Wednesday wonderings & a little progress

Hello there!
Just dropping in for a wee progress report on my "project a day" plans...

The day started well I got the front & back of a bag I am making in a secret swap for one of the ladies in our do. Good Stitches bee

I am really enjoying making this bag....its so bright & happy! I had thought of using the quilt-as-you  go method, but instead I used fusible fleece & quilted around each patch - laborious, but I like the finished look

While it was still sunny I also made some progress on my husbands fathers day gift. A few months ago Lynne (AKA Lily's Quilts) posted a Dead Simple Quiltalong & my husband asked me to make him a quilt for his surgery. His favourite colours are green & purple, so I duly bought some lovely Kona Solids in various shades of purple & green. Of course, like many of my bright ideas, I kind of lost interest before I even started & the fabrics were left abandoned in a corner of the cupboard  (sorry Lynne). But seeing as Fathers Day is fast approaching I thought I should look again at the fabrics... but this time no matter how I arranged them, I just didn't like them together... Does that ever happen to you - you are making something for someone & really want to be directed by their taste, not yours... but its so difficult... Well, unfortunately I just couldn't go with the green & purple combo & instead came up with this

My husband LOVES dogs... I mean seriously ADORES them (while I'm typing this, he's looking at photos of Old English Sheepdogs - I'll say no more!!) So hopefully he won't mind me substituting the purple fabrics for Annela's Sherbet Pips dogs.. I've made some more blocks but I was just wondering before I stitch them all together, what do you think of the colour/pattern combos? I was reading somewhere something about mixing high & low value prints & I have no idea what that means... but I am hoping someone out there might help me out (preferably by tomorrow!!!) So, please do tell me - how does this look to you? If you were a patient going to see your GP (family doctor) & you had to lie down on the treatment couch would you like this little lot over you??? 

I can't wait to hear what you think.... 

Take care

Karen

Thank You!

Hello There!
Hope you are all having a lovely day (despite the weather if you live in rainy Ireland!)

Thank you so much to those of you who sent me such lovely comments about Creative Christmas I will be back on Friday with some wonderful printables for your planner!

Thank you also to the very kind Ros who sent me these wonderful blocks for the Kind Stitches Bee

Ros has some lovely photos of what an English garden should look like in the autumn (unlike our rain-soaked field!!) - check it out here

Thank you again to those of you who have already or are the process of making some blocks. 

For those of you who have missed previous posts about the Kind Stitches Bee this is a bee which I have set up to make non-wadded quilts for children in a shelter in Thailand who have been rescued from sex-trafficking. My husband & I will be going at the end of November to provide some medical help for the children in the shelter & I would love to take your kindness & love with me for these wee souls. So, if you are able, it would be wonderful if you would consider making some blocks for the quilts. They can be of any design you like & finished size either 6.5" or 12.5". The only key thing is that they have a white border. If you would like any more information about the work we will be doing, or how you can help make these very special quilts I would love to hear from you!

So may I just say, once again:

Karen

PS I have just found out that my Scrappy Christmas Planner was featured to-day in Craft Gossip!! This is a fantastic site with loads of tutorial links. If you've never been, check it out here