colourful

Ahhhhh  February almost over

and colour is never far away.

This week, when I saw again the strips I cut some years ago

for a "Michael James" quilt,

I felt an itching to use all those lovely "left overs"

Lots and lots of strips, 3,5 cm wide

arranged like a rainbow

Two boxes in fact ánd some new strips ...

because when you start thinking about a new piece

it turns out you don't have the "right" colour

As long as I have the "Glorious Patchwork" book

by Kaffe Fassett, I loved the quilt

that's adorning the cover,

but never came around using that particular pattern,

untill now !

A loose arrangement with what I have so far

(squares of about 30, 15 and 7,5 cm)

Many more blocks will be made

(and yet more strips to cut)

This is what I needed all the strips for in the first place !

You have to be very neat with the stitching

but in fact it's not thát difficult

because you're working on a grid (1 cm)

printed on interface 

( vlieseline  rasterquick )

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And that it's the end of February

is showing in the garden too !

After the winter aconites and the snowdrops :

there are the small irises
(ha, each year there are móre !)