May

I chose a photo from Kingston Lacy’s Japanese Garden and the new bright green leaves of an acer against the bright blue sky.

 The first weekend of May is a bank Holiday weekend and some of this weekend has been spent sewing and another quilt had been finished. The quilt top has been made from squares made by my Mum.  From some of the fabrics that I have in my stash I was able to make the larger green blocks.  The dark green fabric was enough not only to make the border and also the binding. This quilt is 37” square.

I had enough of a multicoloured fabric to back the quilt

Last week I’d quilted a cushion top and today I went of to make the cushion back and attach to the cushion front, so that will go back to Bourne Quilters. The cushion cover was an appliqué project from before the pandemic but never made into anything and as cushion covers they will go to the housing association where the group meets.

I’ve started a new sock, this time on short circular needles.  I’ve had this yarn, which I bought at Yarndale about 4 years ago, had used in a jumper that frogged earlier this year.  It doesn’t have a name but it’s blue with pops of darker blue, yellow and purple and it looks pretty and delicate.

This is the state on Bank Holiday Monday evening (5 May) with the heel flap and turn done.

That day also saw another quilt top layered, quilted and with binding sewn on (though not slip stitched down).

I had just enough of the fishy backing fabric and I added a couple of fish themed appliqué pieces onto the top right and bottom left of the quilt.  This will be another quilt to go to Project Linus and another quilt soon to be completed.  

But it’s not all about the sewing and knitting.  It was a somewhat chilly Bank Holiday Monday morning that I went out to Poole Park and a little beyond for a walk (my bad knee suffered after, though) and spotted this lovely mermaid tail, which is a sculpture trail through places in Poole and Bournemouth. It’s not the first one I’ve seen and I may share on here any photos that I take in a future post.

I hope you had a good first weekend of May.