Rule the Waves

Waiting for Wadding

I've been tied to the house all day waiting for a large box of wadding to be delivered. It looks like it's not going to show up, which is rather frustrating since I am completely out of stock on the polyester. But I've been far from idle today and have just finished this rather sweet seaside quilt, pieced by Carole from Connecting Threads. The layout didn't suit an all over edge to edge pattern so there was a lot of ruler work, stitching in the ditch and continuous curve around the half square triangle sections. 

Then I managed to get some waves, bubbles and curls in too, to pick up the nautical feel. The delicate aqua and sand colours were very calming - it's going to make a lovely present for someone in Carole's family.

True to my word, last Saturday, I showed great restraint at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia, and only spent 'pin money' - literally!! But as always after a show, I came back with a desire to use some of the fabrics I already have. By the evening I was sorting through my basket of most treasured fabrics and starting these tiny half inch log cabins. 

The deep pink centre is my absolute most precious fabric!

I only bought a half yard about 8 years ago and  first used it in my Hunter's Star quilt at the top of my blog page. Since then I have used a little piece of it in all my favourite quilts and I am down to a short strip and a few tiny slivers! Funny how some things are hard to let go of! 

Now they are building up nicely as I am using wider strips on the outer rounds. This is going to be a real 'Jan' quilt! But I  really shouldn't get distracted like this. There's the Laura Ashley project and the Diamond Log Cabin to be finished.

Also I need to work up my samples for the curved flying geese demo at Studio Quilters next weekend. I am going to use left overs from My Ballycastle Twist quilt and make a  centrepiece for my little table in the dining room. So it has to be blue!

Tomorrow I'm invited to speak and show my fabric at Chiltern Quilters in High Wycombe, which should be fun.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

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