amy butler birdie sling

well, keeping busy so as not to miss daughter at camp
at last 5 yds of fusible fleece arrived today so can get on with 3 projects waiting for it!
So spent an indulgent evening... pinning, sewing,  white wine, pinning sewing, white wine, unpick dodgy topstitching, pin, sew again...think about dinner, can't quite  be bothered to cook......and now time for bed with threads all over flat.Must go to gym tomorrow  ..... must, must. The bag is hanging on a minimalist sparkly christmas tree in case you are wondering what the heck is that?

robyn's purse

My daughter loved the khaki lining I was making for a bag, and asked me to make her a purse
she chose the  colours  and  studs...quite restrained for me! Finally getting the hang of not spreading glue everywhere, its taken 4 purses to get to this point. Used hotfix studs for the embellishment. I think I prefer the gunmetal frames to the silver ones.Daughter off for a week to camp tomorrow, will miss her lots.

previous quilts....a few recovered images

My dear friend Mary managed to pass back images of past quilts I had sent to her
 ( I had lost all my images ).
the first one is made from lovely oriental fabrics purchased online from hawaii

 This went to good friend Andy who suggested a skills swap, he knitted  me a lovely silk jumper in return for the oriental quilt.Here it is. I had to laugh, I asked my 12 yo daughter to photograph the jumper, and thats exactly what she did!

Next one is a beach hut quilt which adorns my sitting room wall ( found a great quilt hanging system that does not require any drilling into walls , hurrah! )

This one was made for my sister emma's birthday last year. Bed quilts are a real problem as I live in tiny flat and have no laying out space. Had to go to local playground to lay this one out to pin it to batting and backing. Caused quite a commotion  amongst onlookers trying to work out what the hell was going on!

 This one was an early effort for a bit of free motion, I was quite pleased with the watery effect

First  harmonic convergence quilt ( ricky tims ) , LOVED the result, well done Ricky!

This was made for best friend's   friend Jane who  has since passed away.  We remember her for her sense of humour and her lovely art gallery in swansea.

VERY early efforts, made for little nephew Piran.

 Backing of Piran's quilt, made from  silver upholstery remnant. I am a sucker for sparkle, glitter, etc etc.

 First efforts at tumbling blocks. I don't think accurate piecing is my forte!

wonderland purse

well, Alice did go upside down at some point didn't she?

basket number 3

love basket x 2

Used the recommended ultra firm fusible interfacing this time but it was DAMN hard to work with and some of it popped free just after I had sewed the lining closed. Hrumph.

Going back to fusible canvas next time. Dont seem to have much luck with my fusibles at the moment, maybe my old steam iron isn't hot enough? Do you like the lining colour?
Off to london now to 'feastival' to sample some good music and  food

pleated tote waiting for handles....where are they?

tote made with IKEA furnishing fabric, but can I get leather handles easily? Trawling the web for 2 nights now without much success. So tried to think of another use for it...makes a great mad hat worn upside down......