Picnic Rug Progress

Doesn't a wee bit of sunshine do your heart good?  It's been an absolutely fantastic weekend for weather and today the sunshine was glorious! I even managed to pick up a wee bit more steam today and made some headway on the picnic rug.

Isn't she lovely?

Got the rug on the line to prove that yes, the sun does sometimes shine in Northern Ireland.

Back of quilt - no raw seams on this side.

It's not quite finished - needs a label for its recipient and then I have to snip into all those raw seams and wash and tumble dry it to bring up those lovely fluffy seams. At least it now looks like it will have a chance of being ready on time to be gifted just after next weekend.

Catching Up

Being out of action for a couple weeks is wreaking havoc with my projects list and I really need to catch up. All being well I'll be able to go to class next week and I'd like to be on track before then as it's the last class for this project and I need to be able to gift the quilt a few days thereafter.  No pressure then!  So after a spell in the sewing room this afternoon I have managed to join all the blocks into rows -

Wish the light had been better in these pics.

Stitching these blocks took much longer than I thought it would - think it's a combination of both me and the Toyota being a bit under par today - which was a little frustrating.  I hadn't enough room to lay it all out so in the pics the rows are all overlapping, but in the finished quilt each row will be as wide as the one you can see far right.

I am really looking forward to snipping the seams in this quilt and getting that lovely soft raggy look once it's washed and dried.  Must keep reminding myself not to fall too much in love with this one as I am giving it away.  Hope to post the finished quilt before too long!

Flash the stash

I am gathering up some fabrics for a class project in June and little by little they are arriving courtesy of Royal Mail.  These are from Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane range.  It's exciting to see this little bundle growing - I just hope that I can do these fabrics justice in a few weeks time.

Aren't they yummy?

All being well, these will make another appearance in a few weeks time -  I'm so loving them!