another finish! yay!

I finished this on Monday night just in time before our trip to Melbourne (2 hour flight from me), so have only just got home to post this. It was a gift to my SIL- she lives in Melbourne, a belated birthday/ xmas present, she didnt mind.

There are a few things i would like to have done better in the finishing but i needed to complete it before we left. Again SIL didnt mind, she is a good soul. Now will have to start Phd no 3, this one is going to take a while i think!

phd finish from Renata @ wish upon a star

 Phd no 1 is done whooo hooo, happy little dance here! That is a  king size bed so it gives an idea of the size of this little beauty! Ive been working on this for at least 6 months so i am so glad its done, finally!

Now for those tricky stars - Im coming at ya!

progress report from Renata @ wish upon a star

I am pleased to say that two of my projects are almost done, my bloom quilt has been quilted and only needs binding, 

 I did these swirls which look like possum tails ! its my first go at fmq

 
And my starlight express squares are done, this was fiddly with all those points, but i worked it out in the end! It still needs borders and what not, but its getting there!

I hope to have these both finished soon, at least by the end of the month, so i guess that just leaves one more that i listed to start and complete, but in the meantime i just received my pre christmas order of some (ok a lot) really beautiful projects from the good ole usa, god bless america, they have the best ranges of fabric! So i  might be busy with some of those too! Love all the Phds, there is going to be some beautiful quilts done !

Renata's PhD's

Well its taken me ages to get organised but here i am, thank you for your patience Myra!

Hi all, i recently got back into quilting after a long hiatus! I made two quilts for my children when they were little- they are now very big! So this year i started again and have been slowly working my way into improving my skills without tearing my hair out - well only a little bit of hair pulling!
So when i saw this challenge i thought it would be good fun!

Myra's PHD challenge should get us all on our bums in front of the sewing machine, so i have nominated three projects that are waiting to be finished,

Number one is a quilt i started a while back - and have been looking at it and wondering how to quilt it, the thing is bloody humungous, big enough for a double size bed.

Number two is something i thought would be a challenge, and is still waiting for me to be challenged!

This is yet to be sewn together, there are four stars, and I am scared all the points will be crappy!

Number three is another kit i bought at a craft show- actually i have more but im trying to be realistic!

Still in plastic ! lots of little points hmmmm...

My blog is called wish upon a star and is about my journey with quilting, teenagers and anything that amuses me really!

I am really looking forward to seeing everones work, its very inspiring, so thank you very much Myra !xox