Patching This 'n' That

On Friday the wool shop beckoned. I went in and eyed up all the glorious colours and I was immediately drawn to this mustard wool cotton. It's the most fabulous shade of yellow. Not too bright, not too dull. I've had an idea in my head for a while now and once I saw how wonderful the grey and teal looked beside the mustard I knew what I would be using to make my new project. More of that later though as my head had also been spinning with another plan.

I want to make a couple of quilts for the Bun's winter beds. Having never made them before I looked around, read some and gathered all my inspiration together before I settled on the pattern. I wanted to make the quilts using a selection of dresses and trousers they had as babies and toddlers so they would be memory quilts. These might be the only ones I ever get round to making so we need to be realistic here and get all the chosen ingredients in first time round.

After I'd selected a bundle of fabrics I set about designing a pattern that was just right for Little Bun. I've chosen to fill the centre with a mish mash of colourful fabrics and have a white border around that. I've a few other ideas to add to it, but I'll see how it looks as it grows.

It seemed to take forever to cut out all forty-eight squares, but finally they were done and it was time for the exciting bit.

Laying them all out, working out which should go where, until I knew it looked just right and the kitchen table was completely covered.

When Little Bun got home from school she helped me number all the squares. Then I started stitching each row together planning the pattern of Eldest Bun's quilt in my head as I sewed.

Now back to that wool. I've been knitting a so soft green scarf for an age now (ok so I started it last winter). It's in Rowan's Cocoon and it's lovely to work with, but it needs complete concentration and I usually only find time to sit and knit in the evening. It's a slow process, but I'll get there eventually. With this in mind and being inspired by all the lovely crochet scarves appearing, especially Julia's, I decided to make my own, much quicker scarf. I have a teal velvet winter coat and this scarf is to be a perfect friend to that coat.

Once I started working on those colours I realised why I'd liked them so much in the wool shop. They're exactly the same colours as the sitting room.


Only thing I can't decide now is should it be two squares wide - or three? Then it will need some kind of edging to pull it all together. What will it be I wonder.