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I've enjoyed making this block!  Loving the colours and the 3D effect. Even though that meant I had to make two extra blocks as I'd orientated the diamonds the wrong way, ruining any 3D illusion!! I considered ignoring it, walked away from it and made the two extra ones the next day... Live and learn :)  The red, flowery fabric in the background will go on the back of the quilt. I wanted my white/grey fabric to sew my tumbling blocks onto, but didn't have enough material.  I ended up choosing this one instead. It works ok I think.  This is the 'finished' (kind of) result, the picture isn't orientated the right way, the darkest side of the cubes will by at the top in the finished quilt. I've got one more block to make:   (drum-roll...) the Tangled Star...

I've started on my third block and wow there are lots of pieces in this!  I've pinned it all together so you can see what it looks like so far and to stop me sewing the wrong squares together :).  The cutting out took quite long compared with the Churn Dash (block 2), but it's totally worth it for the 3D effect! This one is called 'Card Trick'.  I'm reusing my orange batik and love the contrast with the (new, oops ) blue batik.  The background fabric picks up the orange and blue.  I'm a sucker for trying to pick out and repeat colours, it just feels more 'whole' that way to me. And... I'm so proud, I remembered to be a bit more careful with the patterned fabric.  Fingers crossed there shouldn't be any issues with the pattern this time as the background pieces don't 'touch' each other. So guess what I'm busy doing this weekend? Finishing my homework ten, twenty minutes at a time!  If you haven't done any quil...

Claire's birthday came and went back in July .  I did warn her that my light bulb moment had come a bit late (after her birthday) and that it would take a little while to sort out.  She had seen O's 'all boy' quilt and Martha's play mat and liked them both.  So why it took my brain so long to put one and two together I don't know!  Eventually realising she'd love something that combined Cath Kidston fabrics with a cottagey feel I started looking for the right things.  So I had to confess it might be a while before she got her birthday present. It was such fun looking for fabrics, putting it all together and thinking of steering away from 'just' squares and coming up with something I hadn't tried before.  I love some of the designs on this blog and often have a little admiring look around.  One day I want to be able to make such gorgeous designs! Anyway, there's absolutely nothing wrong with squares, but I fancied ...

This was still a work in progress at the weekend... A couple of weeks ago we heard the great news that one of our friends had given birth to a beautiful baby girl called Martha.  I love the name and I think it sounds very peaceful and warm.  So anyway, here is the playmat I made.  I've enjoyed every minute making it and declare it all finished and ready to post this morning! Have fun sleeping, looking, rolling and playing my little one! And the most fabulous thing about it is?  That it can be machine washed and tumble dried - how cool (and ultra-practical) is that!?

A pretty little tin bought on holiday last week in Lyme Regis.  Inside it are ten 'clothes plasters' or iron-on applications.  This is the boy's one; it has a rocket, tractor, dinosaur, robot, shark, plane and other fun boy designs.  Perfect to finish off my little man projects. So this week I made an apron for O.  At two and four months he loves stirring cookie dough and very much needs a 'boy apron'.  I made him one out of my old, much worn pair of pale blue jeans. Just one of the legs was enough fabric to make it.  I let O choose which 'plaster' he wanted on it.  He was adamant it had to be the red rocket.  Good choice. I'm always a bit weary of how well these iron-ons will stick to the fabric, but these are great!  Anyway, the little apron is all finished.  It now hangs over one of the chairs in the kitchen, very much rejected by a toddler who's refusing to wear it, hmm. Check out the other little tins with iron-ons ...

Zo begon het meer dan een maand geleden...  Op een avond in april lag de keukentafel vol met kleurige lapjes stof.  Onze kleine jongen zou een grote jongen worden en bij dat grote bed hoorde een lapjesdeken (dacht de mama).  Nu slaapt hij nog steeds niet in dat bed, want dat is blijkbaar toch niet zo tof - maar zijn lapjesdeken is eindelijk af.  160 lapjes puur kleur en jongensdingen! Vanmorgen zette ik er rondomrond het boordje aan.  Eerst met de naaimachine en dan de achterkant met de hand - leve de laddersteek, dat werkt altijd toch mooi af!  De achterkant is Amerikaanse muslin (katoen), de vulling is 80% katoen 'batting'.  Het was eigenlijk bedrieglijk veel werk dat dekentje, zo'n simpel ding uit grootmoeders tijd.  De lapjes aan elkaar zetten vond ik nog therapeutisch, maar door alle drie de laagjes stikken was niet om te lachen.  Zonder mijn nieuwe wandelende voet lag het hele boeltje ergens in de kast voor de volgende x jaa...

Sewing pattern from  here  - I love Etsy and its PDF patterns from all over the world - straight to your inbox and printer, then the fun begins! Patroontje komt van  hier - Etsy is super voor PDF patro ontjes, via email ontvangen en een keer alles geprint is kan de fun beginnen! If you have been following my blog for a while then you might have a little déja-vu.  Here is the same comfy jumper  once before : same pattern, but a whole size smaller and with a pocket.        Als je mijn blog al een tijdje volgt dan heb je misschien een déja-vu, want ja deze super comfy pull  maakte ik al eens.   Toen was hij een hele maat kleiner en naaide ik er nog een zakje op. And I do love my little boy in blue - turquoise, teal, royal blue, cornflower blue, ...  My little sweetie, who no longer wants to nap, has stopped sleeping through the night and shouts 'Ready, steady, gooooo!' at 4.30am. En ik zie mij...

Na acht moeilijke avonds, gebroken nachten en vroege ochtends geven we op met het 'grote bed'.  Ik ben zo blij dat het eindelijk weekend is na ons door week en werk gesleept te hebben.  Blijkt dat mijn kleine man zijn 'klein bed' en slaapzak toch nog heel graag ziet en dat is ok.  Maar dat betekent niet dat deze mama het idee van een lapjesdeken al opgeeft hoor.   Neen, want vroeg of laat gaat hij toch in dat groot, nieuw bed willen slapen, niet? De bovenkant is af,  ik wacht op de vulling en een nieuwe voet voor mijn naaimachine om de 'quilt sandwich' te maken.  Ik verlang om hem in de wasmachine te gooien, dan in de droogkast (jaja) en alle 160 vierkantjes aan jullie te tonen! We gave up on the big boy bed after eight unsettled evenings, broken nights and early mornings.  So grateful for the weekend after having dragged ourselves through the week and work.  I guess my little man is happier in his cot and sleeping bag and...

I'm still knitting... slowly - and have decided I'm going to try and sew a zip in it once all of the knitting is out of the way.  The truth is that I've been distracted by this little sewing project.  Hoping to finish most of this over the weekend.  It has taken me a while to choose the fabrics for it, but I think it will look cute when it's all done!