Holiday project

Well, we are one week into the school holidays. My husband took a week off work and we have had a lovely time with the children. In between buying school shoes and uniform as well as household chores we have been to Bath to visit friends and family, visited legoland, and went to the cinema to see Toy Story 3. All of which didnt leave me much time for sewing, but my head is still buzzing with thoughts of new makes.

As my daughter will be starting big school in September, I'm using this as an opportunity to spend lots of time with her which means I will be slowing down on my sewing until the new term. (and then no doubt I will be getting exited about Christmas!) It is for this reason that I have decided to focus on just one project for the next month. I've decided that my project for the summer is going to be a quilt for my daughter.

Now I know I've mentioned before that I havnt really been inspired by the patchwork books I've read but a few of the more modern books have helped me come up with an idea that will help me use up my fabric scraps without the end result looking to mismatched what with all the different fabrics I'll be using.

So today, I have been getting to know my rotary cutter and mat. I want to keep this project really simple as it will be the first time I will be making a large quilt that will be going under my machine so I'v decided to stick to squares. The project will be for a single bed which my daughter dosnt yet have but I wanted to get a little more use from this quilt, hence the bigger size. Im hoping it wont drown her toddler bed to much before we end up buying a single.

Hope your all enjoying the holidays.

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