All my sewing and sewing-related activity seems to have taken place at the beginning of this month.
The tiny sewing has been completed, but as this is for a secret project that won’t be revealed until October, all I can show you for now is the back of the completed block before the FPP papers were removed.
My sewing-related activity for this month was a two-day visit to Festival of Quilts. To be accurate, it was two one-day trips to Festival of Quilts as this year I didn’t stay over, but returned home each day. By the time I was sure the trains would not be affected by strikes, it was cheaper to book two return train tickets than one return ticket and a hotel. This did mean I only had ~4 hours at the show each day, but it was long enough and it was quite nice to have time at home to reset and recharge after the first day.
As usual, even though I thought I had looked at the quilts in a logical order, there were still ones appearing on social media that I have no recollection of seeing. I took photos of only quilt and it was because it made me stop and take a closer look to see how the colour graduation had been done.
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| CT-04, Seaweed Sunset, Daisy Dodge |
On very close inspection, it turns out the quilt is combination of squares and nine-patch blocks set on point.
It wouldn’t be Festival of Quilts without a bit of shopping and I think what I bought could be describe as “a bit”. From Crafty Quilter, I got a quilt pattern and some ombre fabric for it. The Millefiori book was from Kaleidoscope Books and doesn’t really count as it has been squirrelled away to reappear at Christmas as a present from my husband. From Lisa at Modern Quilt Club, I got some Flatter pressing spray and a selection of Aurifil 28wt thread. A couple of reels of Invisifil 100wt thread was purchased from Wonderfil and some bargains were found on the Project Linus stand – a pattern notching punch for 50p and two books at a £1 each.
After two years of my trips to Festival of Quilts being disrupted/governed by train strikes, it would be nice to hope that that things could be resolved in time for next year’s show.
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