The last week has been so busy. I guess I did lots but it didn't include much sewing. Rather frustratingly I have several piles of beautiful fabric hanging around my desk. They keep catching my eye and taunting me. I have managed a little rearranging which is always better than nothing but not a lot else.
The piles are::
:: fabric to make a quilt for my cousin Nat
:: fabric and felt from The Village Haberdashery
:: stash fabrics and my little hoard of Maze and Vale hand printed fabric. Destined to be another quilt for Katie
:: leftover fabrics from making a quilt for our sofa. I'm planning to make little floor cushions like these (maybe they are pouffes rather than floor cushions but I'm never very convinced about using that word)
:: partly made bibs, always a pile of them on the go
:: chicopee corduroy for a skirt for me
I have also been planning and discussing a new quilt commission - I had an email recently from the lady who I made this quilt for (the pink and red quilt for Electra, right at the very bottom of a very very long blog post......I was very pregnant at the time!). Her daughter is now moving up to a big girl bed and she'd like a quilt to fit it. I am, of course, delighted to be working with her again. I can't think of a bigger compliment than to be asked to make another quilt.
I'm hoping to accomplish a bit more sewing-wise this coming week. I hope you have a little time for the activities you love too. Not that I don't love looking after my family it is just that I love other things as well.
8 comments:
What an inspiring collection of fabrics! I really like your left-over fabrics from your couch quilt, but then the blues are so lovely too. And those fabrics that match the felt...ah! They're all gorgeous! I don't know how you would ever decide where to start!
Hope you have the chance to get lots done this week.
Such lovely colours in those fabrics, I bet they are calling you.
So painful when all you have is piles... ;o)
What lovely fabrics. I hope you get chance to work with them this week and how great that you've been asked to make a second blanket for someone, that's a really nice compliment!
What a lovely array of fabrics... look forward to seeing what you make with it all! Julie x
ow Julie, I am envious of your lovely fabric stash! Some great colour combinations going on there, good luck with all your projects, especially the lovely quilt commission, sounds brilliant :) I hope you've been well, safxxx
MMM lovely fabric!I hope you find a bit of me time soon...
No sewing for me this weekend either but I did teach a friend age 9 to hand sew a little corsage and an older friend to crochet which was lovely... but today the machine is out and I'm raring to go...
Smiles Cx
Beautiful piles of fabric. And congratulations on getting a repeat commission. Have a great Easter with the children
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