Sunday Blues featuring Handmade Monday 51
It’s a soft, grey, January day here in old Plymouth town and there was some talk of snow on an earlier weather forecast. I will believe it when I see it.
I have just checked the metoffice site and there is a weather warning – perhaps, perhaps not. It looks like my travel plans for tomorrow may be cancelled. I was quite looking forward to a day out – what a shame.
Friday saw the arrival of some lovely bits of fabric on which I have spent far too much money. I bought some more fabric for a bag (3 different designs). Included in this stash is a new jelly roll which, as a pennance for indulging myself, I had mad an agreement (with myself) that I couldn’t start it, couldn’t even unroll it, until I had finished the Puttin on the Ritz jelly roll.
I started out to make another small quilt but I had 15 strips left and once I had started sewing it was clear that it wasn’t enough. So this is what I made instead.
It’s a baby changing bag 14x12x6 with a matching changing mat, comme-ca:
So now, as well as finishing the Boy Blue quilt, I can embark, comparatively guilt free, on new quilt journeys. I have some lawn prints waiting to be turned into a pinwheel quilt, I have some Sherbert Pips collection which are going to be one with stars made of 4 patch blocks and half square triangles and I have the Morris & Co ones which I am keeping for me.
They will form the quilt for our new bedroom in what hopefully will be our dream new home. If you all send prayers or positive thoughts or good vibes I’m sure that can only help.
When you’ve finished with all that malarky – why not pop over to Wendy’s Handmade Monday, I know Ros‘ tutorial will be one not to miss. Happy Sunday everyone.
the life and loves of a sheweevil 
Love the complementary shades of blue you have used on this bag. BTW, I want what you are on because currently you are a total whirling dervish on the quilting front and with such fabulous results 🙂
Love the blue tones, beautiful
Blue is such a restful shade, and these are beautiful together…
Very stylish bag. Super colours and looks as though it’s a good size too! We girls need to carry loads in them!
I can’t believe how easy you make this look. I think it might be time for me to take some lessons if I ever want to get up to your standard! Fantastic, congratulations!
Really, it all comes back to needle work lessons at school and a lifelong interest. I have only recently come back to it all 🙂
Love the blue shades and how well they work together.
I like the matching changing mat, such a good idea.
Jan x
The changing mat and the bag look great, I love the colours, it looks so gentle. x
I love the colours….so calming….and you need that sometimes when you have a baby xx
Love the changing mat and especially the bag. The colours are really great. Mich x
It’s gorgeous!
Such lovely material – the bag looks beautiful. Hope you have a good week.
Love the bag looks very delicate and dainty 🙂
Lovely fresh colours, hope you didn’t see any snow. No snow here yet. In fact it is freezing but the sun has his hat outside my work window!
Love the polka dot fabric (that’s my weakness all things dotty!) x
What a good idea for those odd scraps you don’t know what to do with. I’ll bear that in mind for the future.
I love the colors, they make me think of comfy blue jeans but classier! This would be wonderful to have. Very nice idea.
Very lovely – far too good to change a baby on! We had snow this morning, but too wet to settle!
Jo x
We had snow on the way up and back but none in Plymouth 😦
Beautiful colours – nice and calming!
Thank-you
Change a baby on it? Are you mad? It’s a great piece of work!!
So were my babies 🙂
Thank-you for all the lovely comments 🙂