Really, anything goes ... lots of catching up

Just thought I'd drop you a line, but in the mean time I'd like to know how you are?
Planning for the festive season probably.
Or like me (trying to) catching up on everything?

If you're here for the first time: 

take heed: 4 blog posts in 1 (lots of pictures)

Our oldest son had left home a few years ago, but now he has left the country too. In July he moved to Malta where the weather is always much nicer than here. He is a professional quilter (online) poker player. You never think of something like that what your child will do when he's grown up. He makes a good living and loves what he does.
He thought it was a stupid idea to make him a quilt as it's always hot in Malta, always ...
Stubborn as I am, I made him one anyway.
I thought I would be struggling quilting this big one, but that turned out to be nonsense. I used an easy pattern for every vertical block.

Pattern: Dreamweaver by Tula Pink

Fabrics: Art Gallery Fabrics: Oval and Nature Elements

Quilted with Madeira Cotton Nr 30 Sunrise (= orange, yellow and green)

Backing: Green from my LQS (Kona Zucchini lookalike)

Binding: Dark brown/red (like the dark red in the quilt)

Size: 64" x 84" (after washing it 61" x 79")

Next up was our niece who now is a Master of Arts after having studied Religion & Culture. She loves blue, so I made her a fast & easy quilt (in 3 days). I followed a tutorial by Quilting in the Rain (here) which involved quilting as you go, but my quilt was bigger.

I used my most precious flannel, the Dr. Seuss; and when it was finished I wrapped it up nicely.

Pattern can be found here

Fabrics: all Kaffe Fassett (from a desert roll) + Dr Seuss flannel

Size: 70"x55" (before washing)

Last Friday I sent this mini quilt off to the UK. It was made for a swap on Instagram, hosted by 

Sandy Greenberg. He was hoping to get 50 then set his target for 100 and he ended up with 500 (or thereabouts)

Pattern: Sewmamasew here, made mine a bit smaller (one of the rules was a size restriction).

Now I jumped on the wagon called the Grand Illusion Mystery quilt by Bonnie Hunter from Quiltville.blogspot.com The first clue was last Friday, there will be 4 more clues.

This is my first time and I wonder if I can keep the pace. I'll do my best!

If you're still here, you made it to the end

Thank you for sticking with me!

I'll be linking up to Lynne @ Fresh Sewing Day and Bonnie @ Quiltville