a little girl..and her blanket.

after camp Courtney wound up sunday afternoon the house felt empty, but the days the girls were here, were filled with laughter sewing, and creating. I could do camp every single day....the highlight was the coming together of something very close to my heart.

my very first quilt...for my little quirky daughter. Al ot of mistakes, a lot of wonky lines, but a hell of a lot of love...and the pink cloud if girly is finished.


dots and spots..butterflies and cupcakes, flowers and paisley are just some of the prints featured in this quilt. I learnt so much making this quilt, what not to do, what to do and what was just right.


wonky sashing, due to my dodgy basting, straight line quilting that felt like it went on and on and on! but all of it doesnt matter....because my lily...adores it.

all women in some way did their bit to make this quilt special for lily, right down to the hand embroidered patch on the back saying made with love. Im proud to have been able to give my little girl something truly unique...
and now its time I start collecting boy fabrics, so master elijah can have his own...
enjoy your monday afternoon in the soft sunlight
thankyou once again to the wonderful ladies who made my weekend truly amazing.

quilting progress

As I've mentioned before, I started a quilt for my daughter Lily, who kinda drew the short straw being the second kid, she doesn't get alot of new things since I had alot of things from when Eli was born, so I thought it was time she got something special from her mummy.

I started cutting the squares with my mumma last week, and the ironing and the sewing began! 5 blocks across 7 rows down. with a bright pink polkadot sashed boarder, the backing is a smaller dot in pink, and the binding is a baby pink with white dots...can you tell I like dots lol.

the sewing of the blocks took me maybe 3 hours from start to finish. Then it was a trip to the fabric store in town for some batting and backing. I then started the AWFUL task of basting, which I must say I suck royally at! Next time I will wait for help lol, all this has been a learning curve but one must start somewhere.

I have started straight line quilting this little gem and its a slow slow task but I know it will be worth it in the end. It has shifted a little so some of the sashing will be trimmed to even it back up, I shall make up for this by making a decently think binding.

my sweet flower at the park a few weekends ago with my man and eli. She was so serious on the swing till I pushed her a little higher then the smiles came out to play hehe.

so thats where I am up to! I'll keep straight lining all the way down as straight as I can (which isnt that straight lol) then hopefully it will be ready to bind at 'Camp Courtney' a little craft camp at my place with the women I adore spending time with! hopefully the goddess Ellie will share her binding wisdom and it can be finished!

two blogs in one day! can you feel the love?

enjoy your afternoon, I shall enjoy mine with tea and cake with the lovely Emily.

xox Courtney

a quilt in the making, and emerald alice.

I haven't done my collage for today yet, but I thought it was time to show off another side of me, I am still very very beginner but slowly Im getting better at quilting! My darling grp of girlfriends and I decided to embark on a quilt round robin, where we each got a partner for the month and we would get their base fabric and sew them a block for their quilt using a matching fabric we ourselves bought for them. Its been such an amazing experience, getting their fabric cutting and sewing, a bit of swearing here and there, laughing at stupid mistakes.

I decided in my moment of madness as the crazy art student of the grp, to have every triangle a different fabric, meaning each block would stand as a colourful work of art. Easy way to stash bust and a way to go a little wild with fabric matching. I have however stated that the same print cant be used in other squares just no two same print on one block, just to make it a little easier!
so far the girls and I have made 12 blocks for my quilt, with some women sewing me more than the allotted two, as I declared that I wanted to make mine a king size quilt to begin the idea of an heirloom in my little family. These woman are helping me create that heirloom, and their names will be embroidered on the backing of the quilt as my homage to them.
They are my world, as if they were family. - Souls sisters if you will.
So below feast your eyes on the manic beautiful rainbow that are my progress shots, atm its a decent lap blanket size.

on the topic of quilts, my dear dear girlfriend Ellie knows my obsession with Alice in wonderland, that I have all vintage copies of the books, that I have rubber stamps in all the characters and that last years birthday invites were for a mad-hatters tea party with Alice invites and all!
This lovely lady for my birthday, which isn't til next month started sewing me something that I know Im going to cherish for the rest of my life. With my favourite colour and my favourite book character, I present you Emerald Alice, a lap quilt that will be used every moment I can think of! It makes me smile just looking at her.

many people want the quilt and many have been told no, Ellie has been asked if they can buy her, I've said no amount of money can make me give that quilt away. So suck on that she's mine.
I love it to bits, as much as I love the woman who made her for me.
have a great friday!!
oxo Courtney