The chooks are keeping their eyes on me, literally. They have taken to flying onto the kitchen window sill and talking to me. When they can't see me, they call out madly, even waking Master 7 at times! I may have posted these pics before - it's been a while since I posted anything at all.
I have had a dear friend help me cleanse the fabric stash. I had been getting out of control. There was just too much - yes it IS possible! Projects I wanted to undertake were being drowned out by the mountains of fabric I had acquired.
As a result of the big purge, 2 garbage bags of fabric sit in the boot of my car. I will get around to taking them to Salvos, I will. Eventually.
I have spent the last week making a quilt top for our bed, with some gorgeous fabric of the Provence variety. No Kate, not Shabby Shite, bright reds, blues, yellows. Sounds hideous? To many perhaps. I love it, and in 8 weeks time when I get it back from the quilter, I will photograph it and post. I backed it with a double bed doona cover I collected from an Op Shop over Summer for $2. This makes up for the $110 for wadding and fabric, and $117 for quilting. Bloody expensive habit!
Also on the cards is a dress for me, using Burda 7671. I have been wanting a wrap dress for a while that covers more than a size 18, and this looks to be it. I'm making it out of a jersey with a slight pattern, so should be quite forgiving. Will let you know how it goes.
Lovely to be back to blogging - feel ready to slide back into it and get back into creativity at the same time.Hope all is well with you.
J
6 comments:
I'd be keen to hear or read a review of the pattern . I love the idea of a wrap dress..
Welcome back Jess - quilting is definitely a very expensive hobby. Thank goodness for the oppy.
Jess
I hesitate to ask this because I know the overwhelming stash phase... but I will anyhow. I am making aprons and aprons and hot pads and other things for fundraising for our community programs at Belconnen. Any hope of raiding that garbage bag?
I have been wanting to make a wrap dress but could never find a pattern and then I visited your blog just before I headed off to the fabric store. Thank you so much. I hope I can find it.
Jess
Thank you for your response. As it happens, this week I can't get to Tuggers because I am travelling to Brisbane on Thursday for my son's engagement party. Take them to Salvos - I will find what I need... in fact I was offered some more today.
Blessings
Hi Jess! That's so funny - our girls do that at the back screen door. They huddle on the doorstep and call out for snacks please now. Not so good if they are waking your dear little one up though!
I have put the breaks on stashing until some projects are finished. I don't want to stash for the sake of it, which I could easily do as I don't really know how to sew. So until some more of my square projects are done with, I'm being very frugal.
Bye now,
Jacqui
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