I’ve got a few days off work next week. I’m looking forward to spending some time in my new house, tidying and straightening things out to get them a bit more how I like them. Everything is still a bit higgledy-piggledy from moving in then having christmas. It will be a real spring clean. I might even put on a pinny.  This one would be perfect.

It will be great to have everything organised, maybe I’ll invest in something lovely to set it all off:

wish list for a cosy home

roddy the owl screenprint in… roddyandginger $40	Stig Lindberg Gustavsberg Or… JunkHouse $56	Vintage French Red Enameled … GrisSourisBroc… $67	Søholm Denmark – bird wall … danishmood $380
Vintage Mid Century Modern T… CoMod $139	Soholm Denmark Lamp Base – P… thelittleblack… $300	Mid-Century Ackerman Era Rug… VestigeModern $85	1960’s-1970’s Vintag… DoubleDAREHome… $25
Autumn photography 11×14 fal… kimberlyblok $45	Large Industrial Retro Schoo… LookatthisHone… $60	Danish vintage plastic kaffe… Inspiria $140	Really pretty 60s vintage re… Inspiria $120
SIGNED PRINT Streetscene artyadz $8.95	Very Cool, Vintage Swiss Alp… cocoandcoffeev… $24	Retro Style Egg Carton / Vin… SugarFoxShop $7.25	Mid century poster, A3, Retr… angelaferrara $18

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So far, I have not ventured very far into the world of patchwork.  All the quilts I have made have been simple pieced squares:

 

half square triangles:

or very easy “made up in my head” type piecing:

Until now!  I had some of this fantastic Heather Ross Itsy Bitsy Spider fabric, that I wanted to combine with some small grey polka dots and tiny yellow polka dots.  I had a little google around and found a quilt block called a disappearing nine patch.  Hm.  sounds intriguing, looks good, and more importantly, looks straightforward!  Gave it a try, and hey presto!

 

Here’s a little close up so you can see the cute fabric:

 

 

Love it!  Now there’s just the little matter of backing, quilting & binding it…

Treasury Tuesday is back!  Yeah!

I’m so looking forward to spring for all sorts of reasons, but especially for the sun.  And maybe a little bit of warmth, just enough so I can leave my coat at home…

Hurry up springtime…!

Lovely spring-like things x

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE Hand S… SpoonsnThings $9.00	Beautiful Blue Bubbles Sun F… hanfluff $10.00	Embroidery Hoop Art. Yellow … CatshyCrafts $35.00	Set of yellow vintage button… Anyasattic $3.50
weather // sun oddpockets $0.75	Yellow Check Deer Blouse TreefallDesign $34.00	Here Comes The Sun – Stained… TheRoundWindow $30.00	Hello Sunshine – Greeting Ca… FreyaArt $4.00
Sunshine Yellow Heart Garlan… PaperSissorsSt… $12.00	Little Yellow Acorn Necklace Lilley $4.00	Yellow limited edition ‘… emilyhogarth $45.00	hand stamped, hand cut Yello… ChilliPeppa $2.50
Bird Mobile – Yellow Orange … littlenestbox $50.00	Green cuff links, tender sho… greengrass2 $16.00	color pencil ear studs, the … huiyitan $5.00	Spring Green Book Collection… VintageScholar $32.00

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