Hi,

I too found this topic very challenging!
Never mind I still enjoyed making this small quilt.
Took me back a long, long way!
So here we are about to do the lucky last project......... and the topic is 'Red'
Can someone ...maybe Pam..... put my topic on the list please. I'm not smart enough to do it.
For those of you going to Sydney, have a great time.
Cheers,
Ruth

Pam

TOYS, I found so hard. Then came up with the idea of big peoples toys. Therefore these big peoples balloons was what came to mind. Once the idea took shape I enjoyed making this little quilt for you Ngaire.
Certainly hope in the future we will get to meet you too. Maybe in NZ next time around, as Margie suggested!
Cheers and enjoy the postie visits over the next few weeks. Will put mine in the mail box tomorrow.

Deb - Bag of Marbles

This was a fun topic Ngaire.
I Googled toys to look for some ideas and found an image of a bag of marbles that I really liked. Turns out to be an Australian woman in Sydney designing her own fabric. So I purchased two colour ways of the marble fabric and asked Susie's permission to use her image. (You can visit her blog here.)  I also had fun finding all the 'marble' fabrics and cut out far more that I actually needed!
I can't ever remember actually playing the game of marbles (not even sure how it's played!) but I do remember enjoying looking at all the lovely colours, the feel and sound of the marbles in their bag, and just the fact of owning them! 
My daughter uses marbles as a reward system for her children. When they have a certain number of marbles (for being good or doing jobs or not fighting) they can have a coveted object. There is often talk in their house about 'losing all your marbles'!

Home by Jane MacDonald

Home is where I hang my hat and at the moment this is very apt.
Last again...my apolgies. I was inspired by the hat and coat rack in our hall.
It was fun to make for you Margie.
I seem to do the same quilting each time. Twelve ties .....the 12 of us.



Who Lives Here? - Helen

Well, it's my turn to be last. The idea for this quilt quickly developed while I was making a wall hanging (Heather's Kookaburra in the Morning) as a wedding gift. The branch or log suggested a home for some creature. The free motion stitching is definitely out of my comfort zone and provided an extra challenge.
And by the way, the wedding gift will soon be delivered - about six weeks late!

Our Clean Green Home

Hi Margie
When your topic came up I thought of the  saying here in New Zealand, about 'our clean green country.' This year it has been especially true with all the rain helping to green up the countryside. I have used the different New Zealand green fabrics and put 4 kiwis in the corners to represent the 4 of us here in New Zealand that are in our group. Dots on the map mark our home towns of Marton and Auckland.
Ngaire

Phone Home

Hi Margie,

Here at last is my "home" quilt.  I knew what I wanted to do as soon as I read your theme but it took three attempts to get it right!
The phone call to home has become a cornerstone of family life since Alexander Graham Bell made it possible.  It says I love you, I am safe, I need help (or money!), or I just need someone to talk to.  We welcome the phone call home and we have all made them. So here is my little quilt, "ET Phone Home".
I hope you like him as much as I enjoyed creating him

Kay.