Of Butterflies and Babies

Haven't done much in the way of patchworking recently but have managed to finish one project and get started on a second.

One of the lovely ladies who comes in to wash my DH has just become a grandmother for the first time so I thought I would make her a little quilt to celebrate the event. Decide to just make something small (65cm sq) that she could throw on the floor to let the little one roll on.

I remember seeing an episode on Simply Quilts that showed a lovely little quilt by Patrick Lose and decided to make that. Very happy with the way it turned out and she was so excited to receive it which made me all the more pleased.

Then decided to get stuck into my butterfly quilt. Didn't receive any comments when I posted it on the blog so decided to go ahead.

This is now going to be the background. Sorry it is not very clear but basically it is all tone on tones in white. The applique of the butterfly and the pumpkin leaves and flowers will go on the little squares side. Its about 58cm long and 62cm wide.

Now will come the fun part - the applique.

I had booked in to do the applique class with the Thimblelady but unfortunately they did not get enough people to run it here but had enough to fill 3 classes at Figtree so they moved the class. I would have had to down to there. It is about 1 1/2 hrs drive from here and I just couldn't leave DS to look after his Dad all that time.

So now I have to make a big decision - will I do my usually fused applique and go round each raw edge or will I make the attempt to do needle turn? It has a lot of fiddly bits and shapes so I am not sure that my needleturn is up to it. On the other hand it would be a great learning curve!