a quilt for a friend

My friend asked me to make her a quilt, which was a good excuse for an excursion to the fabulous Eternal Maker fabric shop (my favourite place in the world!):

http://www.eternalmaker.com/

Before we went, she was favouring a green and brown colour scheme, which would be right outside my comfort zone....

But once we were surrounded by all the delicious fabrics, I asked her to choose one which really sang to her, and she chose the splashy Kaffe Fassett print on the right in this picture.After that it was fun to choose fabrics to go along with it... (and the green and brown managed to creep in too).

She asked for a design without straight lines- luckily that's what I do best!

The top is finished and I'm just putting the back together..

... then the quilty part can begin! I'm going to do it in the same way as this one:

Hope she likes it!

a Divine week!

Well, thanks to Jeanette's brilliant idea and hard work, the pop-up shop was a great success! Lots of people browsing and buying all week.

What a pretty shop, too!

We even managed to find a home for a dragon..

But the best bit was meeting lots of lovely new people and admiring the beautiful things they make. Now I feel bursting with inspiration!

I've been busy...

How easy it is to blithely say 'oh yes I can make half a dozen bags and umpteen mice, and....'  then reality steps in and the sewing machine goes into overtime! 

But I think my contribution to the Handy and Divine Midhurst pop-up shop is ready to be taken along tomorrow. Can't wait to see everybody else's beautiful things!

I have lots of little purses, sitting in a nest of fabric boxes:

..and a selection of bags, quilts and other goodies..

..and of course, plenty of mice for cats if Daisy will let me take them!

Hope to see lots of people there, its in West Street, Midhurst from 20th - 25th August.

I am very excited to be involved in the Handy and Divine pop-up shop which will open in West Street, Midhurst from 20th-25th August:

http://handyanddivine.co.uk/wordpress/

...featuring the work of local artists and makers.

I am making bags, quilts and other delicious fabric things- come along and have a look!