Plan Bs had to happen in May with lots of family happenings, so I haven't quilted the baby quilt yet. The theory is that it will happen this week, as I am supposed to be home - less paid work, no family issues, no housework being done (!) - so lots of sewing time! Let's hope that will happen. I did get a few other sewing tasks completed in May, though.
I've now cut all the fabrics needed for the flowers on the Quatro quilt. I had used up all the fabric that came with the kit, but it was easy to find similar enough fabrics in my stash to cut pieces for another 15 or so flowers. If I mix the new fabrics with the older ones in the flowers and scatter them around the quilt, nobody will be able to tell they're not part of the original. I am hopeful that there is enough fabric for the light grey and white stars but I haven't yet cut all the pieces I need for those. Solid fabrics like those are not hard to find though, so I'm not stressing about them. Shown are the piles of the three shapes needed for the flowers. So many of them! It will take a while to finish this quilt.
I made another couple of hot water bottle covers for my daughter's family, using up fabric and batting scraps. I'm so glad I can help them out in this way. The ten year old boy certainly seemed happy with the skull and crossbones fabric!
Our local toy library is up and running again - Yippee! and I'm on the committee for a while until they get established. (I was last on the committee and a member in the late 1990s!) With the stocktake earlier in the year, lots of the costumes needed minor repairs so I took some home and did those. All needed washing too. Two police shirts needed badges that didn't look too authentic but still seemed real. I designed and printed the badges on fabric and sewed them onto the shirts. Hopefully the kids will enjoy pretending to be police or security officers. (Forgot to take photos though, sorry!)
My son asked me to make a padded drawstring bag for his spiral didgeridoo. Searched for a design but ended up making my own pattern, based on several online. The bag is padded, with double batting but the drawstring part isn't, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to close very well. I used up some of my Aussie fabric and joined together quite a few small batting pieces to make enough for the double thickness in this bag. (I always get such a sense of accomplishment when I use up small pieces of fabric or batting. I'm trying very hard not to throw anything out.)
I hadn't seen this style of didgeridoo before- different, isn't it?
May fabric tally
Only finishes are two hot water bottles and the drawstring bag, so only 1.5m used last month.
Fabric used: - 1.5m Fabric acquired: + 0 m
2022 fabric tally so far: + 29.5 m
