My second bag

Yesterday I finished my second bag:



It's the Basket Style Bag from U-Handbag, my favorite blog/online store. You can find the instructions for making it here. It's really easy and can be done in one evening (as I did yesterday).
And you can see my bag here now as well!

Isn't it cute? I'm completely in love with it... And have fabric for 2 more! ;-)
(but there won't be much sewing in the next few weeks, as I have to prepare the lectures on TB that I'm giving at UQ in August...)

Last Monday I went to the Patch 'n' Chat Christmas in July function. It was great, I enjoyed it very much. Lots of beautiful quilts on display, guest speaker Sue Dennis who told about her quilting journey up till now and showed some of her stunning quilts, the handing over of Little Quilts of Love to a representative of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, a raffle and lots of delicious finger food! Here are a few photos:







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Flanello has arrived!

At last! Yesterday Flanello arrived at its destination in The Netherlands and baby Vincent's mother let me know that they liked it very much!
This is the first quilt that I have given away as a present and it feels good!

So now I can put some photos on this blog:







The idea is from a book (No-Sweat Flannel Quilts by Beth Garretson); I changed the colours and the sizes. It's the first quilt that I freemotion-quilted. (Yes, I have a long way to go yet..)
Although it's far from perfect I like it very much! :-)

Rainbow ragtime

Today I finished the flannel and chenille ragtime quilt. Koen likes the way it feels:



I practised my free motion quilting on it; in some cases with quite a good result:




I've bought the fabric for the next baby quilt, flannels again (I love flannels, especially for babies - they're so soft and warm!). It is going to be a rail fence quilt, but as I will start my new job tomorrow I guess it will be some time before it's finished. The last one still hasn't arrived in The Netherlands; I'm beginning to get worried...

I have also started another bag; the Basket Style Bag from this great bagmaking blog! I'm afraid bagmaking may become a serious addiction... ;-)
Helen, thanks for the compliment for my first bag! And yes, the Bow Bag (another Monica Poole design) is on my wish list as well! (as is this carpetbag!)