Creative Mischief Handmade

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...

I am testing myself this week, not in my ability but in how long it actually takes me to make a quilt. I've never really worked out exactly how long I spend on a partiular quilt but I have been asked if I would make some quilts for a baby shop and I want to know if it would be worth doing it. Can I make a quilt in a reasonable time? Can I get paid an acceptable amount for my time and still have it priced in a retail market so they sell? I have decided just to make a very simple quilt of squares. It will be 28" x 44" (71cm x 111cm) the perfect little baby/cot quilt. Because it is not for anyone and just for my time trial, I didnt want to buy any fabric or really use any of my favourite fabrics. I found these in my stash.... It is not my usual colour palette and I wasn't 100% happy with the the fabrics but I picked a cute little print with a little girl, toys and  flowers, plus co-ordinating fabrics in lilac, pink, white and le...