And helping someone else at the same time? What could be better. And there’s the perfect opportunity just now. Go to Iraqi Bundles of Love and read about the project and then leave a comment to get the mailing adress. There is now a European mailing adress, too, so we don’t have to trasport things backwards and forewards across the Atlantic.
More WIP
This fabric makes me happy:
So does this:
And these:
And these:
And these:
Not to mention these:
And this?
This puts a big silly grin on my face. Don’t know why. In fact, I’m considering whether it would be an idea to make a dress out of that last one.
For now, though, I’m combining it with the rest of them, as well as this lovely thing:
And these two:
Inspired by the scrappy hedgerow blocks from Oh, Fransson!
Note to self: Don’t start a scrappy quilt with all new fabric. It defeats the point, sort of. I didn’t have scraps to start with, but boy do I have scraps now.
So you can imagine how happy this makes me:
Which will be a present for a very special little lady who’s getting Christened in a couple of weeks. It should give little eyes something to investigate.
I’m in a quandry as to size, though. It’s already too big for a “baby quilt”, and that’s intentional, as I want it to be useful for a few years. But it’s definitely a quilt for a child, with the fabrics I’ve chosen, so it certainly needs to be useable nowrather than in ten years time. So how big is TOO big for a baby/toddler? My blocks are slightly larger than the tutorial suggests, they’ll be 13.5″ when sewn, and I have 12 of them. Even without sashing it will be 40.5×54 if I use all the blocks, and I’m thinking it will look better with sashing. Also, I need to quilt this one myself, and although I was thinking masking tape and straight lines, I still need to get the middle under my needle. How much fabric can I bunch up under the sewing machine arm before it becomes unworkable, I wonder?
Well, I’ll have to decide soon, I should get most of the work done this weekend if I want to finish in time…
Etsy inspiration
I’m in the middle of a new quilt project (pictures to come) and needed some input on sizing, so I thought I’d do an Etsy search to see what other people have done. And boy, have they. Done things, I mean. I was expecting drool-worthy stuff, I must admit, and I was not disappointed. Here’s a selection, saved for future inspiration:
