LOOSE ENDS

Time to travel again!

This time we are leaving the boys behind

and my husband's cousin is coming to stay with them!

This cousin sent me all her sailing tee-shirts six months a year ago

and I finally motivated to put them all together.

Unfortunately, instead of cutting the tees evenly, she haphazardly cut them.

So, I had the idea that maybe as I went around and around with strips to even them out,

I could use different colors...

and make them into a giant black and white sail boat, with light blue sky, dark blue water, and black and white boat!

Ever make a quilt that looks totally different in real life than the one in your head? Ha!

The quilt is bigger than king, 

and without space to watch the progress...

I didn't get enough contrast for the boat.

Ah well, it's (done!) super cozy with minkee backing (done!) 

and made with lots of love (done!).

Here's Krista, my fabulous way-too-cute quilter holding it up for you to see!

My love affair with Kathy Doughty continues

as I obsessively make blocks for more Vintage Spin quilts!

My excuse is that I will be teaching this class in September.

Hmm...isn't using excuses a sign of addiction!

I am also working on the haphazard quilt I found on 

 http://mypoppet.com.au/2013/07/the-haphazard-quilt-a-scrapbusting-project.html

LOVE it!

I have also made 

some of these fabric boxes

using the tutorial here:

http://www.seaside-stitches.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/fabric-box-tutorial.html

I also used:

http://www.conniekresin.com/2013/12/merry-christmas-and-fabric-box-tutorial.html

because she shows you how to hide the seams!

That's it for now...

next stop is France for a bit of rekindling the romance 

and the European Patchwork Festival!

A bientot!