Scraps, glorious scraps!

So I treated myself to some new FQ's and some scraps from the fabulous Fabricshoppe, I know they are based in america, but there isn't many places in the uk that supply such modern and fresh fabrics at an affordable price so occasionally I do tend to splurge a little!

Does anyone else enjoy sorting out their scraps into colour ways? I adore sorting out my fabric and matching it together into different combinations. I think if my SO knew how much I enjoyed doing it he would probably have me sectioned! Hehe!

I am hopeless at using scraps, or strips that aren't 2 1\2" or the such like, so one night I got my rotary cutter out and cut strips that weren't equal!! 

I then stitched a pretty easy wonky log cabin block, which I love and am now quite addicted to using scraps and making wonky blocks!

 I think next time I will use a fussy cut piece for the centre, so it has a sort of focal point. It will eventually be a cushion, I like cushions.

My new design wall in my workroom at mums (where I run my business from) I have it half divided for work, half for sewing. I say workroom lightly because actually it is just a converted garage!

Also last summer I bought myself something I have always, always wanted. A VW campervan. She is my pride and joy, and although we didn't stay anywhere in her as she wasn't ready I did use her a fair bit for general driving. At the moment I have my v-dub off the road and Im doing up the interior and getting everything I need for camping. And obviously I need some patchwork cushions, see I told you I like cushions!

I made two wonky star blocks, using some scraps of pinks, and some plain and some special fabric that I bought for my camper! (you will see why)

When I finally get some feather cushions to go in them I will take a better picture of them in my camper, with my newly covered seats ;-)

That's all for now! Kellye xxx

Long time no blog!

Is it too late to say happy new year? I mean it is february after all.. Well anyways happy new year, hope it's a good one!
So I made up a few presents in time for christmas, but actually forgot to take photo's of most of them! Silly me!

Some of the things made included
- A fake fur zebra print pouffe/beanbag for my bestie
- A pin cushion made with a little screenprint and fabric made by Laura and Linda Kemshall for my lovely mumma.
- And two quilts of sorts..... (Pictured below)

Firstly, this was a quilt I made for my SO and his two boys. My SO has a habit of throwing out a t-shirt when he buys a new one, and he always gives them to me to dispose of, so I have been collecting them in preparation to make a t-shirt quilt. I backed the pieces of t-shirt with a lightweight fusible vilene to make them stronger and less stretchy, so I didn't get any movement when quilting.

I had a small remnant of this fighter jet material which I used for the backing. I know its not in the same direction as the patchwork, but my SO and the boys love it all the same.
I also didn't quilt it too much as I didn't want to quilt through all the logo's/motifs and blur them in any way.

I made this simple, neutral coloured quilt for mum for christmas. I used simple four patches with sashing around them. I quilted it on our large quilting frame which was tricky because it is at mums so she had to be banished from the sewing room for the afternoon whilst I did it, as I wanted it to be a semi-surprise!

Oh, and meet Holly our lovely labrador, she gets a fair amount of use of the quilt too, she is 13, a bit fragile and gets a little cold and Dad has a habit of covering her at night with whichever quilt is closest, spoilt pooch hehe!

My new years resolution ( I know, I know its february, bear with me) is to blog more, so here's hoping!

(sorry about the squiffy pictures, they were taken on my new phone)

Kellye xxx