I'm in the middle of a lot of things at present, which means small projects are all I can manage at the moment. I like to be busy, and have gradually got into the habit of having lots of things on the go at the same time.
Last weekend I taught my Reversible Sun Hat workshop at one of my favourite places, Midsomer Quilting. For the past few weeks I have been preparing for this new workshop, getting the patterns right, making samples and ensuring everything would go smoothly on the day. As the hats are small this worked well in my 'small projects' category. Teaching a new workshop for the first time is a mixture of excitement and nerves but I am delighted that all the hats all turned out fabulously and everyone had a thoroughly good day. By the end of the afternoon there were 4 completely finished hats and 6 that were almost done. As you can see below, there were lots of hats in lots of different sizes - some finished, and some still floppy and under construction. They all looked fantastic! You can see more about the hat's workshop by clicking here.
This Saturday I am going to be teaching again, but this time at another of my favourite places, Pauline's Patchwork. I'm going to be teaching how to make a small art quilt that takes its inspiration from the traditional favourite 'Grandmother's Garden'. The two quilts below are my interpretations using tesselated hexagon shapes to create the garden. This week I have been busy preparing the samples, stamps, fabric paints etc. to make sure everyone has a great day. You can see more about this workshop by clicking here.
Another small project I have started to think about is the annual 12 x 12 challenge hosted by Midsomer Quilting. Each year in November/ December they challenge anyone who has a link with the shop to create a small 12 inch square quilt on a given theme. Here is a link that will take you to the 12 x 12 challenge web page where you can link to all the previous challenges:
www.midsomerq.com/12x12ex.html Over 700 - yes you read it correctly, seven hundred quilts that have been entered into the various challenges. Many of these have been donated and sold to raise funds for Dorothy House and CLIC Sargent, two very worthwhile local charities. This year the theme is 'Where in the World?' I think this is a great choice as it is easy to think of all sorts of places or things associated with places that would be a great fit. This week my mum and I started our quilts - another 'little' project. Here is a sneaky peep at part of my mum's quilt. She has chosen to do some needle felting as well as some quilting. I really enjoyed watching how she made it.
Mine started life as a doodle, which I turned into an idea for a little quilt along the lines of one of my Doodle Birds. Here is a glimpse..... So - although you have only had a teaser so far, can you tell where in the world our quilts are from???
I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I've been up to these last few weeks - I'll post the completes 12 x 12 quilts once they are finished.
Thanks for reading.
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