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Tale Of Two Shires

Summer is definitely here, but it feels like Spring in our garden. Despite the heatwaves we have been having, all the plants in our garden are bursting with flowers. The pink and purple flowers reminded me of the field of wildflowers we saw during our trips to the UK. Inspired by a couple of photos that I had taken during our travels in England, I finished an acrylic painting and a quilted mini wall hanging.

Heather In Yorkshire Moors Painting In Acrylic | Whims And Fancies

Seeing all the flowers growing in the garden gave me an urge to start painting this Yorkshire Moor scene. Acrylic as a medium is very new to me. Before this I had only done one small tree painting in acrylic. Not to be overwhelmed by the size of the painting, I worked on it in little sections. I made innumerable mistakes, covered them up with a neutral base paint and repainted until I was happy with it. I learned too. Overall, I think I spent well over 12 hours on this painting.

I fell in love with Derbyshire while visiting earlier this year. This photo I took while standing on Stanage Edge made me think of Pride And Prejudice.

I am very happy to have brought back wonderful memories with me of both beautiful Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

-Soma

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One Block WIPs

I was having a wonderful time working on different projects until I came down with a nasty cold featuring a fever, body ache, the whole package. I knew if I forced the matter and sat at the sewing machine, I would end up unpicking every single stitch and redoing everything. However, being me and not wanting to stay in bed for long, I decided to go through my WIPs and form a plan for tackling them after I get better.

I spent almost all of the last few months working on the Lego Harry Potter quilt – designing, writing, sewing and testing the patterns to share with you. That didn’t leave me time to work on much else, so I only sewed a few other blocks now and then. Now I want to finish making a few things with those one-off blocks. Not only have I figured out what I want to do with them, I have also picked out the coordinating fabrics for these projects.

Purchase Sunburst Star Pattern

I love cross-body bags. The last bag I made was done a long time ago and has seen better days, so I will be making a bag with this Sunburst Star block. I love the nebulosity of the background I picked for this block.

Purchase Red Telephone Box Pattern

The red telephone booth block was meant be made into a bag all along, even as the picture was forming in my head. I found the perfect coordinating travel fabric in my stash.

I will turn this pinwheel flower block into a mini, a mix of modern and vintage. My friend Mary gave me the idea of making a quilt with the flowers done in multiple colours. I am going to make a kitty quilt that way, and I will test out the quilting motif on this little mini.

Purchase Summer Sailboat Pattern

Lastly, I am hand quilting this recently-finished Summer Sailboat block.

Hand quilting is quite nice when you’re unable to do much else. I am a very slow quilter, but at least I have started on this one already.

I also got a little sketchbook for doodling in everyday. As you can see from the warped pages, I have been scribbling in it quite a bit, even while parked on the sofa and huddling under a quilt. Apologies for not being able to take new photos. I will share more very soon.

Have a healthy and happy week everyone,
-Soma

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