and hello 2025
Looking forward to another year of colour & creativity
- and a big thanks goes out to all of you who inspire me so much
Time, I think, to start something new, yes? We all know there is no way I will ever work through my scraps & stash, but I am definitely going to start out my year ‘shopping from home’ and make some pretty pieces with some of my long-held treasures. I'm thinking a series of scrappy, smallish, lap size quilts, but we shall see.
The inspiration for all this, of course, came from Jolene @blueelephantstitches. I have both her quilting books now (thanks Santa!) and have been a long-time follower of her blog & insta, love all her little quilts and how she mixes her fabric.
And so onto some behind the seams action here ...
I began this week with some fabric re-discovery & sorting. Everyone's stash is different, I tend to have a lot of multi-coloured florals, but last year I added in a few more basic blenders and doubled up on some personal favourites.
I pulled out everything in a similar 'Jolene' vintage vibe from my stash and scrap baskets, and had a wonderful couple of hours ... taking time to be inspired by my fabric.
First up, a small grouping that just works for me ...
Then, a similar fabric pull to one of Jolene's last year,
one I loved,
and one I thought could work for me & my stash ...
This one, I'm on the fence about.
It's got that muted vintage look✅, but it needs more consideration, I think.
We shall see if it changes over time ...
And finally,
I used a few of my 10" squares of RSS 'firefly' as a starting point and added from my stash ...
All I need to do now is choose which quilt I want to make first.
Linda
