As usual when I'm travelling, my crochet hook travels with me. My latest journey included bus-train-bus-plane-bus-train-hotel-bus - so plenty of hooking opportunities. One striped beret was made, followed by a sparkly ripple pattern scarf - and then as there was yarn left, I decided to make another beret to match the scarf.
My travel bag was also full - with a new quilting book, and several fabrics brought from London to my French home, to be used in the latest project just started (I know, I know, I planned not to start another until I'd made more inroads into the UFOs - but that's me). The latest project is a sampler quilt and so far just two blocks have been pieced together - "Tumbling Blocks" (paper pieced and appliquéd) and "Spider's Web" (machined strip patchwork). Both of these are from Lynne Edwards "The Essential Sampler Quilt Book", as is the method of sashing used on each block. I only have a small sewing machine, so I found machine quilting a complete quilt was quite a challenge. This time I plan to quilt the blocks individually before joining them. However, although I have backing fabric, I haven't yet got the batting so can't start quilting them straightaway.
Having looked at all the quilts photographed in the book, I decided that my personal preference is not to mix straight lines and curves - so for this first sampler quilt I won't be tackling any of the latter designs. In fact the blocks which I like best are the ones with a 3D effect; I may search out some other ideas for 3D blocks to include. Maybe the curved designs can be tackled for another quilt later!!
I've not completely ignored my UFOs over the last few days - I've bought a cushion pad and added the sashing to my latest cushion patchwork (the "Tour Around the World" one) - piping, zip and finishing still to be done.
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