Catch Up!

Ok so I realise that tomorrow has actually become the day after tomorrow but days just go so quickly! Last couple of weeks have been fairly unproductive sewing wise but lots of shopping has been done as an alternative! Couple of weeks ago I took a day trip on a fabric shop hunt! Started by going to this shop which is a lovely shop. I didn't buy anything here though in an effort to stop myself spending and acquiring more fabric I'll never get time to use! Next shop was Embsay Mills in skipton, one of the biggest fabric shops I've been to (not that I've been to many!). I was very nearly tempted by the Laura Gunn poppy fabric but I resisted and instead bought these little bits..




Next my amazon order came



:) Loving this book so far but only had a flick through.

Then it was the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham! Never been before and didn't get around to see everything but had a good day anyway! Bought a couple of things..



Love fandango fabric so was very pleased to find these!



Paper hexies - my friend was horrified that I paid for pre cut hexies but to me the time saved is absoloutely worth it! I may actually attempt some hexies now!

And because the Rowan/Amy Butler stall was so gorgeous I couldn't resist these..



Amy butler frenchy pattern with some fabric/interfacing to make it with. Chose this one because I've read online that some of the other Amy Butler patterns are a little more complicated so thought I'd start with something do-able!

So that has been my fabric-y spending spree!

Yesterday was spend trying to put together a Ikea swivally chair which I'm hoping will be more comfy that a wooden dining room chair to sit on for longer! I eventually managed it with a little help from some male muscles!(I'm such a weakling!)
Then I managed to slice my finger with my rotary cutter... blood everywhere YUCK! But I somehow managed to miss my fabric which I was quite impressed about! It was my own fault I should be more careful!

Tonight however I got started again being productive.. got out my pink squares which unfortunately weren't as far along as I remembered lol! So I've spent the evening pressing and trimming... who knew pressing could take so long?! Least now they are ready to be sewn together into a quilt top!

Giveaways and hello!

Life has been pretty hectic here recently.. exciting, but hectic! I'll catch up with whats been going on (mostly spending pennies!) tomorrow when it isn't bed time!
I've spotted 2 fantastic Accuquilt Go! giveaways today while browsing my blog roll...

Firstly head on over to Heather at a la mode fabric her Accuquilt Go! giveaway runs to fri 27/08/10 at 9pm PST.

And then scuttle over to see KarrieLyne at Freckled Whimsy same giveaway runs fri as well!

I saw an Accuquilt last week and I really really want one! Not in my budget at the moment though unfortunately!

Still going slow!

Managed to finish another 4 blocks tonight. I'm undecided whether or not I'll unpick the last part on a couple of these to line them up a bit better. Not sure I can be bothered though which is very lazy but I might just leave them and put it down to quilt character lol!

wiscasset blocks
Originally uploaded by Manda886

Progress is still slow, partially I think just because I'm new to the whole sewing/quilting thing so I'm a SLOW sewer! Also that whole full time job thing gets in the way a lot! It's a shame they keep my wages until the end of the month after making sure I turn up and do some work :)

Slow Progress..

.. with the wiscasset blocks. But I've finished 8 in total now so only 12 more to go! I cut out my next lot of 5" squares until I decided my rotary cutter needed a new blade (which of course I don't have lol!)



I've also joined the world of flickr this week... it's quite magical. I've nosed around on there before but I spent a little more time this week looking around. There is definitely no shortage of inspiration on there!