the thursday thread

I do love making things for others.

I have a feeling this may happen more often.

How many quilts can a house really hold?

Have you ever thought about the future of our quilts?

I mean when they're antiques. 

(assuming they last that long)

Will there be sought after quilts?

Will there be collectors of blog quilts?

I like to think so.

Will we be given a collective name

like the impressionists or the pre-raphaelites.

I'd hope to be seen as a Van Gogh rather than a Monet.

Either way the textile rail of the future

will be a treasure trove of love x

On that note I'm off to label this one,

with the hope that somebody from the future 

may one day look me up and read this thread.....hi
ps
dont forget to enter my giveaway here

wordless wednesday

amusing you monday

Does ones creative space reflect ones personality?

If so then I name myself the creatively chaotic one.

This really sums up my whole life,

from my sewing room 

to my home

to my eating

to my cleaning

to my garden

to my head

 to my reading

to my hair

to my fashion

to my quilting 

to my fabric choices

and to my blogging.

Does it hold true for you?

Do tidy quilters have tidy quilts and tidy homes?

This weeks goal is to sort my sewing room out,

it is the top of my list,

everything else can linger for longer

in creative chaos..
ps.
Yes I am chitting my seed potatoes in my sewing room.

friday afternoon basting

Has anyone ever entered their own giveaway?

I have a feeling I probably won't win.

Wow basted within 10 minutes,

wish all quilts were so speedy.

I'm still undecided on quilting,

possibly a mix of machine and hand.

I have a busy weekend so it will have to stew in my head.

Happy weekend again!!

Dont forget to enter my giveaway here

to win 

a little love

(and thats a quilt by the way and nothing else!)

giving..a little bit of my love to you

 Well my friends

it's been a year since I changed my name and blog

 from summerfete to selfsewn.
It is actually my fifth year blogging,

some folks have come and gone

but for those of you who have stuck with me

I have been recreating a mini summer of love
 english paper pieced quilt to giveaway

as a token of my appreciation.

I had forgotten how much I love colour balancing.

Never be afraid to revisit

especially if it's one so beloved.

If you would like the chance to win 

a little love

all you have to do is follow my blog

and leave me a comment.

This giveaway is a work in progress,
so will be open for a while

though I'm thinking it will be my first finish of 2013.

Like my summer of love quilt
the fabrics I've used are a mix of old and new
but mainly old..
It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it!

Giveaway now closed

monday musings

Remember last month I showed you the butterfly clip?

Well I knew I'd had it a while.

 Imagine my surprise last week when I found this picture of 

my Brother, my Great Grandmother and me!

Little me rocking that clip!

wordless wednesday