Friday, July 8, 2011

Slow progress

There has been a slow progress on my projects lately, but now and then I've spent some time in my sewing room working on a couple of them. I've made some blocks for my "Picnic" quilt, using only reproduction fabrics. I've made 40 blocks so far, so still 40 more to make.
The pattern for this quilt is from Kim Brackett's new book "Scrap-basket Sensations".
Pop over to Kim's blog to read more about the Fat Quarter Shop's Scrap-basket Sensations Quilt club. 




It's been a while since I finished all the blocks for this gorgeous quilt, the "Short story" from the book Schnibbles times two, and I've started to join the rows. They are all ready to be joined together, so not much work left before the borders ;o)






I got a nice little packet in the mail yesterday, Lynette Anderson's BOM "My Garden" arrived!!! Typical me, I didn't get it while my local quilt shop had this for sale... Looking at  all the lovely blocks around on my friend's blogs, I just had to ask around to see if anyone knew where to get it! May Britt (Abyquilt) helped me out, and gave me a hint where to get it, she did find out that Lynette Anderson had a few available over at her webshop! Woohoo!!! The thread used in this BOM was already in my stash, so yesterday I got to trace the nine stitchery patterns and got to start stitching :o) Block #1 is in the making! Me like!!




I will enjoy stitching this between making progress on the other projects during my Summer Holidays, and look forward to add the fabric strips to complete the blocks. The colors in this BOM is just the perfect colors, and I will get to  use lots of my japanese fabrics/scraps in this quilt :o)


The weather here in Trondheim is not too nice today. Forecast and a little rain. A perfect sewing weather, so it's fine by me for a while, but hoping that it will be some sunny days during this summer too. It's been chilly and too much rain until now... 


Wish you all a great and creative weekend 

Laila

5 comments:

Mona said...

Det er flott å ha flere prosjekter på gang samtidig. Gjøre det en har mest lyst til synes jeg er greit. Ønsker deg en flott sommer. Håper det snart kommer litt varme og sol til oss begge.

May Britt said...

Enjoy stitching it :)

FloS said...

Enjoy your BOM My Garden !! It's a great pattern ! I loved doing it !
Happy Summer !
Florence

Satu said...

First... I wish I could send you some of this hot (+28C) and sunny weather, which we now have here in Kotka! It's all too hot for me!!! And now back to business;) I'm looking forward to see your garden blocks and the colours you'll choose. And your Scrap-basket is sensational too;) Lovely weekend besides... the weather!

Christine said...

Both your quilts are on my 'to do' list. Picnic is my favourite in Scrap-Basket Sensations. Look forward to seeing your progress on both quilts.

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