Weymouth away day!

I had a day off today and decided to take a little trip o the train to the home of the Olympic sailing events last year- weymouth in sunny Dorset.

Banksy look-a-like or the real thing??

And finally, I managed to sniff out the only fabric shop for miles- and added to the stash!

Back to work tomorrow x

African waxed prints.....

I have finally got around to making use of the gorgeous African waxed prints that my daughter  brought back from Ghana for me. As the prints are large I used 10 inch squares to show them off!

Although they looked good on  a light background, I decided to go with a darker one to bring out the colour . 

Ikea came up trumps with a great backing fabric, just the right colours!

And a turquise binding just to finish it off!!

And today-our summer finally arrived and I took a trip to Mottisfont National Trust gardens. This is famous for its rose gardens, at their best or just over at the moment. 

And finally- you may recall tht I won 4 great Kaffe Fasset charm packs from Creative bug- well decided to experiment with one pack. I wanted to try out the snowball pattern- heres the result: 

lots of badly matched up seams, noticeably in the inner squares that are spotty fabric- too noticeable! This will need a lot of practise! I think I may come up with a different plan for the rest of the charm packs....

Thats all for now folks- beach time tomorrow!!!x

Catch up time ...........

Another couple of weeks gone and a bit more sewing under my belt! I have this great urge at the moment to finish off quilts, as you know I dont like the quilting bit but I do love the binding.

Here are 2 small baby quilts complete:

This one is i "oh deer" by Moda. I love these colours. 

This is seaside by Riley Blake. Very calming for a baby, lovely soft colours. 

Last week I took a trip to Gunwarf Quays at Portsmouth- could I have chosen a duller and more blustery day???

It was my best frends 60th so I gave her the purple log cabin quilt I made and decided to make a card in her favourite KF fabrics-

And I am such a lucky sewer- I won this bundle of 4 charm packs of Kaffe Fasset fabrics from Creative bug. They were having this fantastic giveaway and I got lucky

!!!

Not sure what to make yet but will come up with something divine!

And finally- planning a quilt with the gorgeous African waxed print that my daughter

bought back from her trp to Ghana

As it is large prints I thought I would showcase them with a pale sashing, wider than in the photo. 

Have this pale grey text print fabric, but may look for something a little more colourful. 

Have a great weekend folksxx

Busy bee....

Well, a bit of catch up from me- just havent had time to keep up with the blog recently! And now the sun has appeared I may have some time out from sewing - beach hut is calling!

2 quilt tops finally backed and bound- the bento box and my purple Jane Brockett! The latter is for  a 60th birthday present and has 2 little corners and tag in order to take a baton for hanging. I am still not happy with my machine quilting, I would love to take a class in it to improve. 

Although you cant see the back of this rag quilt, it is in denim recyled from a plus size skirt I found at the car boot sale for 50pence! I love rag quilts but boy do they make a mess!

Last Saturday I was asked to do a workshop for a small groupl of ladies - my first ever!! I showed them how to tweet- no not the twitter sort, but fabric birds. I made these a while back thanks to the pattern from spoolsewing.com. They are so cute and everyones came out a little bit different! 

It was a great day, the skills ranged from beginner to serious embroiderer ! Everyone enjoyed it and went away with lots of ideas on making some more for gifts. 

And finally, I wanted to make a baby quilt with  set of fabrics by Riley Blake-Seaside-  I bought them on my last trip to The Eternal Maker with my daughter . So I ran the top up today -

Have a great weekend in the sun!

Hx

This and that Thursday

Following on from the trial block in KF scraps, I improvised and turned it into a great cusion with a recycled denim shirt front for the back!

I also put together the blocks of odd charm pack leftovers

Not sure what to turn this into, I dont think it is really baby quilt fabric. Any ideas??

Hx

Check this out...

Can't believe the weather has gone pear shaped again! Even got the heating on !

Had a very non sewing week, waiting for inspiration, as sometimes happens ! then wham-
saw this blog by dutch comfort and decided to give HST a go! Always been wary of the stretch element in this block- however, the half square method is great and a lot safer! ( its the one where you sew two squares right sides together, sew a seam 1/4 inch either side of the mid line diagonally, which you can mark with a pencil or iron into fabric on topby folding it in half diagonally.

Mmmm, nice with KF fabrics! 

Then looked through my stash and found an old charm pack of Paisley and Plaid homespun, so decided to give  that a go-

Its only small but will make a baby quilt I think with some borders added. 

I wonder what my next project will be?

Off to watch The Suspicions of Mr Whicher xx

May meanderings.....

Well, what a beautiful bank holiday! The sun has been shining , I have been on a day trip thro Dorset and  Somerset on a visit to Stourhead, a wonderful National Trust property in Wiltshire, with my daughter Sarah

The gardens at Stourhead.

The beautiful Regency house.

Recognise Gold Hill? from the Hovis adverts! It is in Shaftsbury.

On the sewing front- not much done this week- however I am in love with this cute baby quilt top in Oh Deer fabric from Moda.

Cant wait to back this one! 

And finally, a few pics of the lovely crinkly edge tulip in my garden at the moment.

Hxx