WIP Wednesday- The Sunshine Quilt

Being ALMOST through my list of things that HAVE to be sewn, I decided that I could afford myself the luxury of starting on a fun project that I have been looking forward to for months.

You see, back in April, I was given some gorgeous fabric and a quilt pattern for my birthday. The fabric was from three friends and without knowing it, they gave me enough coordinated fabric to make a quilt. I have been jealously coveting these fabrics and looking forward to the day when I could finally piece my first ever full sized quilt.

The pattern is called Everyday quilt and it is written by my friend Deb.

Deb is on the verge of opening her own online shop. The shop will sell her quilt patterns and vintage fabrics. If that sounds like your cup of tea then why not join the Fabrichicks facebook page and keep up to date with the shops progress. Until the shop opens, you can drool over the gorgeous photos of her fabrics that she has been taunting us all with!

Oh and while I'm singing Deb's praises, you should pour yourself a cup of tea and head over to her blog. Reading her blog is like being invited into her family. Its honest, its warm and it'll bring a tear to your eye every now and then, but not to worry, when that happens she will wrap you in the most amazing quilts- she has such a great eye for fabric and colour!

Sunday was the day when I could finally start on my quilt. 

I cut, arranged and pieced the top in an afternoon. 

It was lots of fun. 

I was initially going to call the quilt the birthday quilt, but having seen it pieced I reckon that the Sunshine Quilt is more appropriate- don't you!?.

I will admit that in the end, I switched out two of the fabrics that I was given and replaced them with fabrics from my stash. I'm glad that I did. The substituted fabrics are more cheerful and fun than the brownish fabrics that they replaced.

Mr Tartankiwi reckons that the quilt is too yellow, but I love the bright cheerful colours. 

It makes me smile every time that I look at it. 

What are the bets that Rascal ends up stealing the quilt, she's definitely got her eye on it already!

Does anyone have any advice how to quilt this beauty? Any and all suggestions gratefully received as I'm a bit scared about the quilting stage, but I think I want to try to do it myself!

In other news, I've finished my bee blocks- Yay!
I really enjoyed making these final three blocks and have to admit that they are my favourites.

I kept it simple for this block and chose pretty fabrics that I knew the recipient would love.

I had fun with the next block and really hope that the recipient likes it. My favourite bit is the alternating solid red and green border. I love the way that it adds drama to the block but doesn't make it fussy.

The final block was one of those blocks that I had severe doubts about when I started. As I worked on it, I grew to love it, then I had doubts again, but in the end I think I love it!

Just look at all those frog princes waiting on a princess to kiss!

Here are my completed Bee Blocks for the 3 x 6 Modern Sampler Bee- which is your favourite?:

Debra, Nin, Cat, Kelli, Leonie, Sharon

My bee block for myself can be found here and the lone starburst pattern can be found here

I'm linking up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced and the crafty people over at Creative Spaces

New Projects:
The sunshine quilt

Works in Progress:
Grey, Aqua and Tangerine Sampler Quilt- untouched

Completed:
Modern Sampler Bee Blocks