Excuse me whilst I bask in my own glory...

... but I am feeling rather pleased with myself! 

I mentioned in my post the other day about my quilt making adventures - as usual I tend to dive right in and be a little ambitious about my projects.  I am making a quilt for the bed, and of course it's going to be huge; I have sewn a large part of the top, bought batting and binding - but am awaiting delivery of some more white fabric to finish off the top before I can go any further.  I really want it to be lovely, so I decided that I should practise the actual quilting on something a bit smaller first (this one measures approximately 40 by 40 inches).  As I had a smaller bit of batting left over from last year, I decided to make a smaller practise quilt using some gorgeous Amy Butler fabric that I bought a while ago with no particular project in mind (but it was on sale!  Sale!  I can't resist a bargain!). 

 

I am super pleased with the end result, and it actually came together pretty quickly - it was done inside a day.  The bit that took forever was hand sewing the binding on.  I have learned an important lesson:  I need to practise machine sewing binding on, because there is absolutely no way I am going to be able to hand sew binding on a large bed quilt; my fingers will fall off! 

Look at this lovely twill tape!  £1 for a metre - bargain. 

Perfect for a little label...

I am hoping that the large quilt comes together as well as this little one. 

It's back to work for me tomorrow, so today holds lots of boring household chores, soup making for lunches, and I suppose I should really have a crack at the work I've managed to ignore all week.  Honestly, I'm like a small child in the way that I put things off until the last minute. 

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