How was your weekend? Mine was good. It was DH’s last weekend of holiday before going back to work today, and I really miss him this morning. I did get a bit of sewing done, but you’ll see all that tomorrow for the 2nd tutorial in the Sew. Happy. Quilt. QAL!
I wanted to mention my pal Susan, the History Quilter. She’s got a podcast, and if you listen to this week’s episode, yours truly is mentioned in it! Susan is studying to be a history teacher, and I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but I am a total English history geek. Ask me about the Tudors or Stuarts and I can bore you for hours. So it’s nice to have another geek on the block. So go check it out!
And as if I don’t have enough stuff going on, I’ve joined Katy of I’m a Ginger Monkey‘s Swoon-Along, where we’ll all be making the Swoon quilt pattern that’s available from Fat Quarter Shop (it’s a pdf so you get instant gratification!). These are my fabrics, all pulled from my stash:
It’s a very laid back QAL, with no time limits or anything like that. I’m only making four blocks instead of nine. The blocks are huge at 24″ so I may only make one per month, but at least I’ll have a Swoon lap quilt by my birthday in May. And a whole bunch of my pals are joining too: Melissa of SewBittersweet Designs, Lyanna of Purple Panda Quilts, Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts, and Bonnie of Wonderfully Awkward.
Whoosh! I got carried away! Here’s the linky party:
Linky Party Rules:
- You can link anything you’ve created – an etsy shop, blog or tutorial, whatever.
- You can leave up to 2 links
- Please visit at least one other link and comment!
- I’ll be featuring a few on the blog on Feature Friday
- You are welcome to add my party button to your blog, but you don’t have to!
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Haha my 7yr old has become absorbed by history at school, I’m learning so much!
Looking forward to seeing your Swoon! I’ve held off for now, due to a slightly irrational fear of HSTs… On that note, looking forward to seeing the next blocks too,
Thanks for hosting!
Love the bundle you’ve chosen, gorgeous!!!
Very crazy how with one twitter strand 5 of us jump of the quilting cliff together 🙂 Thanks for hosting!
Nice I love your colourful fabric picks, they work so well together!
I’ve never tried quilting but at the moment I’m brewing my own beer, yum!
Fun! I want to join!
My bachelor’s degree is in history and I did English and secondary education for my grad studies, so you’ve got another geek over here!
I’m currently half-tempted to join in with the Swoon-ing…I need to go through my stash and see if I even have the fabrics for it.
*hearts*