It has been a rough couple of weeks in our house. Olivia and I have been struck down with various flus and other nasties, which put us out of action for over two frustrating weeks. We are finally back into our normal routine, and I have been getting back into my (temporary) sewing room. On a more positive note, we are looking forward to moving back into our house soon, after 4 long months of renovations, plus it's Spring time (which makes me very happy)!
I have recently started a new quilt project - one which has been floating around in my head for quite a while. This one is going to be a gift for someone very special, so I will have to keep some of the details under wraps.
It has been fun putting together the fabric 'palette' for this quilt, which includes lots of greens, pinks and apricot tones. A perfect combination for a Spring quilt I think. I have been collecting and hoarding 'pretty' pinks and greens for a couple of months now, so it is great to finally have a collection of fabrics that I am happy with.
Did I mention this quilt involves some tricky circle seams? Something I have never attempted before :-)
While I was out of action with the flu last week, I had a look at some Craftsy classes for the first time. I had been wanting to sit down and try out one of these classes for ages, so I downloaded Sarah Fielke's tutorial "Big Techniques from Small Scraps", which is available here. The tutorial is divided into 10 lessons, and covers a few different patchwork and applique projects (I think 4 different projects all up). The whole thing goes for a couple of hours - I still haven't watched them all!
I particularly liked the needle-turned applique lessons (which I believe are Sarah's speciality). There are some great techniques and time-saving methods here, and Sarah's work is very inspiring. I love watching an expert doing their thing - it is very helpful to a beginner like me to see how a professional quilter works :-) I highly recommend checking out this tutorial!
Happy sewing,
N xo
