WIP's

after an awful lot of procrastinating I'm finally getting somewhere with the wall hanging order I got months ago. It was fun going fabric shopping, but as I couldn't convince myself that I'll actually get paid I tried very hard not to go mad and spend LOADS of money, that I might never recover. And the one fabric I wanted I couldn't find anywhere (I used some in E's pirate quilt but can't find anymore..) But I'm quite happy with it so far, and I've sent it for the lady to have a look at before I start the quilting stage. I couldn't quite face sitting face to face and asking if she liked it, my confidence in my work has definitely not reached that level! So she can have a look at it in her own home, in the space it's going to hang, and then hopefully she'll want me to continue, other wise E might be getting a nice new wall hanging in his room...........



and this is a baby quilt, the size to tuck into a car seat or a buggy, it's the size I was asked to make but I think it's a bit small, and could do with another white border all the way round, I shall check before I continue.



something I learnt this week - when designing quilts (or anything) don't design in cm if your quilting mat, and ruler are in inches!!!

my head was spinning as I tried to convert cm plus a 1/2 inch seam allowance into inches. and then getting figures like 1.6inches isn't helpful when you need to cut in 1/8 measurements.

that will teach me to pay attention to what I'm doing, although I have to say I'm pleased with the design, each strip length ways and each colour consists of a piece that is 13, 8, 5, 3 or 2, a Fibonacci series, on a sudoku grid......... this is what happens when you can't sleep and sit up in bed with a notebook instead.. next time remind me to dream in inches, - or buy a cm ruler.....