A block exchange finish

As the founder of Quilting block swaps Australia, this is the fourth quilt that I have completed made out of blocks received in this exchange.  I have named this quilt BlacK KaT and will be giving it to my friend Deb for her 50th in July. 

Deb is a avid cat lover which is why I appliqued the cats on the quilt.

I started collecting blocks for this in September 2011 so its been a WIP since then.

Contributors to this quilt came from far and wide.  Blocks were received from members in Australia, Canada, USA, France, Portugal and Spain.  As always when I lay a quilt out to photograph my dog Robbie takes advantage of getting his photo taken, isn't he cute. 

I received 2 identical blocks in the exchange so I made a matching cushion.

A pretty gift

I have made this table runner as a PIF gift for one of my bloggy friends. I used a charm pack of papillon fabric which is so pretty.

I heavily quilted the squares and stitched in the ditch on the cream borders.

Unfortunately I only started this a week or so ago so its not going to qualify me for the lovely charm square set, but I do have one that's from last year which is very close to a finish.