.......... Full of new exciting ideas? I hope you are as inspired as I am at the moment. I have had a wee bit time to myself over the holiday period to just sit and think and plan all the wonderful techniques I would like to achieve this year. Maybe I should write them all down in case I forget as the year progresses and I get caught up with other things. Inspiration is coming mainly from some books I received for Christmas.
Talking of Christmas I was given a lovely gift from my hubby. Say hello to Florrie.
I have a few old pieces of sewing equipment that have been in the family a wee while, mainly thimbles, a bone handled stiletto, a darning mushroom etc. even a box of Dorcas pins. Florrie is the newest addition to my sewing machine family. Isn't she sweet. She is about 80 years old and in working condition, however I haven't actually put her to work yet. The little instruction book which came with her has a little inscription inside the front page saying "this machine belongs to Florrie and Mother" how cool is that!
This year will be a year of challenging projects - I am fed up as I said in a previous post making quilts just because. I need to go slowly, read and plan my projects, choose my fabrics more carefully and take time to enjoy. Well that is the plan so far......... But it is only the 7th January.
Today I am feeling quite pleased with myself. As always at this time of year it's time to de clutter, tidy up and move things along. As some of you may know there is a Facebook page called UK Quilters United which I follow, it's good for inspiration, help and tips and a real friendly bunch of quilters. It has a sub group called Helping Hands in which the members share and make things for a variety of different charities.
Well there is always someone looking for something, whether it be scraps, threads, ribbons, etc etc. One of the admin ladies has come up with a great idea to help share more fairly. She has set up a spread sheet to help place items where they need to be. So if you are making childrens quilts and would like some kids fabrics she will team you up with someone who has indicated she wants to share her kids fabric. If your group is making fiddle quilts for Alzheimers and someone has an excess of ribbons or buttons etc she will make the match up. A fair amount of work involved but a great idea.
My scrap baskets and bin were overflowing again!! This weekend I decided to finally once and for all empty all my scrap baskets. I contacted Nicki - my baskets seemed to contain mostly scrappy strips.
Long story short I have posted off two packages to ladies who will use them up! Isn't that wonderful - my scraps which I was really fed up looking at -fabrics I've used over and over again will now be put to good use by someone else and hopefully have fun making something out of nothing and useful for folks in need of a bit of comfort. Bonus and a win win situation. Now I can attack my stash in earnest.
This week I have at last sandwiched the Toes in the Sand quilt, hurray! I even have an idea in my mind how I want to quilt it. I have also cut the batting for the Hardware quilt so feeling rather smug and happy today.
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