Thursday 2 February 2012

Attempt Number Two

There was a mixed reaction to my too incredibly scrappy piecing of the aqua fabrics yesterday. I can't say I am surprised because I have rather mixed feelings about it myself. On one hand I like the little pieces all put together. But on the other hand I don't think I like it on that large a level. I am thinking of another use for yesterday's work. It won't go to waste. And today I had a rethink about how to piece my aqua and orange parts of the Mouthy Stitches pouch.

I am happier with this attempt. What do you think?

Front and back.
A little Heather Ross in there.
The triangles will be separated by a linen strip with some hand stitching on it.
I am happier with my work today. Hope my partner is too!

I have also been trying to set aside some time to stitch on Emily's quilt every day, whether it is fifteen minutes or an hour. Just to progress it forward. There is a lot of blank space on the quilt as I have mentioned before - legacy of letting a five year old help design her own quilt. I can remember the age by the house we lived in. Isn't that sad! We were in Newchurch on the IoW, therefore Emily must have been five as she had her birthday the first week we were in that house and we were there for slightly less than a year.

Anyway, I digress (as Rhonda would say), I am hand stitching hearts with perle all over the blank space. Some in coloured thread but most in white. I am not sure how I feel about this quilt. It will not be my favourite, but Emily loves it. That is what we aim for. Customer satisfaction.

Hearts...
... and more hearts.
I can see a finish on the horizon.
Thank you for your kind words about the car yesterday. It is behaving itself again and showing no sign of not wanting to start. What on earth happened is beyond me - but it wasn't a complete girlie moment because my Samaritan and the garage mechanics couldn't make it start with the key in the ignition either. I'm just happy it is being nice to me again. And I could take the girls to school today. And sew happily here, in my warm house. I love being comfy inside when it is cold out.

Susan

24 comments:

  1. Love your orange/aqua pouch pieces - gonna be brill!

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  2. While I didn't dislike yesterdays aqua scrapiness, I do much prefer todays :-) your partner is super lucky!

    Sounds like Emilys quilt is a true labour of love, keep at it :-)

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  3. I liked the scrappiness yesterday but it looks great with the zingy orange! Emily's quilt looks very cute and glad she loves it :)
    I tell my car I love it (when I get a chance to use it, my husband takes it to work!) just to keep it going!

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  4. Loving the orange. I'm in love with the orange camper van. It reminds me of getting a lift to play school with my friend Fiona who's mum had an orange camper van just like that. We used to fight to sit on the flip down seat thingy.

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  5. I am a scrappy lover so you are doing just great and by the way your hand stitching is superb!

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  6. A big old YES to this scrappy design. Waaaaaay better than the last. Love it!

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  7. Orange is not quite my colour, but I do love these! And your hand stitching always makes me jealous!

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  8. Love the scrappy in the last post and I love the scrappy in this post - can't wait to see what you do next! Love the quilted hearts!

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  9. The orange/blue piecing is great! Love the fussy cut HR! And if the recipient is happy, I'm happy! Keep stitching you are doing a grand job!

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  10. Well as I`m in a bit of an orange love-in at the moment, I think your half half (what we here would call nuss nuss) is great! Well our car failed to start last week and they thought it was the alternator that had gone and then it too miraculously started again. Ours is not to reason why!

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  11. Your hand quilting is brilliant. As long as the recipient loves it thats all that matters (although I find it hard to work on things Im not in love with )

    Yep-I think you're rocking the scrappy blocks today with the less is more approach.

    Glad the car has continued to behave itself!

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  12. I really liked your scrappy block yesterday, but I have to say I do prefer this, it looks great.
    Love the hearts, which reminds me I really need to work on my hand quilting to get that #@*! guilt finished.

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  13. glad you are feeling more positive and happy today xx

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  14. Flippin' gorgeous! I WANT THAT POUCH! Jxo

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  15. Poor Hadley she thinks it is for her when we all know it is really for ME!!

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  16. oh it's gorgeous - your partner, which sadly i don't think is me, is very lucky

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  17. Okay, I want that pouch just for the bike and camper cans lol

    Yay for an end in sight on the quilt...

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  18. Both projects are looking great!

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  19. Since I am not as picky as some of these bloaks I will take yesterday's pouch! LOL

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  20. Love the scrappy aqua and orange blocks together!

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  21. well, I loved yesterdays scrappy but I love this as well. the orange and aqua look great together

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  22. I ADORE your pouch effort so far. Love love LOVE

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  23. I really like the scrappiness of your MS pouch - esp like the fussy cut orange camper in there! I'm sure your partner will be thrilled!

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