Blue mood May 11, 2007

No not the baby blues, but the colour blue.

All the lovely blue flowers in my garden at the minute

and the new blue pram we bought E were the inspiration for my 2nd (yes 2nd) quilt

so with 3 hours all to myself, and a selection of lovely fabrics I made a start

I chose the flowery one, for my spring baby, it has daffodils, tulips and primroses printed on.  So not really knowing what to do I decided to use that piece as the focal point and work round it, and use the pale blue minki for the backing.  I had a bit of a nightmare to start with, time to myself and trying to pack as much in as possible, I do my usual and rush and make mistakes.  I had to get the seam ripper out twice!!  But it finally came together, and I managed to finish the front.

Recognise that thrifted tablecloth again too!!

I’ve also used it as the binding, I need to take a final photo, but it’s been grey and dull here so I can’t get a decent photo.  It’s so cosy and looks great on the new pram.  I’ll try and post the pic soon.  I’m not doing too well posting though, and only seem to be managing two-weekly, I’ve no idea how people manage to post everyday!!  Must go L’s getting hungry and hubby’s home soon, and I’ve no idea what’s for tea.

Thrifty finds March 31, 2007

Here’s a few of the things we purchased on our Charity shop outings the couple of weekends before E was born.

A fantastic find, I’ve been looking for a new teapot for ages, and spotted this one for £3, it wasn’t until I got home and had a proper look and realised it was a ‘Cathrineholm of Norway’.  I’ve seen these sell on ebay for about £40.  It’s made of enamel, I love it, shame they didn’t have the pans to match.

Four lovely vintage reading books by Ronald Ridout, here’s some of the illustrations.  I bought some printable fabric from here, I thought I make something printing the images on the fabric, not sure what yet though!!

This lovely cotton tablecloth that I’m going to make into one of these aprons for L.

Laura Ashley mermaid fabric, also earmarked for L, not sure what yet.

And I bought a lovely gyspy style skirt for L, but it was a bit big but the fabric is stunning.  I cut the bottom tier off, and it now fits like a dream, need to make her a top out of the remaining fabric now.