Hello lovely lovelies♡ A beautiful welcome to my little wintry place♡ The month of June. Which of course means in this little part of the world.......winter!! But let's not talk about my least favourite season, let us talk about happy things. Let us talk about a quilt finish. Yep, the wee poppet's quilt is finished♡ Let us talk of sweet quilts, teddy bears, flowery lights, and sunshine; for today was the perfect sunny day for a wee photo shoot. =)
This wee poppet's quilt is one covered in Australian flora and fauna. Jocelyn Proust fabrics where there is a menagerie of sweet animals playing among Australian native flowers. Cuddly koalas, bashful bandicoots, swimming platypuses, hopping kangaroos with sweet joeys peeking out from pouches, running wombats and adorable echidnas who slowly waddle along; all playing hide and seek among the gum trees and pretty native flowers. Flowers such as lilly pillys, wattles, bottle brushes, Tasmanian blue gum flowers, waratahs. As for the birds perched high up in the eucalyptus trees; there are magpies, willy wagtails, cockatoos and kookaburras, all singing a merry song. I suppose this quilt is an I-spy-with-my-little-eye quilt, where my daughter and her wee poppet will enjoy many a delightful time looking at each-filled hexie, imagining stories of adventures in the Australian bush. The backing and border is a Jocelyn Proust fabric flourishing with stylised 'Corymbia Ficifolio' an Australian flowering gum tree.
I fashioned this quilt using the English Paper Piecing method with papers I have from the Sweet Sunday quilt which I made several years ago. I hand quilted this sweet quilt with the stitches marching in straight lines diagonally up and down the centre panel. For the border the quilting stitches do-si-do in a merry fashion around the flowers and gum leaves. The batting is 100% cotton, nice and light.....and snuggly.
Until the next time............
Linking this week to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching, Frédérique's, Quilting, Patchwork & Applique, and Cynthia's, Oh Scrap.
Your wee grand-poppet will love this quilt, made with love in every stitch! The animals and plants will provide hours of entertainment and fun. I love it! Gail at the Cozy Quilter
ReplyDeletePoppet's quilt is beautiful, so colorful and happy!
ReplyDeleteThis is a sweet quilt for your little grandkid, Kim. Love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt for your future grandchild! So sweet. That little one will be here in no time.
ReplyDeletethat is certainly a sweet quilt for a little one - I can tell you are excited at the prospect of being a grandma or whatever name you will be called.
ReplyDeleteThe little one will spend lots of time with the "I Spy" quilt. Sweet finish!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely quilt.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a very lovely finish.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt! What a delight it will be to snuggle baby in it!
ReplyDeleteLovely poppets quilt with Teddy bear and his lovely poppets bow ;)
ReplyDeleteLove your lampshade ! And all the sceneries :)
Have a cozy week !
Hug
Anna
Dearest Kim,
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that Winter were the perfect season for sewing and stitching, so enjoy this period of the year and good work, with all your creativity and artistic talent I wonder what you're going to do before Summer comes back!
Sending my biggest hug across the many miles
X Dany
Just a sweet and lovely Wee Poppet quilt----you must be over the moon in anticipation for the event to come...hugs, Julierose
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt for your new grandbaby, and cute Teddy too, he looks quite comfy with the quilt! Have a great week Kim!
That's a beautiful quilt with all the pretty prints, Kim! It's so neat that you could use the fabric with native Australian animals and flowers. I'm guessing that you're right - this little person is going to have lots of handmade things to enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHa quedado precioso y lo has disfrutado a lo grande.
ReplyDeleteEste fin de semana ha sido importante para mí y lo voy a compartir contigo, el viernes día 2 mi hijo cumplió 40 años y el sábado día 3 mi nieta -la hija de mi hija- cumplió 8 años, lo celebramos en el campo donde vive mi hijo y tuvimos un regalo sorpresa por parte de mi hijo ¡¡están esperando un bebé!! así que estoy igual que tú pensando en algunas labores pequeñas, no demasiadas porque tenemos bastantes cosas guardadas de mi nieta que se pueden utilizar.
BESICOS.
Nothing is too pretty for little Poppet, and your quilt is just gorgeous! Lovely prints, and I love the border too. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your excitement and beautiful finish, and linking up!
I love an eye spy quilt and yours is really beautiful! And ready and waiting for a grandchild. Those months will fly by!sarah quilting by the sea
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is gorgeous and you've made it very quickly. Perfect with all the Australian flora and fauna. I can only imagine how excited you all are waiting now :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable quilt! Yay for a finish.
ReplyDeleteHi Kim
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt as always. Great to see teddy in his matching bow.
Have a great week.
Best wishes Kay c Xx
Thank you, lovely Kay. I hope you have a great week, too. Kim Xx
DeleteIts a beautiful quilt Kim - and filled with love. xx
ReplyDeleteThe quilt looks beautiful there are some lovely Australian fabrics out there at last theses days,no more babies for my children unfortunately so now to finish the vehicle quilt and panda quilt for two little boys.one waiting to be quilted the other fabric all collected but not started and then the two Christmas quilts for daughter and daughter in law all blocks have been embroidered now to put together,nothing as beautiful as yours though.love yours thanks for such beautiful photos Kim have a good week
ReplyDeleteYes, there are many lovely Australian fabrics available now for quilters, Elizabeth. It's certainly changed from the old days where there were not a lot of fabrics with an Aussie theme and those that were on the shelves were rather underwhelming. All of Jocelyn Proust's designs are fun and whimsical and exploding with gorgeous colours. It sounds as if you are very busy with fashioning quilts for your family. I do love the sound of those embroidered blocks ready to be fashioned into a quilt. I can just imagine how lovely the quilt will be. Thank you for blessing my day with your beautiful visit and words. Have a lovely week, lovely Elizabeth. Kim Xx
DeleteGorgeousness! Pretty diamonds and flowers - what could be better?!? I love the binding and backing fabric choices too! Thanks for linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching!
ReplyDeleteOhhh, it's so cute that I'd like to make one just like it!?! Okay, none of those fun Australian prints here! The colors and prints are just so dreamy and adorable! So happy for you, Kim!!!
ReplyDeleteYour little poppets quilt is beautiful. I'm sure you are eagerly awaiting the arrival of this previous grandchild.
ReplyDeleteI think you have as much fun staging your photo shoots as you do making your quilts. Oh what a lucky grandchild.
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I can just imagine the stories that could be told when one precious poppet and her oh-so-creative Nanna have a sleepover tucked in among the folds of this oh-my-goodness adorable quilt. Here's to many happy winter quilting adventures to you, dearest Kim!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, lovely Mary! Yes, I imagine many an adventure-filled story will be enjoyed while my wee poppet and I enter the Land of Make Believe, while snuggling under this sweet quilt. So, so many fabulous fun times ahead for the "precious poppet and her Nanna". =) Kim Xx
DeleteHi Kim, what a beautiful quilt! I'm sure that your new poppet will love it :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely, LOVELY & pretty, PRETTY! Really sweet :-) Beautiful fabrics, as always, and I do like the border and backing fabric very much too. It will be treasured!
ReplyDeleteJust adorable... Such happiness!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, lovely Maristella. It is a happy little quilt, isn't it?? Kim Xx
DeleteYou have chosen such a lovely colour palette Kim- blues, aquas, pinks and apricots! That will surely become a treasured family heirloom. Your delightful photos really show it off so well! I trust you have added a label to the back so it's provenance, in years to come, can be traced back to you. I hope the sun is shining in Tassie today. It is in central Victoria!
ReplyDeleteOh my! How gorgeous! Your poppet is going to be so cozy! Isn't it fun? xo
ReplyDeleteMy goodness... what a quilt.
ReplyDeleteYou are just great, dear Kim. You've created another piece... to cheer for.
I'm happy for you and I'm happy about every one of your photos... and the teddy is very proud and happy, isn't it. A big hug to you from Viola
Thank you.
Thank you so much, dear Viola. Sending you a hug from my little place. Kim Xx
Deleteawwwww - such a sweet quilt and a coordinating bow for Teddy too. Lucky the wee one to be wrapped in such love.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful finish.
ReplyDeleteI love the little lamp too.