Where there's lots started... and even a few finishes!

▼

Sunday, 12 April 2015

this week...

It's been a bit quiet here on the blog, just back from a lovely break at the bach down at Waihi! Great weather, lots of walking, not too much cooking, and even managed to get a few maintenance type jobs completed!

And this week, I've been sewing quite a bit! First up, possibly my oldest WiP! {But it's ok, I came across these comforting words by Anna Maria Horner... "Works in progress - even dozens of them - are a good thing! It's life."} I initially posted about this quilt here and yes it's taken a while, but it's now finally finished! It's so good to have it completed! I started making this ages ago, then lost interest when I couldn't find the right binding and put it away. I pulled it out recently, I had forgotten just how lovely and vintage-y it looked! It's a row-by-row assembly and has a great assortment of liberty, linen, textured, & cotton fabrics.






close up of binding, a softly textured old fashioned pink



lots of  little liberties! 

close up of clam shell quilting
by Annette de Raat, Wild Cotton Ltd 





And here's a peek at my design wall this week, more about that soon!
Linking up with 'oh scrap' here - where it's all about sharing scrappy projects each week. 





Hope you have some time this week to be creative too! 

at

8 comments:

  1. Sew Quilt Designs12 April 2015 at 14:29

    I love your finished quilt. Those cats look really good too :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Raewyn13 April 2015 at 07:34

    The finished quilt is beautiful - those vintage-y colours are lovely - funny how we can become stalled on a lovely project but so nice when we pull it out again to fall in love with it all over again! Interesting peek at your design wall :-)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Maryse13 April 2015 at 08:58

    I love the colors on that first one, gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  4. The Webbers living a life at the beach13 April 2015 at 12:51

    Lovely quilt, isn't it a good feeling to finish an old and forgotten project? So worth it getting that one finished. The one on the wall looks interesting.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Cynthia Brunz Designs13 April 2015 at 12:52

    Hurray for getting an older project finished! It really does look lovely and inviting.

    And thanks for sharing your scrappy new blocks with Oh Scrap! So inspiring.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Julie13 April 2015 at 13:57

    Another finish - well done to you. Glad you had a good break away too.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Jasmine14 April 2015 at 05:02

    Congrats on the finish! It looks so sweet and soft. Makes me want to go quilt.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Jodi16 April 2015 at 01:30

    I love this! I'm always afraid to mix vintage and modern - I could use some lessons in this regard!

    ReplyDelete

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave me a comment. I love to hear your thoughts.

Sadly, the spam has gotten ridiculous lately, so I will be approving comments from now on.

And, once again Blogger has made changes. If you are unable to leave a comment here on the blog, you are welcome to email me directly.

Happy sewing!