On My Desk This Weekend

Its a long weekend here in the Eastern States of Australia, we are celebrating 'The Queens Birthday'
I am hoping to be able to get a bit of sewing done.
I like to be organised when I sew and my sewing room of late has been nothing short of chaos. I have been sorting and trying to put some order to my fabric.
I have also found some U.F.O.'s , surprise surprise.

This is something I started some years ago and thought it could be the centre for a quilt.
I still quite like it and even though the circles around the centre are not quite as circular as I would now be happy with , I can easily rectify them. Hmm food for thought, I might add some applique to the corners and then complete it medallion style.

I have also been sorting my fabric , Mr L&R came up with the idea that the low flat storage boxes would be better than the deep plastic storage boxes I have bean using. You know how it is, the piece that you want is always right at the bottom and as you pull everything apart to find it , you have created another mess. This really works a treat , you end up with just one layer and its all there before your eyes.

You are aware of your entire stash and looking at this maybe I need a top up of the Mauve's and Purples. ?

I also came across this, a quilt I began with Bridget Giblin Last year at MO. Bridget is a great teacher, she always encourages one to throw in the unexpected. When I went along to this class I knew I wanted to make the Pickle Dish, the reason being I just wanted to do some piecing as opposed to the applique that I had been doing, however this was not the colour scheme that was in my head. I guess it just evolved this way and it is a little bit out of left field for me.

I need to applique these blocks onto the background and then some pieced borders. I'll keep you posted.

I did manage to use some of my favourite french fabric.

Yellow is also a favourite colour of mine so I have placed the yellow blocks in the centre.

Whoops here is another pic on its side, I have no idea why this happens , don't suppose it matters.

I did fussy cut the little 'pickles' mixing the Solieado print with a Kaffe.

Enjoy your weekend

Until next time

Happy Sewing

j