A quilt some table runners and christmas in between!

I Finally got some projects finished and even finished some projects in time to be given as Christmas Gifts.

The first thing finished was a quilt for our new nephew / cousin Jack who was born on Dec 11th. It was done in a red and white colour base for the top as it is what they had done their nursery in, as the didn't know whether they were having a boy or a girl. I then just backed and binded it in boy fabric once he arrived. I was happy with the overall finish of the quilt, especially the backing as the zoo print was just gorgeous and then X design quilting looked fantastic. I had to use two fabrics int he binding, as i just didnt have enough of either one, so i just joined it on the bias with equal lengths of each fabirs and it came out with a better overall effect than i had anticipated. So here is the finished project.

And of course, he is the star himself, complete with 2 very proud, first time cousins!!

The other projects were table runners, which i decided 3 days before Chrsitmas to make 3 of, for presents. They all made it, almost on time, although my mum's, which is the one in the pic, will be hand delievered this weekend as we head up for the wedding. She has seen in as a WIP so knows that I didn't just leave her off the list! It is a pattern that I found on the net, listed as easy but i knew that i wasn't very experienced so read easy as " a challenge" for me. I did pink and cream and green for mum's, and her's is an all year round pattern, with only a slightly xmasy fabric for the backing and binding. The other two we much more chrismassy, with Jenny's being pink, a green a gold xmas fabric, and a white and gold xmas fabric. Cece's was very traditional xmas with red/gold, green/gol and white/gold fabrics. Unfortunately in my excitement of acually having completed the presents in time for xmas I forgot to take a pic of them, but they are the same pattern as this one, just the colour variations.

These are of course WIP pics, i just have to finish the binding ont his one and then i will post the finished pics.

I am just working on a quilt for newly arrived (3/1/09) Isabella Ann and then I ahve my MIL's quilt to cut out and a few handbag prjects to complete. I have also found a nice pattern for a satchel for DH which is great, as I have had the fabric for a while have just been looking for a pattern.

Until next time, happy sewing.

Sharyn