First day back at school for the children today. Happy coincidence that it's Wednesday, which is my day off my school job. As the children are getting older, they are around less and less in holidays and the evenings, with a combination of part time jobs, sports commitments and socialising, so I do enjoy spending time with them. However, it's still a nice feeling to wave them off in the morning, close the door, and know that I have total peace and quiet for the next 8 hours or so.
I've resolved that September will be my month to finish up things I've had lying around for a while.
Top of the list is this baby quilt for my sister.
This was stalled due to a lack of Essex Linen in Flax, which I needed for the backing. Most UK suppliers have been out of stock for quite a while, but I managed to source some before we went away. Given that the baby is due in mid October, and the quilt has to be posted to Australia, I'd better get my skates on.
Once that's done, I've got Sam's quilt to finish up.
It's looking all sad and crumpled here. There's a picture on Flickr that shows it off better. This just needs backing and quilting. I think I'm going to keep it simple and back it in the same blue Kona that is used in the front blocks. I've got a Kei Honeycomb dot earmarked for the binding.
Talking of binding,
this set of placemats and napkins, which I made almost a year ago (eek!), have been sitting waiting for some binding for the placemats. I'm thinking some sort of burnt orange might be nice - what do you think?
Finally there's my Liberty and Oakshott blocks.
These are probably my favourite project right now, although the blocks take some time to construct. They measure 6.5in each and I've got a sort of plan coming together to combine them with blocks of solid colours of the same size. I've ordered a few Kona colours and plan to play around with some layouts.
Linking up with WiP Wednesday for this post. What do you have planned for September?
Just wanted to say that I like everything that you have going on! I think the linen you have in the place mats would make a great binding.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 05, 2012 at 03:56 PM