Whew, the last week seems to have flown by! Saturday during the day I was rather sidetracked by the rugby – 221 points and 27 tries in 3 games, what a day in the 6 Nations! Plus the best team won in the end ;o) I was also out to dinner with a bunch of quilty ladies on Saturday night – Karen Lewis was ‘on tour’ teaching at Jo Avery’s shop in Edinburgh, and Fiona, Robin, Clare and Sheila and I went out to Cafe Andaluz for fabulous tapas. The train back to Glasgow was ‘interesting’ given the state of the fans returning from Murrayfield at that time o.O Yesterday afternoon also saw me back at uni giving 3rd years careers advice about how to become me when they grow up (heaven help them!)
Anyway, in between socialising and jollity, I managed to finish my rainbow IG mini swap, and also got all the photos for my Rainy Days And Mondays bag for the upcoming pattern. Plus there was a secret block, but, well, it was a secret ;o)
Finishes This Week:
My rainbow IG mini swap was highly inspired by Nicole of Modern Handcraft who I follow on IG having met her at Market last year. I did it my way (and with rather more glue than the original!), but I discovered when I went to link to it here that she has a tute on her blog if you’d like to see how to make one yourself. I used a mini charm pack of Kona Solids from their ‘extension’ a couple of years ago that had been searching for the perfect project. I paired it with Sketch prints for both the background and the binding.
Here’s the latest Rainy Days & Mondays bag, in a French advertisement laden laminate:
In Progress This Week:
Nothing else – wasn’t the above quite enough?!
To Be Worked On This Week
Do you know, I haven’t quite decided yet :o)
Linking up with Lee and the gang:
Your rainbow mini is fabulous……do you think it could get 'lost' en route?! Juliex
The rainbow mini is marvellous!
I adore that mini! I really want to try doing that, it's already on my endless 'one day' list. The bag looks amazing, very sophisticated and practical. I have resisted bag making because I basically walk everywhere and know that a cotton one would get soaked through in the Manc rain (so the bag name is totally apt for me!!). Is laminate very hard to work with?
Love what you did with those hexies! I love the bright colors and linen.
Simple and beautiful!! Love the rainbow 🙂
Ah I'm blaming the Scots for Wales coming 3rd but was delighted with the French for not letting England win! Lovely sewing going on this week, your hexies are more colourful than mine, I applied a bit of bondaweb to the back of mine, might have to invest in some fabric glue soon!
such lovely projects. Love those hexies, this is such a perfect way to show them off.
Lucky partner to get that mini!
Great colours in your rainbow mini. Love the laminate fabric for a bag (haven't tried that yet). It was a nail biting finish waiting for the final whistle and with how the leader kept changing during the day made it very exciting. Then we had a double with the girls winning on Sunday. Up the green!
Both finishes are gorgeous!!!!
I agree the best team did win in the end! I don't think I've ever yelled so hard for France in the end, great day all around! I love the mini hexies. the solids against that dark grey is gorgeous!
Love your mini – I really need to try that technique with hexies! Also – a beautiful bag!
Tense? Tell me about it, sharing the day with a husband about to have an apoplexy when the French decided to run the ball in the dying seconds of the game is not to be recommended!
Everything about your mini quilt is just gorgeous 🙂
the best team did indeed win, just a shame I was out all day and missed it, just caught the end of the excitement. Your hexies are very fine indeed, any chance I might be your partner?
I hope I'm on your rainbow team! Your swap is gorgeous! Glad you had some down time to enjoy a little rugby!
Gorgeous mini!! I bet Karen's class was stellar! Lucky girl!
When is the pattern for the rainy days tote coming out? I have just the fabric for it!! Drooling!