Sewing away

I'm madly working on my Vignette quilt in the evenings after work. I can see the finish line with these blocks and can't wait to finally have them complete. There certainly in a lot of embroidery in this quilt! I still love working on it though I'm looking forward to a little break after these blocks and some time to work on something else.

Australasian Quilt Convention

I was lucky enough to attend the AQC on Friday this week. Unfortunately I didn't take my camera. I felt like wrangling a pair of crutches was enough let alone a camera too. There were lots of lovely quilts there and my favourites were a series of quilts by Katrina Hadjimichael inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel. You can see the quilts on her blog here.
I did make some fun purchases too. I bought some new scissors and a thimble as well as a kit for a little wool candle mat by Bareroots. I also signed up for a block of the month, The 1860 Marriage Quilt from Carolyn's Quilting Room. It is a reproduction of a quilt in the Cheltenham Museum, made by Jane Pizar.

I can't wait to start cutting out and piecing my first block, but I have decided that I want to make sure that Vignette blocks 2 and 3 are complete before I start anything else.
Right, I am off to work on the stitchery border of Vignette now before I have to start getting ready for work again tomorrow!