Sunday 28 July 2013

A good weekend's work ...

I know we shouldn't complain about the weather (but that's what we Brits do!). It has been very warm again this weekend, which saps all my energy and then I'm in danger of wanting to move very little -  the thunder and lightening we had yesterday was pretty spectacular, though, and it does feel cooler this evening as I sit now writing this post with the garden doors open :)

DH has worked really hard in the house and garden, bless him. Remember when we cleared the loft, all the 'stuff' went into the spare bedroom:


Well, this is what it looks like tonight after we sorted, binned, charity shop gifted and stored what we are keeping! Ta daaaaaaaaaaa:


It desperately needed doing - dear MIL and SIL arrive on Thursday for a long weekend and though they said they'd happily room share, it was just the push we needed to get it done. And I managed to find some sewing time too ... don't I always?! Here's where I'm up to on my Swedish Quilt:


Just some more sashing to attach and then I need to think about whether it needs a border ... tempted to add a wide 6" out of the blue roses fabric - what do you think?

Have a good week, whatever you're up to :)



10 comments:

  1. Lovely quilt on the guest bed! Yes, I'm for sashing, how about wild geese sashing?!?...

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  2. Your spare room looks amazing - come and fix my house please! (although I am more worried about removing the wasps from the house at the mo, than clearing it up). Def border, woud look fab. I feel like you're sewing on my behalf in this hot weather, so keep going :D xx

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  3. Great job on the cleaning and sorting, etc. I need to do that, too. Your Swedish quilt is coming along nicely. I think white sashing and blue roses for the border would look great!

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  4. Love that Swedish quilt! Seems like its a constant battle to keep the clutter beat back, doesn't it?

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  5. Oh wow what a fabulous transformation!! Loving the Dresden quilt, just stunning. Have a lovely time with your family :-)

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  6. The room looks fab, the quilt is gorgeous. I'd go with the roses on the swedish quilt can't wait to see it finished ~ Sarah x

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  7. Great job on clearing the spare room up. I'm in the midst of doing that too as dear daughter is coming home for 2 weeks from London. Tomorrow!! Whoo hoo!!! Love the blues in your spare room. Swedish quilt is looking good and I like your idea of sashing and blue border. Will be smashing when all done.

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  8. Wow, what a productive weekend! I love blue & yellow together - your quilt looks great! I tend to like borderless quilts, but a blue border would look great on that one. :)

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  9. Love your blue and yellow quilt! I bet a floral border would be fun with the geometric shapes of the main part of the quilt.

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  10. Great work on the room and that fantastic quilt top. I'm in love....

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