At last I have reclaimed my space, which was a store room for a while;
inevitably when we do any DIY in the house, it takes longer then planned
(as does anything else these days - we are not young any more.......)
The main object was to sort out our bedroom, which has not been touched since our last move, when we moved with furniture larger than this house could take.
Now, freshly repainted, including old dark wood chest of draws, it looks larger and bright.
I could also move some of my quilts in at last.
My sewing room needed a good tidy up and in the process one always finds some forgotten projects in the corner.
This is "Quilter's Patch" quilt, or was supposed to be.
There was a point when I got fed up with it.
The instructions in the pattern are for piecing, where every block is made up of loads of small pieces, and that is where the problem was.
As you know, I am an applique girl, but at the time I thought that I should get familiar with another method; and I got on with it - in fact there are 12 blocks here, all done.
So, what to do with it? It would make nice cushions, but who wants so many small cushions?
These blocks on their own would make a small quilt, but I think every time I would look at it, I would remember the defeat!
The other possibility is to carry on and make the rest of the blocks in needleturn applique; I don't think mixing methods would be too bad, it would make the quilt more interesting - and it would give me something else to play with - yes, this idea is now developing in my head.
The reason I need something else to play with? I finished "Surrounded by Flowers" quilt!
I finished the binding last night, I chose a green fabric with small ladybirds, which is probably quite fitting.
I had to try to do a photoshoot outside today, because the light inside is really bad now, the artificial light just doesn't show off the right colours.
Although it is quite warm and dry outside, it is very cloudy;
we had some great sunny days last week, but not today....
So - this is my version of "Surrounded by Flowers".
I say my version, because I changed the final border,
so this is different from Janine Alers's original pattern.
I hand quilted it very simply with a large stitch in pearl cotton no16.
I leave you few pictures from our walk in Wells last week; again not very bright, not good for taking pictures, but dry day.
This is mainly area around the Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace.
Our garden is looking rather sad now,
but still great colours outside my kitchen window!
