My 4 days retreat & FNSI

I have had a great 4 days away with 31 other women.... The Kilmore Quilters were on retreat at CAMP TOOLANGI. The company was great as was the weather. The food was amazing and there was plenty of it....
So my FNSI started a day early and finished on Sunday.... How fantastic.
It was very successful... I got 4 quilt tops finished and a small quilt quilted and bound...
I still haven't got a photo of the 4th quilt top I finished. It was the Spring Row by Row SAL with Deana over at         http://dodmystery.blogspot.com.au
Clearer photos will be shown when I have finished them completely...

My spring quilt

My Australiana quilt

WILL BE FOR AN AUSSIE HERO

Americana/Australiana row QAL
http://dodmystery.blogspot.com.au

Have a look at when I started this quilt..October 2014
Glad it's finally a finish.

http://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/fnsimy-test-pattern-quilt.html
http://thecolorfulfabriholic.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/successful-pattern-test.html
http://thecolorfulfabriholic.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/plus-dash-tutorial-draft-pattern.html

Completed small quilt, trellis quilt by Andrea,
 Australiana quilt, curve quilt. 

FNSI

FNSI........My test pattern quilt

What I have been doing on my FRIDAY DAY/NIGHT SEW IN

I have been testing a pattern for Jan from The Colourful Fabriholic

 http://thecolorfulfabriholic.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/plus-dash-tutorial-draft-pattern.html

This was the photo of original pattern from Jan

So I decided to go for it today.

I chose to do mine in a neutral colour for a cot quilt size. This way it can be put away for that special little person... It was a great pattern. Very easy to follow. 

And yes, the best part was, it was QUICK, LARGE BLOCKS and EASY.

Jan gives you directions for a variety of sizes. The blocks measure 14" so they go together very quickly. The instructions are easy to follow.

After I cut all my pieces I had left over fabric. Just incase I slipped with the rotary... Haha.....

I did have a few fat 1/8ths in Browns so I used them instead of fat 1/4s. I didn't have any trouble with not enough fabric.

 Here are my blocks cut out and sewn together. I am very happy with the colours.

Time for a break and off to eat dinner......

Back to follow the rest of the directions and here we have a finished cot size flimsy.

I am very impressed with this pattern as I can see how it would adapt to using up scraps or a feature fabric instead of the background. I will be doing this pattern again....

Now when will I get to quilt it.....

Now to see what others got up to tonight check out here......

FNSI with WENDY at

http://sugarlanequilts.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/fnsi-sign-ups.html