Dyeing

Acid dyeing on wool. Not Modern, but still interesting.. Lots more about this on my Other Blog (click the picture)

As promised (did you hear the swearing?)

Well I finished trimming my blocks and proceeded to lay them out only to find that I had managed to make three of the blocks wrong - much swearing, cursing and unpicking ensued. I also missed two blocks off my making list completely. Once all these were remedied I think the end result was worth the fight:

The basic pattern for these blocks is available on my website (click on the photo to go there)

Oakshott Galore!

That lovely Michael Oakshott has been at it again. Every now and then he has a clearout and sends us a box or two of oddments - it's like being a kid at Christmas!

Being swamped by a veritable mountain of fabric is a little daunting, but by sorting into colour heaps we managed to reduce chaos to a rather delicious order. This lot is destined for student packs, samples for Michael and generally drooling over.

Sanity Questioned?

It is at this point in a project that I really start to question my sanity

126 blocks trimmed - only another 4 to go! Then I need to lay them all out and make sure I have got the colours in the right places or the 3-D illusion won't work. Fingers crossed. I will post later in the week...if it works...if it doesn't you'll probably be able to hear the swearing, wherever you are.