Rainbow I Spy Cot Quilt

I’ve just finished this rainbow I spy quilt for a friend to take to her new grandson in the UK. There are some gorgeous fabrics around, I love the pukeko block and the little cowboy!

Rainbow “I Spy” quilt

Linked Square Quilt

This quilt was inspired by Cindy Lammon’s ‘Sanctuary Squares Quilt’. I like the owl fabric which dictated the colour choices, I found it in Spotlight but it had no selvages on the fat quarters, so I don’t know the designer. I made too many squares for a single bed size, so used the excess on the back to make it more interesting.

Linked square quilt

Bibs, Jersey and Black Scrumble Handbag

An eclectic mix this week, a few more Desert Rose Designs bandana bibs, (yay for free internet patterns). A cross over shoulder Matelot jersey pattern from the third, ‘Sublime’ book and to finish off, another scrumble handbag with a black theme, thanks Prudence Mapstone for the ideas.

Bandana Bib from Desert Rose Designs

Purple Scrumble Handbag

I seem to be hooked on these handbags at the moment. Here are both sides of the purple offering. Hmm, what colour haven’t I done yet…

Prudence Mapstone's 'blog a day' has lots of ideas for different scrumbles

Party Dress Cot Quilt

I started this quilt a few years ago but thought it was looking very bland and lost my enthusiasm for it. By appliqueing bright flowers around the edge it’s looking more cheerful so I’ve gone ahead with quilting and binding it. Yay, finished!

Echo quilting around the party dress

Leaf Blanket, Baby Jacket & Booties

Found some great patterns on the net which were fun to make up. The first was a knitted leaf pattern by Lesley Arnold-Hopkins. It made a great blanket when knitted into different coloured blocks and then sewn together. The jacket is Linden Heflin’s ‘Baby Sophisticate’, which I knitted in Paton’s 12 ply Jet wool on 5.5mm needles. The last photo is another pair of sheepskin soled baby booties, slightly larger than last time.

Leaf pattern blanket in double knit

Sheepskin Soled Baby Booties

A friend gave me a pattern for these knitted sheepskin soled baby booties, you can make any sort of motif to decorate the front. I haven’t found a free pattern on the net for them but I didn’t look very hard since I already had this one.

Knitted sheepskin soled baby booties