A Tour of my Sewing Room

I've been spending a lot of time trawling the internet for photos of people's sewing and crafting rooms. I've created a board on Pinterest for inspiration as I will be moving my room downstairs into a larger room. 

At the moment my cutting mat and rulers are in my son's room, which isn't ideal. Also the ironing board is very close to where I sit so I'm somewhat hemmed in. The one thing I do have in my little room is good storage so that's something I will definitely have in place before I move. I want to get a dresser and paint it and have it to store a lot of my larger items.

So anyway here is a tour of my sewing space as it stands. I do love this room and I spend a lot of time here but the busier I get the greater the need for more space.

 

A visit home

Not too much to report this week, so far anyway. I have continued on some more blocks for my scrappy quilt. I have 8 more blocks to trim and will start on that maybe tomorrow after I have completed some orders for my Easter Baskets. Then again it might be Friday before I get to it. 

I went home for a couple of days to Sligo this week. Just on my own without the kids. My sister had a baby boy and I was dying to see him. He's absolutely beautiful.

I'll check in again before the weekend.

Happy sewing.

Another week gone

I've had a busy week. There were some orders in for my Easter Baskets and pencil cases. Once I had these done and dusted I turned my attention to creating another quilt design. This time I wanted something that would make a dent in my scrap baskets and one that I could do in blocks rather than strip piecing.

I'm very excited about this design and even though I meant to sew it on an ongoing basis I already know that I haven't got the patience to do a block every now and then. I discovered the joys of chain piecing which is absolutely fantastic, saves so much time with the scissors and thread!

Solids Quilt top finally done

I've just finished piecing my Diamond Chain Quilt. It was hard going at times and I was thinking about shelving it for a while, which would have been a first for me. But I stuck at it and am delighted with the results. Next thing is how to quilt it, I'm not at all sure on this one.

I was in town on Wednesday looking at fabric for Sophie's Communion dress. While there I picked up a few bits and bobs. As you do. I went to Hickey's, Murphy Sheehy & A. Rubenesque.

The last fabric is for making cushions for my couch, the deep purple is for piping, if I decide to give it a go. If not, it won't go to waste.

Have a good weekend.

Friday at last

It seemed like a long week. Half term may have added to that feeling, but mostly it was a rotten head cold that stayed with me all week. I'm finally feeling a bit brighter today and the sun even shone here in Dublin. A walk in the park with the kids today was so nice. Just having a bit of sunshine is wonderful.

Valentine's came and went, and lets just say that nobody got rich off us! It was quite funny actually as my daughter came home with a beautiful red flower and a fab card. We decided that it would be all of our Valentine's day card and the flower was quite enough too! I was too sick to even think about going to the shops. I did however draw a cartoon of my daughter Sophie and our cat Lennie for Valentine's.

Because of the mid term I didn't sew since Tuesday so I have little to show. I did make some personalised pencil cases though, and something else that I can't show yet.

I hope to get some sewing done over the weekend. 

Have a good one.

Valentine's inspiration

What to make for Valentine's? Well it's not really a big holiday is it? or so I thought. During dinner last night with members of the parent assoc of my little girls school, I asked some parents if they marked it, or if they let it go by without a second's thought.

I was surprised that  everyone I asked did indeed mark it. The general theme was: night off from cooking, and take away dinner for two at home. Going out for dinner was a big no no, that was left to the young love couples! who could bear the throng and the forced romantic atmosphere. Even though babysitters are non existent for many of us parents with special needs kids a night in was preferred.

I think it's great that these couples who have been together many many years still make the time for  this day and maybe this year I might even do something similar... if I remember :)

Solids Quilt WIP

Thought I'd share some of my progress on my solids quilt. First things first, progress is slow. There are a lot of matching points and so on, but I really like what it looks like so far.

As I said in an earlier post it was easier to design than piece, not only with the 2 tone HST's to quilt but there are also a large number of 3 colour HST's to deal with too.

But I'm happy with how it's looking and I'll keep at it until it looks like the above drawing on the left!

Happy Quilting.