Markus asked for a quilt ....

It must be nearly 2 years ago that Markus asked for a quilt like the one that I made for Steffi ..... So I bought some material, and then it has been sitting in a drawer since then .... But finally he has been reminding me and I was inspired bu a quilt I saw in the local quilting shop (natures threads).

I decided to do a disappearing nine patch pattern ....

It involved cutting out lots of squares ..... Sewing them into a large 9 square ....

And cutting them all up again. Above are what they look like all placed back together again.

The next problem was that he wanted yo have his name on it ( just like Steffi) so I used some squares made from old jeans and once it was all sewn together put his name on them

The embroidary in progress .....

Now all that is left to do is quilt the top onto the fleece backing piece and bind the edges .... Hopefully it will be finished after the weekend.

It took slightly longer and I also made a pillow case but I now have a happy little Markus :-)

What do you do with the left overs ?

I had a few pieces left from making a quilt for Markus .... So I ticked another job off the list and made a keyboard case for Dave at work. I couldn't resist using my chinook applique .... Well he is ex RAF .... And he seemed pleased with it :-)

More presents ....

Steffi tried some sewing on the machine, I did the freehand embroidary but she did the decorations herself

Summer holiday sewing

Markus had a friend over to play for a day in the holidays and when they saw me sewing they decided they wanted to have a go too ..... Here is the result, 2 felt purses and 2 happy boys!

Jeans jean jeans .....

What do you do with old jeans ? Ask pintrest of course and look for things that need repairing .....

A card ?

Markus's favourite reading cushion needed fixing .... It must be over 20 years old as I'm sure Joan made it for me when I went off to university but it is good as new now with some denim patches to replace the blue fabric and a little monster is back reading in his favourite place

So what next ........

A pot holder ?

Oh and lots and lots of squares ..... I fancy making a rag quilt with them but might have to start with a cushion

Another job on the list

I was telling a friend about May machine and ended up offering to try and do her logo on a towel or tshirt ..... Finally here is th logo, now I just need yo figure out how to do the text to go with it .....

Heath and hart

9th birthday party fun

Steffi decided she was having a splash splash water party for her 9th birthday ... Luckily the weather agreed with her and the girls had fun getting wet in the garden and then making hair clips

Finally we played the old fav .... The chocolate game and roasted marshmallows on the fire before eating cake 

Then we made some Thankyou cards .... Using some of the paper from the presents :-)