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Wednesday 15 May 2013

Liberty, Liberty, Liberty!

Well I have had a Liberty-fuelled day.

Kids at school, hubby packed off to the office, (albeit he only made it until lunchtime), and I got down to it.

First I finished off my Marcelle Medallion quilt top.

I. Love. It!  Simple as.  I had a grand plan, lots of Liberty and not a lot of red, pure white or orange.   And it worked!


I took lots of photos...


Then I took some more...


Then the postman turned up with a couple of envelopes containing some more beautiful Liberty...


I knew Ali of Very Berry Handmade had the Eloise print I was after to finish my Retreat name tag, so I ordered what I needed, and maybe a little more fell into the basket, (well Ali does a mini-bundle deal on 3 pieces, so why buy 1 when you can buy 3, or something like that; and super lovely friend that she is, I also received an Only Ditzies Please! scrap bag, which I must say is a complete super bargain at £3, and with all those beautiful teeny prints, is perfect for smaller projects... I am thinking my Retreat goody-swap partners may be seeing these again!  Watch this space.

So with time to myself, I bound my partner's name tag, and made a blue Essex Linen lanyard; and then hand finished the back whilst catching up with a recorded EastEnders that I missed whilst on the Cub run!  (Hold a grudge, moi?).


I now have the dilemma of how to quilt my Marcelle Medallion, but I am surrounded by beautiful things, so I think I can cope with that!

42 comments:

  1. That is the coolest medallion quilt I have seen, which as I am not a massive fan of Liberty fabrics is saying something ;-)

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  2. Beautiful quilt! And your swap partner is in for a treat too! Rx

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  3. Oh my! It is beautiful! :-D

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  4. Can I just steal the quilt and the nametag?? You wouldn't mind really as I'll quilt the quilt myself so dilemma over...right??

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  5. What a successful day, despite him coming home at lunch. I hope you packed him straight off to bed!

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  6. Woooah....that's one gorgeous quilt top!!!

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  7. Stunning quilt. And I love the name tag too.

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  8. Oh wow, that quilt, I must say so stunning and honestly one of the prettiest things I have seen in the quilty world! Can't wait to see how you quilt it!

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  9. Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful...that's all the comment needed.

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  10. Its absolutely fantabulous. I would have no idea with where to start quilting it, but I know you will do a fab job

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  11. Yay! It's turned out to be stunning! Enjoy the quilting :) your name tag partner is very lucky. I have my own ideas as to who it's for...not long to wait now :)

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  12. ohhhhhhhhhhh! It is *so* beautiful!

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  13. Lots of ooohhhhing and aaaaahhhhing here, over your Marcelle quilt. Tis incredibly gorgeous.

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  14. That is a gorgeous medallion quilt- its just the perfect amount of "busy" makes me rethink my feelings for liberty too

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  15. That Ali, she totally leads you astray! Glad you got further on with Marcelle, even if hubby tried to sabotage!

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  16. Well you know I love it!!!!!!

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  17. Beautiful...and I have some of that fabric that you've used on the last border and it's fab.

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  18. Gorgeous! Maybe just frame the quilt and hang it on the wall so that you can look at it everyday. Looking forward to getting that lanyard in a few weeks ;)

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  19. Lovely, lovely, lovely!!!!

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  20. Wow! Marci is bloomin' marvellous! Jxo

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  21. That quilt is fantastic! I just grabbed the pattern today and it will be on my to -do list!

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  22. Gorgeous quilt! I'm in the middle of my Marcelle, although I sadly don't have any Liberty!

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  23. The quilt is lovely, great job!

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  24. Holy awesomeness! Marcelle + Liberty = LOVE. So great!

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  25. You are surrounded by beautiful things! I love the quilt, and the name tag. I keep looking for some time to make that quilt too, maybe soon.

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  26. Love your medallion! Great colors, so soft :)

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  27. So glad you got your day off, yoh were very productive!!

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  28. Your medallion quilt is unreal :-)

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  29. It's stunning! and I love that name tag

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  30. That's such a beautiful quilt - bravo!!! I know I'm not going to the retreat but I'm sure that tag has my name on it...

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  31. I cannot believe that quilt its amazing!!

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  32. Oh, Hadley, it's nothing short of smashing. Absolutely beautiful.

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  33. Excellent finish! And sometimes the best colour schemes are actually "everything goes except for..."

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  34. Love it! And it was no small feat!

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  35. What a stunning quilt. I love the Marcelle Medallion and yours is beautiful! Looking forward to seeing how you quilt it :-)

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  36. I think this is the prettiest medallion quilt I have seen. Stunning.

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  37. Just such a beautiful quilt( and the name tag's not bad either!)

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