Work in Progress

Hi again,

We're finally back from our holidays down south and it was just bliss to get away for a while.  And I even got an amazing new piece of jewellery, an engagement ring!!! Yep Mr N popped the question and I'm still so happy, I can't stop looking down at my left hand.

Since we've got home I've jumped straight into an order my Aunt put in a while ago.

To start with I'm working on a table runner for their Kitchen table and I'll be making a matching runners for their Chinese sideboard and Dining Table as well as a other pieces for their lounge room and bedroom. How exciting.

I'm making the table runners using the postage stamp style of small squares and using this tutorial from Red Pepper Quilts.

The measurements for the kitchen table runner are 75 inches by 30 inches which is huge so lots of cutting.  I'm halfway through cutting up the fabric and have just finished sewing the strips I've cut into blocks. 

I guess it's time to get sewing again :)

Here's some photos so far.

lots of strips all neatly cut (only half of what I need for the kitchen table)

sewn into two's

Ready to sew into fours

Blocks of fours now it's time to start cutting more strips

See you soon with an update

A whole Lotta Love

Used with permission from Red Pepper Quilts

I have to share my love for all things Lotta Jansdotter, I only discovered Lotta because of Rita at Red Peppers Quilts post on her WIP and I fell in love immediately.


 I can't say what it is exactly, but this fabric line just resonates with me the colours the natural lines and the calmness of it. 


Immediately I started searching for Lotta's Echo fabric line at the online fabric stores I knew of and found out very quickly that this is a fabric line that is very popular and I had come very late to the party (I've only been reading blogs since January this year).





Lucky me I found the whole collection, I did have to order it through 3 different fabric stores though.

Contemporary Cloth still has a large selection as does Old Country Store Fabrics and The Fabricologist.


A kind of panic takes hold of me when I think about not getting the entire collection, it's very strange, all I can say is it must be love.  Then imagine how fast my heart was racing when I saw the update from Hawthornethreads about Lotta's new line Bella coming out in August.  I raced to Lotta's ledger and found what I was looking for .

jansdotter.com

Another beautiful fabric line full of gorgeous colours and designs which will blend so well with Echo.  I'm already waiting for this to become available!!

If you want to see more of Lotta's echo line and the amazing things that are being made with it, check out Lotta Love for Lotta Jansdotter Designs

I hope your day is just Bella!!

Natski

XXOO