A little dress and a new venture

 A new dress for a little girl. This was a Swedish print that I ordered a couple of years ago, and it turned out to be much larger than I thought from the picture in the catalogue. So, now that she has grown some, I have been able to use it.

 The print was just perfect for self-covered buttons!

And here we have some pictures of my new quilt, just beginning. I am using plain fabric to join up the hexagon flowers, so they will show up well in all their differences. I am wondering just how many variations I will be able to get out of this print.

Footnote. When I stitched the previous piece onto it's cotton duvet backing, I trimmed off the binding of the duvet before putting my patchwork edging on. Somebody made off with the trimmings, and I notice that they have a new life now, tying in the branches of the apple trees that he is training in the fruit cage. Waste not, want not - it's the Keeper training.

Still here

It has been a hard winter, and I have not been the happiest person I have ever been, but some good has come of it. and one of the goods is that I have finished a patchwork quilt. Perhaps I shouldn't call it a quilt, since there is no real quilting involved - it has been laid over and stitched down onto a cotton-filled summer weight duvet, which will mean it can be easily washed.  I didn't go in for much in the way of pattern, just making up six-patch circles and surrounding them with random patches - sort-of find-the-pattern-if-you-can.

 One of the things that fascinated me was the way some of the prints formed new patterns, when carefully cut and placed: example here of two versions made from Liberty Ianthe.

 And then two from a print of wedding ring patchwork.

It is fascinating how much variation can be produced working this way. So much so that I have found another piece of Liberty print, Copen Flower,from here, and have embarked on a new project.  This one will feature the hexagon circles on a background of plain fabrics. No photos of this one yet, but I am surprising myself since I don't reckon to be a designer - not very good at it - but this is turning out to be very satisfactory. I did hope to find a picture of the print, but it would appear that the firm has sold out of that one. I can recommend them since they send out promptly and their prices are good.
I must dig my camera out!