Earlier this year I blogged about a new quilt that I was making. I'm still making it, haven't forgotten it. I'm really good at finishing projects for a reason. Be it a present for someone, a project I'm involved in or even yes paid work...this is always incentive to complete a task. Otherwise they get stored into my WIP box until the mood strikes me again. Since that post about the quilt, I was contacted by a lady at Country threads magazine who really wants to include it in one of the editions later this year. HOLY COW! I'm no pro. I've had a couple of lessons and I shudder at the thought of 'real' quilters seeing my work. But you've got to give these things a go, right? So I have finished the top and just need to have it quilted. Yes, I think I will outsource the quilting on this one so it actually looks nice! The scariest part of all is that I have to submit some instructions and measurements to them. I hope my frizzled toddler brain will be able to write down some sense.
Oh, and the other reason it has taken me so long to finish, (It really is a quick quilt to make) is because I have 2 small children. It seems that every time I want to paint, they want to paint, every time I want to sew, they want to sew. This 'thing' on the right was artistically directed and designed by Mr A. i.e. 'cut this here mummy' 'sew that bit there mummy'.
Meet Mr Hoppy. he has only one leg (that is the orange bit on the right) and the letter M sewn on his tummy. It was initially a gift from Mr A to his sister Miss M. However he was very reluctant to give it up when I had finished him. I think it has become a shared toy now. Mr A even did some hand sewing...yes the bit where the stuffing is falling out!
