At last a little progress

Last post I was about to make a start on a waistcoat for great-granddaughter using Tula Pink new fabrics, 
the back and two fronts cut out and quilted ready for the next step.

Pretty certain of the fabric for the lining but yet to decide on the binding.

Next on the list was Sailing the Seven Seas or Sea Glass as the pattern is named. Not much progress here but the 6" flying geese strip is all done and sewn

I've deliberately created a stronger definition between the lights and darks here compared to the 8"geese, I like the effect, they stand out rather than merge in with all the other fabrics, the 4" geese will have the same treatment.

In an ideal world I should have liked to show this top complete, I've been faffing around sorting fabric storage and trying to create order down here in my sewing studio - a never ending task it seems.

On the subject of fabric sorting I unpacked all the pieces in a kit I'd bought some time ago - Good Gracious is the name of the quilt  - very colourful fabrics. Photo below but not a good one unfortunately, certainly doesn't show the correct colouration,  I should have photographed in the morning!!

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I posted two photos of  four of the main fabrics a while back

and you can see the richness of colour, there are more fabrics in the kit of course but these were my main reason for buying. I probably should have studied the pattern more closely, in the pattern photo you may be able to see there are four small squares containing a large swan and four with a small one.The pack contains a quarter yard of each of both large and small swans (excuse creases, only just unpacked), seems like I'm going to be having an awful lot of swans around in my stash!

 It's always a gamble I guess and usually any left overs are easily used but I can't imagine where I will use these. Actually, I'm already thinking that I just might use all these fabrics for an alternative pattern on my list of projects, time will tell.

I'm off for a quiet relax, leaving you with the ideal pose for relaxation as shown by Leila who heads for the  sunniest chair first thing in the morning.

We're half way through the year now and normally we have New Year resolutions, this year I'm going with June resolutions - to come back in to spending more time quilting and blogging as before on a much more regular basis and with more projects. Also my poor blog needs a real shake up with layout and so on.

All for now from me, for those in the Northern Hemisphere I hope you're enjoying a wonderful Summer.

See you soon

Maureen