Along with walking, hiking and gardening, sewing is my other sanity saver, and I have been doing continuing to work on some projects.
I decided I did need another six hearts to make my Heart Groove is in the Heart Quilt look more balanced. It was also a chance for me to add a few more colours that I felt was lacking in it. I'm really pleased with it now.
After the success of my scrappy chair and sewing machine cover, I decided to make a giant version, which I am going to use as the backing for my heart quilt. This way I get a reversible quilt and use up a lot of my stash. The fabrics were all cut into various lengths and are six inches wide. I'm quite delighted with how it looks, though the only downside was all the seams I had to press. Ironing is not my favourite activity connected with sewing, nore of a necessary evil.
Now, if you're wondering why you're seeeing two pictures of me wearing the same shirt, it's because I made myself another one. When I made the shirt on the right last year, it was a little tight around the armscyes, so ended up being given to my Mum. When I found some more of the same fabric, I had to get some so I could make a Bonn Shirt for me out of this wonderful dandelion print. This version is a size 6 and has tiny little mother of pearl buttons.
Should our lockdown continue, I have another couple of garments planned, and I probably should look at finishing some smaller handsewing projects that have been in my WIP pile too.
Fingers crossed, I'll actually get to go back to work soon though.
