along the tollway today. It was chockers! It was fun to see how quickly we could get to different places, quite the novelty. I even got a trip to Chadstone S/C out of it and a new pair of shoes for Miss Tessa (so cute I will have to post a picture soon).
The funniest thing came to mind as we were driving through the tunnel. My Mini quilt swap specialty group for June have been doing English paper piecing, so as soon as I looked at the entry all I could think of was hexagons, and my quilty friends

Open Day at Eastlink

Look what fun we had today at the new Eastlink tollway open day. Tessa was pictured on the big screen, dancing away to the Big Band. We took a bus tour along one side, whilst cyclists rode/raced the other. Over 100 thousand people visited.
Here are but a few of the cyclists resting after their tour.

And off we head into the tunnels. The one on the left is named after the Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, the Melba tunnel . The one on the right is named after the creek whose flow it disrupted, the Mullum Mullum tunnel. You can also see the fume chimney in the middle, I think its quite pretty.
The tollway will open next weekend, Daddy is very excited as it will cut about 20 minutes each way from his work travel time. And, in the other direction it will whisk us to the beach!

Projects

Here is a little tempter for my 6 1/2" mini quilt swap for June. It will be winging it's way to Denmark as soon as I can get to the post Office.

And, here is some great flannelette I found in my stash. It was with fabrics Mum bought for me when I was a child...early 1970's.
Who'd think I'd have a girl who loved purple. Now to find the time to make some new P.J.'s.
The fact that my very tall 4 year old is still wearing her size 2 P.J.'s should be enough incentive don't you think?!

Four Seasons Quilt Swap

Yesterday I received my partner for the new 'Summer' round of the 4SQS. This round there are over 100 swappers, it sure has grown, it took about 2-3 days for the sign up to close.
I've already been checking out my partners blog, and some of the new swappers, including a gentleman from the U.S. How exciting, he looks very skilled.
I have had an idea for 'Summer', hope I can find the right fabrics, and that my partner will like the end result

Sleeping Fairy

Eat your heart out Anne Geddes..........lol!
Here's my big girl as I found her, new party dress and fairy wings, all worn out after lots of
Fairy Dancing

Doll Quilt Swap 3

This is my latest quilt for my swap partner in Doll Quilt Swap 3. I'm hoping she likes it! I didn't have any modern prints like this in my stash, so Janine helped me out with a part jelly roll by Urban Chicks. The finished size is approx. 13". The pattern is a miniature version of a quilt I made for Tessa called 'Rebekah Amy' by Rosalie Quinlan. I'm really pleased with the end result, I was going for a very 'busy' look.

This is the quilt I received from Taylynnsbean. It has a real assortment of buttons, which have been used to tie the quilt together. Tessa has become quite attached to it.