I spent a happy half hour with a 6 year old assistant laying out mini charm squares of Honey Honey and Glamping to make another notebook cover, this time for my best school-mum-friend's birthday this week...
Trying to avoid the same pattern and/or same colour being next to each other made my little helper make the observation that now she knew why 'doing my quilting' took so long!
We saved our row selections, minus the freaky lady with my lovely pins, from this talented young lady, and am all set to sew it up on Wednesday - my day off, alone, no children, me, in the house for 6 hours, that's more time than I have had to myself than over the last 8 weeks combined!
So enthused I have spent this evening making improv 'blocks' for my Holiday Memories mini. I made 8 to add to the three I made as soon as we got back from Menorca.
It is shaping up nicely, I think. Very out of my comfort zone, but I have all the pieces pinned to a noticeboard now and it honestly looks like nothing I have ever attempted before. I am quite excited to get on with piecing the top together. I am trying to save it for a grand reveal at the end of the month - but I am sure that a few sneaky Instagram pics may become necessary, just to stop me exploding!
The weather may have gone, but I am back on form which of course means the emails and blog reading are backing up, hey ho; you win some, you lose some xxx
Glad you evicted the freaky lady, she'd have creeped me out eyeing me up every time I went to write something!
ReplyDeleteI hear that! IG really kills the blogging mojo! Loving the fabric, and identify with the OCD print/color placement. I'd say I spend most of my quilty time picking out and arranging, lol.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see that you got some alone time, and even better to see that your sucking the young into quilting at a nice young age.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are sewing again and I hope your sew day goes as planned. Thank you for the reminder, I was going to make something about my holidays too, another thing for the list.
ReplyDeletelovely to have a helper! enjoy your six hours tomorrow x
ReplyDeleteeeeek - she really is freaky. You should stick her somewhere on the inside of the journal cover, just to keep people on their toes ;-)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous fabrics! Just the right project to have a helper! Jxo
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine how much more freaky she'd look if you tae away half her face in your quarter inch seam! Hope you enjoy every one of your 360 mins alone on Wed.
ReplyDeleteSix whole hours, my gosh! (I have to say that the freaky lady looks quite fun, in a bit of a weird way - I'd hide her inside to freak out your friend!)
ReplyDeleteHow spooky, was just googling this line of fabric! I got given one of those mini-cahrm packs, and thinking I need more...I'll ditch freaky lady, stoopid caravans and no-way-in-hell tents haha
ReplyDeleteThat lady is so freaky! Super freaky! Its like she ate a cherry snow-cone and no one told her its all over her face.
ReplyDeleteHaha I had the same thought as Sarah Lou, hide the lady in the lining. I'm on my own today, all day, ahhh it is lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis is looking lovely and how nice to have a little helper!
ReplyDeleteYes she's super freaky. Eww nightmare time!
ReplyDeleteMojo's back. Rejoice!
ReplyDeleteBlimey. You 'on form' is quite scary.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Hadley! The fabrics look great together. I bought those pins too. I love them for looks and handiness, but my 10yo daughter has kidnapped them just because they're pretty. Who knows where they are!
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