To market, to market ...

Sorry to disappoint you if you thought this was a report from the quilt market....

Sorry to disappoint you if you thought you had seen the last of Rome...

But don't you just love the colours of nature...

Beautifully displayed at the Campo dei Fiori in Rome!

Now I know the Italian economy is not brilliant at the moment but to sell small fiascos...?  Wonder how much they are?....and whether they grow up into bigger ones?

And finally this photo is for Archie!  Can you see why?

Now if those colours don't inspire you I don't know what will!

Basket weave quilt

Another course with Carolyn Forster at the Quilt Room.

This was a lovely simple quilt to put together but I have gone and complicated things with my quilting which I am doing by hand.  It has more detail than I would usually do as there are quite big areas of open space.

The fabrics in this quilt have an autumnal feel so I have quilted leaves with a small grid background.  Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced the quilting stencil I was using so have not got any further.

I am using the quilt as you go method and have pieced all the strips, layered and basted them.  All I need to do to finish this project is lots of hand quilting on quite narrow pieces at a time.  This makes it much more portable - maybe it could be a waiting in the car project.  Then once they are all quilted I will stitch each row together. 



Must find that template so I can get this quilt finished or I could try and copy it from the two I have already quilted!  Either way it should be finished for autumn....but which one 2011, 2012,...?

Nicky