August

 

The Neat Ripple blanket (still in progress) is the background for this month’s marker. But this month has already seen some action.

It was my oldest granddaughter’s 18th  birthday and a small family gathering was held at her home in Sussex to celebrate.  What a milestone to have a grandchild that old! 

My friend and I went to Wareham for the annual Dorset Arts and Crafts Showcase, which has competition craft articles, artisan sales and specialist exhibitions.  It’s always nice to see different crafts. Below are a few of the quilts

Above is a bicycle disc brake with zen tangle and the spikes had free machined pieces on them.

A flower arrangement by the local flower arranging group

A mixed media paining with beads used for the kingfishers. 

A lovely morning of arts and crafts. 

At the end of July I had a lot of projects in progress.  Here’s one that the first finish for August 

I made most of these L shaped blocks last year after seeing in one of the Love Patchwork & Quilting magazines.  It made use of 2.5” coloured strips (some from my Mum’s stash) together with low volume background fabrics.  There was some orange print fabric from Project Linus which I used as a strip to extend the backing fabric and for the border.

Next thing is layer up the kit quilt and get that quilted 

Another ‘finish’ is a sock. Yes I know the other one has to be made to make up a pair but that’s in progress now. So this is a second finish up for August.

Let’s see how the rest of this month goes….