BossyOz

I found a fantastic block on Joanna's blog when trying to figure out what LBQB is an abbreviation for. Her wonky churn dash block really caught my eye and I'm now busy preparing the scrappy areas. Tutorial over at: http://myquiltsetal.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/lbqb-may.html

Having bought way too many fat quarters, in April last year I decided to pull some black and white fabrics from my stash to make a modern looking quilt. My husband spotted the fabrics and asked me what I was planning to make with them. Always a good sign!! Surfing the internet, and Pinterest in particular, I decided to attempt a wonky cross design, but with a twist! Here are the fabrics I started with: From each fat quarter I cut out four squares and some strips of varying widths. Then I randomly mixed the blacks with the whites and set off making the wonky crosses. Here are some of the black squares with white crosses before they were cut to uniform size and stitched together with the white squares with black crosses. Here is the final quilt, with a red binding and a simple calico backing. Close-up of the accent block. Did I say that DH loves it, and has requested it is being hung in our sitting room (lounge for all of you Americans out there)!?!

Are you a quilter living in, or strongly connected with, the United Kingdom? If so, you may like to join UK Quilters United on Facebook ( link ). We are currently over 150 members sharing progress, experience, patterns and frustrations online. Our aim is to find friends, local quilters and guilds, share inspiration and knowledge, show pictures of our beautiful work, and join in with our block swop (the first one due by end of June)! No entry exam!!! Just request to join and one of the three admins (Julie, Mo and myself) shall approve your application. Welcome!

These three hats are going skiing in the Austrian mountains within short. It is always great fun making hats for children as they love colours and 'cool' hats!