Raindrops keep falling on my head!

And a MAJOR restock!!!

Can't reveal too much of Christopher's Rainbow until I have shown it to him. But suffice to say it is a BIG quilt for a little boy! The quilting was more challenging than I expected. I was going for a raindrop effect and my first attempt wasn't good enough. So I unpicked it and started again. It went better but, when I got to the end of the first row, I checked the back only to find that the tension was off, with terrible eye-lashing and I just couldn't live with it. 

Two hours unpicking!!

I've decided not to use the Empress Mills Egyptian Cotton for quilting anymore. Whilst it looks nice and crisp and clean white, it doesn't have a soft enough texture to show off quilting to its best and it is really unforgiving when you have to unpick!!


This week I re-established my account with Makower Fabrics and made a trip down to their new warehouse in Maidenhead. 





I am never asking SIRI for directions again!! I don't know where he was trying to take me, but it certainly wasn't Maidenhead! 


I have the worst sense of direction, but even I knew he was wrong! However, I found where I needed to be and was treated royally by the lovely George.

 I came home with a boot full of fabric (literally, 225 metres!) including 7 bolts from Edyta Sitar's GORGEOUS Blue Sky collection.

 I just LOVE her blues!!! 

And following my sale of the Bonnie Hunter quilt - the buyer has commissioned me to make a different quilt for his son.

When I showed him these prints - he was happy for me to make it with them. 

So I will really enjoy that!

Today I have had fun with my friends at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally. I told Susan to make sure I didn't buy any more fabric as I didn't quite trust myself! But I was a good girl in the end. Just a couple of new rulers, a machine foot, some fancy hangers, a blade and some needles (and maybe a few frivolous little buttons when no one was looking).

I have a lot of work lined up. I need to finish the binding on the Rainbow quilt, four quilts to finish for other people and the commissioned quilt. I also need to get a cushion done for the NSPCC Sale in November.  

Better get cracking! 

Happy Quilting Everyone!
Janet

www.englishquilter.co.uk   

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