Showing posts with label travel changing mat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel changing mat. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

WIP Wednesday #8 and a big finish!

I haven't done a WIP Wednesday since the...wait for it...drum roll... 25th of April! So I've had a few finishes since then.

Finishes:
New York Beauty Quilt Along (30th April):

Travel changing mat (20th May):
THE BIG FINISH!! 'Binkies on Broadway' baby quilt (6th June):

Melody Miller coffee set (6th June)


Some progress:
Bead bags for Bead of Courage
I've got 4 or 5 little ones to make from the scraps that were left over.

No progress:
Nicey Jane quilt-as-you-go
Flower quilt made from leftovers of Oasis by Three Sisters jelly roll
Bali Pops Peace Medallion
Brown and pink bag
Alphabet baby quilt
Batik mini quilt
Not started yet:
Butterscotch & Rose jelly roll quilt
Hunky dory jelly roll quilt
Bag made with fabrics from Malta
2 x Red and black jelly roll quilts (new addition! Yes I've been buying again!)

Stats:
Finished: 5
Made progress: 1
No progress/not started: 10

I am of course linking up with:
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Saturday, 2 June 2012

More info on my win!

Soooo my mum was reading her May issue of popular patchwork magazine and spotted a competition to make something for a baby. I had already been thinking of making a travel changing mat, but I couldn't find a pattern or even a picture of what I wanted. So I had a think, had a tinker, and came up with a prototype. Then I used the materials left over from making a baby quilt for my colleague and came up with this:

I really really wanted to win as one of the top prizes was a Janome sewing machine, and I am desperate for a new machine, as this is my current machine:
And I got an email yesterday to tell me I had won! So I've won:
Janome CXL301 Sewing Machine
 
 Chicco Winter London Baby Stroller (B-3yr)

 and a Handmade by Lisa Lam Bag