Marg Low Designs

impulse buying...

This was an impulsive and out of character purchase for me last week. In my defence, it was all about the colour. I'm sure I could have resisted if it wasn't a gorgeous pink.

A free bag with the latest edition of Country Style magazine. Won't the rabbits be cute for easter. Have you made an impulsive purchase of late?

Barb has started a second blog, On a Branch a Bird Sings  have you had a peek? It's simply conversations with other designers. There 's a piece about Barb, Marie Claud from Les Secrets de Marie and now me.

no secret

It's no secret my favourite projects are quick and achievable ones. I look longingly at the divine applique quilts Jan and Sue-Anne make but with no desire to start one myself. Before starting anything, I like to know the odds are good for finishing it!

I love a project you can cut out after dinner, stitch that night and if need be, put the finishing touches on the next day.

 

Some of the things I've been working on for the AQC and From Me to You Club.

Meanwhile, I'm very lucky to have friends who make those gorgeous applique quilts so I can ooh and aah over the fabrics and dream that maybe one day.......

more pink

Right now I think my favourite colour must be pink! When I stopped and actually looked at my recent fabric purchases I realised I had almost as much pink as red! I wanted to see how they looked together and made this super quick quilt top last week. I don't know why I haven't made one like this before. It was cut out in the morning and sewed together in the afternoon, with other jobs (mundane stuff like housework and bookwork) mixed in. 

Today I picked it up from Rose at Pandora Quilting and sewed on the binding. If I don't get a chance to sew the binding down over the next few nights, it will be the ideal thing to take to Friday sewing.  In fact I might just leave it for then and start work on a new project for the From Me to You club.

something old, something new

Do you have a favourite pattern, one that you keep going back to and never seem to tire of? That's how it is with my Dilly Bag & Needle Keeper pattern.  

I couldn't decide what to make with this fabric.

Then I remembered the dilly bag and thought it would be perfect. I love making this set and know I'm not the only one after hearing the girls who made it in last year's Red Treasures club commenting on how much they enjoyed making it. Some have made more than one to use as gifts.

Would you like to make this set? You can find the pattern and kit here.

I've been working on something new - just a little thing.

Jan and Sue-Anne set me a challenge - I could only use four colours. It's been stitched with the Aurifil Cotton Mako Ne12 thread. Yes I am hooked on these threads.

From Me to You club

The first classes were held at Avonleigh last week. It was lovely to see so many familiar and new faces.

The first pattern, Notepads - For You & Me, is for three Notepad covers. They are practical and pretty gifts for just about everyone, regardless of their age and whether they sew or not!

 

I'm never sure who is more excited, the girls who finish theirs in class or me.

The covers Julie, Heather, Vanessa, Lee, Robyn, Jenny and Gabi made at the evening class. It was the first time either Lee or Gabi had gone home with a finished item.

The covers Sharon, Glynis, Marion, Sue, Miranda and Belinda made Saturday morning.

 If you can't make it to class and would like to participate,  you can join on line and receive the patterns in the post. Find out more about the club here. 

hopefully today.....

There hasn't been much sewing happening here in the past few weeks. Usually I don't find making binding all that exciting, but it felt so nice doing just that.

I should really focus on sewing the red binding onto the quilt I picked up yesterday from Rose at Pandora Quilting but what I really want to do is have a play with these new fabrics.

That is, if time permits.......