I’m getting in before the end of the month this time, so you’re getting two posts in one month! Why? I’m going on holiday on Friday (31st) and won’t be back in the shop until next week. Mum and Molly will do a sterling job holding the fort. I will tell all in next month’s post.
The big-ticket news for this end of the month is the fact that I have finally finished my Tumbling Cosmos quilt!! I decided against adding a border, mainly because I didn’t have enough of the fabric I wanted to use, but I had enough for the binding.
I got it back from Avril on Monday, and had the binding hand sewn down, as well as the sleeve and label, by about half nine the same evening.
Those of you that receive the shop’s newsletter will have already seen what I’m about to share with you; our new range of coasters. I had fun with Photoshop designing these and my awesome cousin, Ben produced them for us. Can you guess which one is selling the fastest already?
If you get the reference on the third one you get ten bonus points. I have one of those on my desk.
I’ve also completed another five Lucky Star Book Blocks. Two of them (the last two) in double quick time. I’m currently reading Book No. 25 of this year, and it’s taking some time to get into it, but it’ll pick up soon…hopefully.
There’s also another five Focus Cutting Sewalong blocks for T, U and V.
I’ve gotten ahead of myself by doing the block for next week already, because I don’t want to have to take all the necessaries with me at the weekend on top of everything else I’ll be taking.
Do you ever get itchy stitchy fingers? Well I did, and I started something new…
This is the start of my version of Lina Patchwork’s Leopard’s Lair quilt. I bought the kit of papers with the chubby coffin template at Festival of Quilts last year. It’s progressed a little further than this now, but I haven’t taken another photo yet.
And now for something a little bit different…
This is my initial block for a Round Robin I’m taking part in with a group of friends and acquaintances. It’ll be interesting to see what I get back at the end, as it’s one where we add borders, rather than more of the same blocks, or blocks on a theme. It’s going to be fun.
And finally, people often say to us, what can I do with a Stash Builder Box? Apart from saving it for that perfect project, you can gather a few editions and make a quilt with a couple of extra blenders, such as Liz has done…
Spaces on the next edition will be announced on the shop’s newsletter before its release.