At the Museum!

Mum and Dad weren't the only ones I took to the Ulster Museum today!

They did a stirling job as 'props men', helping me stage my finished Tilda Hourglass Twist Quilt alongside various exhibits.

It's a tricky quilt to photograph because of the pale and muted tones of the Tiny Treasures fabrics. But we certainly enjoyed ourselves in the process!

 

In fact, we were almost asked to leave, not realising we weren't actually allowed to take photos in the Art Gallery section!!  Oops!

What fun!

So this little quilt will soon be going into the shop where I work (The Wool Shop, Newtownards) and you can get all the fabrics shown there.

Wishing you all a great start to the new week!

Jude xo

Aspirations!

After another stormy night of it, I taught my class this morning, and then picked up this crochet pattern:

I've been hooking from a young age, but the only top I've ever attempted got chopped up and recycled!

Once I get over the shock of how much wool costs these days, I will succumb and line up a wee Christmas/movie watching project.

This afternoon I started quilting the Tilda Hourglass Twist Quilt.

You may remember seeing Karen's pattern in a recent issue of Love Patchwork and Quilting.  It's a great wee pattern, and in no time at all the units were up on my design board.

But then I started to doubt that the fabrics I chose were going to work!  Now that I'm quilting it I'm happy to report that I'm falling in love with it again!

Wanna see the special friends who keep me company while I sew?

Each one of these friends have special meaning to me!

I rounded off the day with some EPP Liberty hexies in front of a cosy fire, watching Children in Need on the telly!

I hope your day has been full of aspirations too!

Jude xo