Sturgeon Moon

So, not much sewing this summer since a prolapsed disc in my back has really stopped me sitting down! I can't settle to anything for long at all, so I have made gallons of jam and chutney as I can stand to chop, cook and bottle.
However I have decided how to use my vintage fabrics in blues and whites which I have collected over the past few months. A very summery quilt which will serve to remind me of Cornwall and The Scilly Isles this year. The colours are reminiscent of the white sands, the agapanthus blossoms and the wonderful wide sea and sky - my Cornish Quilt. I have decided on a simple 16 patch block of medium blues and whites throughout which will be sashed by white linen. Eventually. I can only sit to do a block at a time occasionally.

Easier though has been standing to paint and stick in notebooks and journals. Today we have a full moon known as the Sturgeon Moon since it was renowned for the tribes on the banks of the Great Lakes of North America to catch this particular fish at this time of year and by this bright moon.
I bought some Koh-I-Noor dye paints at the International Quilt Show at the N.E.C last weekend and they produce a nice confident colour ideal for journals. This little notebook has been set aside for seedheads which fascinate me.









I am saving seed ready for next year - both vegetables and plants and am finding some quotes to accompany little sketches.

...and here is a journal page from the Quilt Show day consisting of some of the cards of exhibitors I wish to remember which has of course been stitched together. Journals are great to do even with limited time, just adding bits when convenient or when, in my case, the left buttock allows!

Designer Cat

I have been itching to make some bunting for a while now. Luckily my daughter, who is eight, fancied some for above her bed. Phew I've got that out of my system at last!

I have been thinking about making another quilt from vintage scraps in blue and white linens and cottons which I have been collecting for a while. Smartie has designed the pattern....

Such a proud cat. He should wear a pencil behind his ear!

Here is one of the fabrics I shall be using in the quilt - it's by Vanessa Arbuthnott who's catalogue I regularly lust my way through. I bought this piece from eBay.