......... aka the four fat quarter quilt, came about way back in 2002, when the aunt and uncle of someone I knew announced that they were adopting a little girl from China. There was much discussion as to what they would call their new daughter, and the brother-in-law of the aunt came up with the worst ever suggestion. As Chinese people are very good at playing table tennis, he said, I think you should call her Ping Pong. Of course his suggestion was vetoed, but somehow the name stuck to the quilt!
obeying my pattern, I cut the strips
then stitched them together
the strips were then cut into 81/2" squares, and I arranged the first blocks on the design wall
having read through the pattern, I realised that I should add in a bit to say that when you lay your fat quarters out for cutting, you should have the selvedges on your right. If you have them at the top or bottom, you won't be able to cut your 8x21/2" strips (yes, I know because I made that mistake once!) It's a very easy quilt to make, and if you want a bigger quilt, simply add a border.
the bird bath is in frequent use - Malcolm had just refilled it this afternoon when Mrs Blackbird appeared and had a good splash
the robin has been appearing every day just as it starts to get dark
Malcolm stuck his head in the studio door this afternoon to let me know that there were some butterflies on the buddleia
but this one preferred the wall
to finish, a sad tale! Way back in 2009, I made this cushion for Malcolm
when Anna was here, we were looking at it, and I saw that it was looking a bit neglected, so yesterday I washed it. But when I went to give it a gentle press - oh dear, it has frayed and holey bits!
so that's yet another project on the to-do list, a new cushion for Malcolm!