Bucket List (not really, more a list of buckets!)

 

It's been a while since I've made any of these fabric buckets, but it just seemed to be time to refresh my skills in making them again!

Tailored to the recipients (I hope!).  I think that they make excellent resting places for projects.

Longer for knitting needles, shorter for crochet hooks.

Hand dyes, overall prints, final pieces of novelty prints - they are all put to good use.

Deeper for holding cosmetics or undies when we are once again allowed to travel more easily.

I've had good fun making them, and I hope that they are enjoyed by the people receiving them!

Looking Ahead

When the link for '7 Small Quilting Projects' dropped into my inbox, I went over to Quilting Arts and took a look.  Their examples are beautiful  - multi coloured and bejewelled.

The idea tickled my fancy.  A small casket or holder that would be just perfect for making a change to the usual wallet that Christmas cash presents might be gifted in.

I confess, mine hasn't got much in the way of quilting or indeed decoration on it.  I've let the Christmas fabric do the talking for me!

One was never going to be enough, though.  These five were knocked up in very little time.  They are really quite cute!  I think that I'd like to enlarge the pattern and make a bigger version too.  They are fun!
 

Something New

You know what it's like when you want to start a new project, but you don't really want to think too hard about it?

That's what happened to me!

The answer?  To look at my list of quilts that I'd like to make someday (it lives just behind my computer, handily enough!), grab the nearest pile of fabric, and start cutting!

The green fabrics were still out, after the wall hangings.

I've teamed them with a pale grey and started making Mountain blocks, using the method that Bonnie Hunter shows here.

It won't be the scrappiest quilt, but even with the first few blocks made I was wondering what layout I was going going to use!

Plenty of time to decide once I've made more blocks!

 

All Done!

This set of three quilt wall hangings have been occupying me for several weeks - but they are now in the mail to their intended home, so well and truly finished!

They are designed to be hung either as a block like this  - roughly 24" each way (not quite square - it was an evolving decision about how they could be presented!).

Or in a line like this - which is roughly the width of a standard double bed.

Gum leaves added (along with some machine made cord, as I didn't have anything in the right colour), hanging sleeves on, labelled and complete.

I hope that they bring a smile when they arrive!

Now I need to put away my green threads and decide what to make next.