a new skirt for bells

Felt like a doing a little sewing this morning and what's easier than a skirt for bells, after all we had a party to go to today.

progress on sashiko all over

it's going to take a while - one quarter completed.

I bought the wrong sashiko thread, without even thinking I selected white - when it arrived in the post I immediately knew it should have been ecru.  White is 101, ecru is 102 in the pic below.  I guess I'll find a use for the white one day.  From the pic the white looks right, but trust me it's the ecru.

the next quilt :: sashiko all over

Some fabrics from my stash have been sewn together, some cotton, double gauze & some linen.  All fabrics that I love and that I've finally put to use.

 I'm using sashiko thread to do the quilting and I plan on covering the whole quilt with the stitching.

 One piece I have hand sewn on top.

 This quilt is 3 layers - the top, a layer of calico and the backing.

 I did have to buy the backing which is a green linen.

design files open house

wow! so many lovely things to see at the design files open house wow!

I met gOLd ChaLK there on friday.

I love the hand painted wood.

What a great idea for oldish... blankets

These stools caught my eye, there were a couple out the back as well.  Just a little out of my budget, a  pic will have to do...

a beci orpin, I could admire it for ages.

forgot to keep a little liberty

My fabric sampler made it out of the cupboard the other day so I updated it with a couple of new liberty's, unfortunately I forgot to keep a tiny piece of this one...  Does that mean I need to buy a small amount?

liberty & linen hexagons :: finished

3 years & 2 months later it is finished.

my little helper. 

I had to finish the quilt with a liberty binding.

I love this quilt, I will treasure it always.

reversible sashiko placemat

Over at the Purl bee I came across Molly's Sketchbook: Reversible Sashiko Placemats, a couple of weeks ago I printed out the instructions and now I have one placemat.  (I must admit that I have printed off loads of projects from the Purl bee, so many lovely things to make).  I love the stitching on this project, you draw on a whole lot of chalk lines making a grid and away you go.  I like both sides, but if I had to choose it would definitely be the side with the little crosses.

This is the sashiko thread I used on a cotton/linen blend

I popped out and got a 25mm bias tape maker, I think I could make meters & meters of binding...

With a little apprehension I started sewing on the binding - no problems at all, I feared heaps of missed edges on the underside, I was pleasantly surprised.  I had to go back over a couple of the corners, great effort I thought.

Can you believe how close we are to Christmas... 

I'm sure the chalk will disappear soon, not sure I want to wash it yet.