Friday 8 July 2016

A Memory Quilt and a mended chair

I have been away from Blogland for over a month and it seems a very long time. Each week I have thought about a new page and found I have nothing new to say. Sometimes it is just like that and you have to wait for a while I guess. In the sewing room I have been slowly making a memory quilt for Noah, which has been a joy and a delight as I cut up his little t shirts and turned them into simple blocks.

Memory quilt block by Green Star Quilts
This will be a single bed size quilt with lots of loved pictures from the t shirts, little pockets and buttons, wiggly bits and dangly legs, Martians and cowboys....

Memory quilt block by Green Star Quilts
Here are all the blocks.....

Memory quilt blocks by Green Star Quilts
At the moment I am quilting the seams in the ditch to hold it all together. It won't be the flattest quilt ever but it will be very loved indeed....

Memory quilt block by Green Star Quilts
Last week I rescued a chair! The poor thing was dumped in a car park, the seat split, the canvas rotted so I put it in the car and took it home. I thought it could be my first attempt at chalk painting!! I didn't take a photo of the 'before' but here is the' after' and I am absolutely delighted with the end result. It is perfect for the summer house near the vegetable garden!

Chalk painted rescued chair 
The new canvas came from my local fabric shop Fabric Corner......

Chalk painted rescued chair 
As it is near the vegetable patch (well if the vegetables would just get on and grow), it is perfect....
Chalk painted rescued chair 
I can't wait to have time to sit in it.... maybe soon and if it is, at last, sunny too, glass of wine and seed catalogue in hand....

Chalk painted rescued chair 
Thanks for stopping by to read this, a rather slow diary of the week, the quilt will be finished soon,
Kind regards,
Sue