The weather continues to be glorious, with beautiful blue skies .....which made our Sunday morning walk even more enjoyable. We had planned to spend some time at the Reivers Festival in the park- but we didn't check what time the activities started, and we got there too early! However, several of the participants were busy organising their stalls and practising their swordplay, so I was able to take some photos
There were more signs of spring in the park
blossom
primrose
wood anenome
I've been busy with the Linus quilt. I finished the quilting and stitched the binding on, adding little bits of the chicken fabric to break up the black
Now I have to to stitch the binding on the back ....... and stitch in dozens of ends!
When we were shopping on Saturday, I found this storage box - a bargain at £2.50. It is just the thing to keep my hexagons in - much better than the pink storage box
I also had a bit of an experiment with some strips. I have seen various versions of this technique on blogs and Youtube clips - though usually done with jelly rolls. The first stage is to join all the strips together, using diagonal seams
You then take the two ends and sew a very long seam
There was then a slight hiccup, as I has twisted the strip - oops
Once I had cut the strip in half, I finished stitching it and pressed the seam. Then I put the two ends together and stitched a not quite so long seam
And again
Eventually I ended up with this. I was using up scrap strips which I had been given and I had several strips of some of the fabrics ..... of course they ended up together, so if I use the method again, I will use all different fabrics
I have some pretty floral fabrics which I'll use for borders ....... yes, it will be another quilt for Linus!