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I have been so busy...

The last few weeks have just been mad qulting for me. Im working away at my son's Cat Quillow, Ive started a birthday quilt, plus sewn these two baby quilts.
 

The blue boy quilt has some fabric left over from my son's birth quilt that I 'fussy cut' so the circular design was perfectly aligned and the sashing strips and corners are just from my stash. I havent quilted this yet, but I have picked a curvy stripe to be the binding. This one was another time-test quilt to see how long it took, with more blocks and some fussy cutting and Im happy to say it was only a little more than the last quilt, so it will also go up for sale at $150.
 
The purple & teal girl quilt is using some funky unicorn fabric in the blocks and a really cute girly princess fabric as the border. Ive teamed it with white and some great teals from my stash. Im really happy with how this one has come out and how fresh it looks. I have the perfect little girl in-mind to give this quilt to.
 
The birthday quilt Im working on, is in my favourite colour scheme of purples & blues. So far I have spent over 4 hours cutting out 443 pieces.... this one is a labour of love for someone special!
 




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