This morning I thoroughly cleaned up the house and am now in the process of making it all messy again.
This is my kind of mess - sewing mess, the kind that I actually don't mind tidying (not as much as other more boring kinds of messiness anyway).
This past weekend was spent in the company of more petal projects.
And now that I'm using some of the petals, I needed to stitch up some new ones (don't want to run out of these do I?). I like how these new ones are unintentinally matching my sewing pouch, this could mean they are going to be made into some bigger sewing pouch-y thingy (undecided but thinking on it).
As expected I spent a considerable number of weekend hours sitting on my new lady chair doing lady like reading stuff. I got a copy of brand new UK magazine 'Modern Quilting' to ooh and aahhhh over. I'm so excited to see this publication hit the shelves and am hopeful to see what it could mean for the growth of quilting in the UK - it's an inspiring read packed with projects and interviews from the likes of Lynne and Kate and I really should mention that there is an interview with little ole me in there too (yes I did spend the weekend giddy-ing over this simple fact). Congratulations to the Modern Quilting team for putting together such an exceptional debut, I look forward to your success!
Loving those petals! The new ones are quite pretty! :)
And congrats on the interview!!
Posted by: Jeni | 02/27/2012 at 01:00 PM
The petals look great and I love your sewing 'mess'!! Congratulations on the interview!
Posted by: Archie the wonder dog | 02/27/2012 at 01:30 PM
Congratulations on your interview. Your fabric designs are lovely. My mum has just finished a quilt for her nephew in Little Apples and it has turned out beautifully.
All the best,
Shontelle.
Posted by: Shontelle | 02/27/2012 at 01:32 PM
Congrats, Aneela, and keep giddy-ing and petal-ing;-)
Hildy
Posted by: Hildy | 02/27/2012 at 02:03 PM
happy mess-making! :)
Posted by: randi | 02/27/2012 at 02:24 PM
How do you make those beautiful, perfect petals? Gorgeous!
Posted by: Joan | 02/27/2012 at 02:27 PM
I do love a creative mess, I think it makes me feel better about the mess here! Congrats on the mag interview- Brit quilts in magazine form at last!
Posted by: kerry | 02/27/2012 at 02:41 PM
Hi Joan,
I english paper piece the petals, I made my own paper templates and use those to sew the fabric on to :)
Posted by: aneela | 02/27/2012 at 03:01 PM
Your Monday morning "mess" is so pretty!
Posted by: Happily Ever After | 02/27/2012 at 03:54 PM
That magazine looks great! And I am drooling over your box of scraps... Or is that boxes?
Posted by: Margaret | 02/27/2012 at 04:00 PM
Yay for not letting the new sofa stay all pristine for too long, and congrats on being in the great new magazine too - it's a winner x
Posted by: Flying Blind | 02/27/2012 at 06:32 PM
Congratulations on your interview, I need to get my hands on a copy ASAP. :-)
Posted by: Karen | 02/27/2012 at 08:11 PM
How long and wide are your petals? How do you make the pattern accurate? Very cute!
Posted by: Kristy | 02/28/2012 at 02:17 AM
I wish my messes looked so pretty! Love the petals, can't wait to see what they'll become! Modern quilting!? Yet another quilting mag on the newsstand?! Yippeee! she groaned.....
Posted by: Ute | 02/28/2012 at 08:03 AM
hi aneela...HOW do we get this magazine?..!!!!
can't wait to read about you..looks like a great one...LOVE YOUR "A WALK IN THE WOODS".:)
Posted by: Judy in Idaho | 02/28/2012 at 06:24 PM
Hi Judy,
Thank you :) You can subscribe here http://www.insidecrochet.co.uk/shop.php?crn=205&rn=537&action=show_detail
or buy pdf downloads here http://store.payloadz.com/details/1001103-ebooks-arts-and-crafts-modern-quilting-issue-1.html
Hi Kristy,
The finished petals are about 3" x 1 1/2". For the template I folded some paper and then drew and cut the first template, it took a few go's to get it right - then I used this to draw around to make all the other templates.
Posted by: aneela | 02/29/2012 at 01:01 PM