Welcome, 2023.
Posted on | January 16, 2023 | 9 Comments
Summer is in full swing here in the New Year, 2023. We have started having our hot days at last, but the garden is surviving and so are we.
There has not been a lot of quiet time, but I have managed to get some quilting done.
This was a simple quilt with Aussie animals in each block.

It has ended up a little bigger than 50 by 50 inches. Colours are a bit tricky on sunny days, and the wind kept blowing. But that is all part of it.

I did a lot of straight line stitching around the blocks, then did some echo quilting around each animal.

I had to add in a couple of plain blocks to make up the numbers so chose this pineapple print. I then quilted the outline of a kangaroo in each. Unfortunately I can’t pick those up in my photo. But the grand kids had fun finding them hidden away.

I have lots of fun fabrics I know I am never going to get around to using in quilt blocks, so I am planning to use them in backings. This was a good start.

This is a far better indication of the true colours on the back.
I have at least two more quilts sandwiched and ready to go. And believe it or not, I am working on some Christmas projects. Not sure if I am too early or too late. Regardless, I will enjoy them.
Happy New Year, Cheers, Karen
Those are some happy animals with their fav fruits!!! Super cute! And what a great use for those fabrics on the back! I can just imagine what fun your GKs had in finding the kangaroos, Karen!!!
Beautiful work KaRen
This is a really cute quilt and looks like it would have been a fun one to make and quilt.
What a cute quilt….good idea to use up those fabrics for backings…I often now use scrappy backings on quilts x
Cute, cute!!
Those Aussie critters are so cute. Using a panel and arranging the blocks makes a fast and super sweet quilt.
Happy New Year Karen. I love that quilt – have seen the pictures before but not something made up with them…. lovely quilt…
Hugz
That’s a whole lot of cute Aussie critters! Nice finish.
The cutest Aussie animals! Great use of fabrics you are not going to use for blocks. Christmas projects too early or too late doesn’t matter, the most important is to enjoy them. Summer in full swing here too, we may have a couple of named cyclones in the area this week.