My very first QAL!!

I can't believe I've been away for near enough a whole month! After the Festival of Quilts my poor broken body needed a break, so we headed off on our European road trip... more about that in a later post once I've sifted through the mountain of pics! We had a great time, and I thankfully feel rested and also desperate to sew something.

Of course, these days, even when you're on holiday, if you turn on your phone you can't quite escape... you might just miss something... so I'm very pleased I caught this QAL (quilt-along) from the wonderful Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts.

I've been an admirer of Lorna's quilts for a while now, and totally fell in love with her Elephant Parade last year.

Having sadly missed that QAL, I signed up for Dog Gone Cute straight away, also signing up for the Blog Hop later in October. Now I'm finally back home, I've just printed off the pattern and can't wait to start stash-pulling. I'll be sharing my progress on Instagram and Flickr, hopefully I will inspire you to buy the pattern and join in, just click on the link below to visit her page.