I am very pleased with how quickly and nicely this little quilt came together.  I cut out the pieces a few months ago and had them stacked in my sewing box for when I had some spare time.  I decided to use up scraps of all sorts of colours, alternating with soft white for our bub. 

The back is a grey and white spot.  I was planning on machine quilting this quilt but since my sister had borrowed my quilting foot, I decided not to wait and to do a tacking stitch with red embroidery thread - I love how it turned out! 

The quilt is just a cradle/floor/pram quilt (80 x 80 cm) as I want to spend more time pouring over fabrics once baby is born and we know the sex!!  I will most likely be using some of this fabric in the next quilt...

For girl...

For boy...

These fabrics are by Sarah Jane Studios - an awesome illustrator who has turned her hand to fabric design.  Cute stuff!

I'm sharing today over at Kootoyoo.

I made this little owl for a friend of my Mum's whose son has just had his first baby.  I wanted to make an owl so did a bit of an internet search of owl pics and put this pattern together.  He is made from blue wool with wool felt wings and cotton eyes and legs.  He is simple but nice and cuddly and safe for a baby with no buttons or hard bits!

Our strawberry patch is the healthiest looking thing in our garden at the moment - inspected every day for ripe ones.  We have to get to them before the birds do.  I'm going to use them as inspiration for a painted picture on the end of Isabella's doll cradle that I am doing up.