oh my, I think I might need a lie down!!

I was quite busy at the end of last year....

Busy turning this fantastic bundle of Oakshott Lipari Shot Cottons




into these cushions.....





You can find the pattern in the new issue of Fat Quarterly, yes I know, amazing isn't it, can't believe I'm in Fat Quarterly...

This issue is all about Pre-Cuts and as you would expect it's full of stunning patterns. I'm trying really hard not to add any more projects to my to do list but I suspect I may fail on that front.

Phew it's all a bit too exciting so I'm off for a lie down.

Bye for now

wip wednesday

I've made some progress on my Cosmo Cricket disappearing 9 patch block. It's waiting to be quilted and then finally turned in a cushion cover. I still haven't decided what kind of closure to put on it. I could do my 'go-to' zipper style or I could be brave and try a concealed zipper. I found this great looking tutorial  from Jess at Craftiness is not an Option for a concealed zipper (check out the gorgeous Loulouthi fabric - big on my fabric hit list) so I might just give it a go.

Also on may wip list as I mentioned yesterday is a quilt for my eldest son. It's really tricky finding fabrics for a 14 year old! He's not keen on pattern much so it has to be mainly solids. Raiding my stash I found the transistor scrap of Ruby Star Rising that I won from Sarah at Pings and Needles and boom suddenly I knew what to make.

   

I added a few of the oakshott cottons, some charcoal and beige organic crossweave fabric based on the colours in the Ruby Star fabric. I don't have enough fabric to make blocks really and I don't think that's what he'd like anyway so I'm going to make a quilt with two large areas of plain fabric divided by a strip of random shapes and sizes. If you hadn't guessed I'll be making it up as I go along which I'm hoping will be fun ;)

Completed in the last week are the AMH zipper pouch (new make-up bag for me) plus a new pencil case for Jamie. That's not a great deal really but considering my output last month I'm quite happy. The Cloud 9 cushion cover is still ongoing, well hasn't been touched for some time actually and the 241 Tote will be finished tonight after being neglected last week. The cross-the body bag is still waiting to be sewn, hopefully by next week that one will be completed too.

So that's my first WIP Wednesday. I'm hoping that I'll check back against this over the next week and that I'll stay on track with these projects and not get diverted by other goodies that I see online. There are lots of gorgeous quilty makes on show over at Freshly Pieced including this one from Megan at Mia Dolce which I'm fancying trying for my daughters quilt request - oh no another potential wip aaargh! ETA ( ok I realise that this link was from last weeks WIP Wednesday duh! but I still really like it , think I need a cuppa).

Bye for now

shot cotton love

I mentioned in my last post that I'd had a fabric giveaway win and seeing how it's a grim and grey day here it seemed the perfect time to brighten things up. I was lucky enough to win a set of 24 (that's right 24) fat eighths of Oakshott Cottons from Judith at Needles and Lemons. I'm sure you follow Judith already but if not go and take a peek at her fab bags and quilts plus a very enviable fabric stash. This set is called Sunrise and it's completely gorgeous. The colours are stunning and so neatly folded and stacked it seems a shame to use them. However I have decided to use some for a quilt I'm planning on making for my eldest son along with some stashed organic cottons from Raystitch.

Shot cottons are now a real favourite of mine as they act like solids but have more texture and depth to them. I recently used some gorgeous Kaffee Fasett Shot Cotton in the Ginger colourway for the backing of a cushion cover. I did add some G700 woven interfacing to give it more it some more durability since it was being used for a cushion. It's a really gorgeous nice rusty orange colour.

So what's your favourite solid fabric at the moment? Kona Cottons are always great and I've used Moda solids too which add even more colour options. Also Klona cottons are a great choice too especially when making bags as they have a bit more body to them than others.

I hope you've all had a great weekend, I'm off to see if I can squeeze in a little sewing before collecting Jamie from nursery.

Bye for now