Hello and Welcome

Well, I've finally arrived in blogaverse. The pressure got way too much over this last weekend at the fantabadoozalistic Fat Quarterly Retreat. The lovely Laura gave me some instructions on how to manage a blog with an iPad. So here we go.

First up for this blog is to introduce you all to the fab bunch that is the Brit Bee. I have been overwhelmed by their friendship and support over this last year of cancer treatment. What could have been a pretty grim time was always lightened by their comments and innuendos, and to keep me toasty warm when my hair vanished they made me the most amazing quilt.
Each time I tell the story of how this quilt came to be, fills my eyes with tears, my throat with a lump and my heart so full of gratitude To be blessed by the generosity and friendship of what were strangers all flung together, to the friendships I share with these women. They are awesome indeed.

Wanna see my mega quilt, affectionately known as Project 51? Here it is, with the fabulous women who made it




It was such a buzz to finally meet up with them all. I had already met Ceri, Judith, Trudi, Hadley, and had met Sarah through Skype. So meeting Belfast Judith, Jennie, Laura, Fiona, Susan and Jo was the cherry on top of the cupcake.

I felt that if I were going to blog properly (ahem) I had to blame it on these ladies if ever I stuff up. Just so you know, I take no responsibility for what I write, they have to, because if it were not for them, I wouldn't be blogging away. Are we clear on that? So don't write cranky emails to me if my pictures aren't perfect, or my grammar isn't correct, or I don't post very often. All the blame must be put firmly on their shoulders.

See you all again soon if this works!

Thanks for peeking

Terri x

Sewing up a storm

Life has not stopped for a second for me to catch my breath. This last year has been one of enormous change and some very very lows, but recently a much needed high.

On craft news I have sewed more than I ever have before. I made a rainbow throw quilt for my eldest daughter the Princess Buttercup, all from scraps including a pair of her too small jeans. I also made from scraps a doll quilt for my youngest daughter Skipity-Flip. The scraps came from dresses, skirts, birthday party aprons and her cot sheet.

I'm now in the throws of making Skipity-Flip her very own throw quilt. All made from her too small night dresses, pjs and some Heather Ross Munki Munki thrown in to keep up the pj theme.
None of the blocks are the same, I'm making them up as I go along. I know thats not "proper" quilting, but I love the freedom of it, and the buzz it gives me when I see quilts that aren't all uniform and exact. Those ones have a place, and I admire the women who can be so exact in their sewing, but they hurt my eyeballs because they're so neat and ordered. My quilts are more like "What happens if I chop this fabric and sew it to that fabric" kind of affair.

I think I know how to post pictures to this blog, so next post I'll be in colour, like show and tell!!

For real!!