Purple jelly roll

I spotted this jelly roll a few days back and bought it on the spot as it has quite a few purple fabrics which should work brilliantly in my City Sample by Tula Pink (#tula100 on Instagram). As a bonus, I now also have a few reds, greens and blues for other projects.

Trying tea time treat

I am trying the 'Teatime Treat' dress in Rob Merrett's book 'Cute Clothes for Kids'. So far it is very straight forward, although I am not sure I'll do the ties next time as ODD wouldn't be safe climbing in it with them on!

Fleece baby monkey hat

Super simple pattern for a fleece hat. As it is for a baby who cannot yet sit up, I had to skip the dinosaur version and instead make the ears on the top of the head.

I can't believe how many shops are selling baby hats with embellishments at the back; what are they thinking? 

Dress for a girl who loves whales

I was trying to make a "non-girlie" dress as there seem to be a pink overload in the young girls' departments at the stores.

I mixed three really strong patterned fabrics, all containing blue. 

Here is the result!

The pall at the Swedish Church in London

The work with the pall for the Swedish Church in London is entering the final stages.

After almost three years and over 1,500 hexagons pieced together by hand by 10-15 volunteers on a monthly and sometimes bi-weekly basis it has now returned back from the long arm quilters.

The quilting was made using a leaf pantograph with a medium green thread.

Detail from the spring season

The pall is huge almost 4 meters long and a bit over 2 meters wide.

The ladies are busy finishing off the edge by hand.

Hopefully it'll be fully finished in a few weeks time.

Long arm quilting by The Quilt Room in Dorking (link)