Colour, colour and more colour........

In the past two weeks I haven't been sewing, not on my own quilts

at least, but I have been quilting and binding a small colourwash piece

which I bought last year from
Wanda at Exuberant Color

I've always loved the stunning colourwash quilts made by Wanda and when
I saw this on her blog I quickly sent off an email!
 Just quilted vertically, the emphasis being on
the colour and placement of fabrics rather than the quilting.

I just had enough of the batik for binding but made a stupid mistake with the scissors
when I came to join the two ends together so
there are a couple of wonky bits, I am waiting for more of the
fabric to arrive then I'll resew.

In the package was a surprise gift of one of her
mug rugs

and what a beauty it is!

For a little colour co-ordination

this day lily is out in the garden,
it doesn't usually flower until August/September,
how come it's putting on a show in March is a mystery.

In the mail today

this will make good bedtime reading tonight and would
have looked a lot better if the postie hadn't
folded it in half when leaving it in the box!

Thanks to all for your good wishes, hope I've not missed
replying to anyone!

Time Out

I'm going to be taking a break from posting until Saturday week.

I have quite a number of health issues to deal with permanently

but a couple of them have been causing me some grief lately.

So, I'm going to just relax and enjoy pottering around. 

I have some

things I should like to re-arrange in my sewing

studio, I need a little time relaxing in the garden before

Autumn kicks in, more time for reading and just to

work on my quilting at a slower pace for a few days.

I guess my batteries need re-charging, they're feeling pretty run down!

The above isn't referring to my pacemaker batteries!

All the above hasn't stopped me buying a little fabric the other day

when my DH took me to look at a sewing/quilting cabinet. Opened out it gives 5'

of quilting space behind my Bernina, plus space on the left,

a great swing out section with a cubby  and deep drawer

and compartments on the RH side. One is now on order for me.

These are Tilda fabrics and not my normal colour choice

but I thought it's always good to try something different.

Reading your blog posts will, of course, still be on my agenda!!

Take Care

Maureen