Inspiration, planning, results. I cut out that bathroom picture only yesterday, because I liked the blue and white towel that’s hanging over the tub. I thought it would be quite an easy design to patch together as long as I didn’t mind a little planning — it’s just sewing strips and then cutting them up and sewing them to other strips.
It’s only little, about 24″ by not quite 24″ (but how excellent would this be as a bedspread!?). Maybe it’ll be a little table cover, or a cat mat for a chair, or possibly just something to sling over the back of a chair for prettiness. My plan is to eventually quilt and bind it, but I haven’t got what I need right now. Ideally, I’d like to back it with this, which means it might have to wait until I’m in America. I’ve actually got a fat quarter of this, which matches perfectly, but isn’t enough, of course. Bah.
So, re: flickr — I’m totally addicted to uploading photos. The trouble with signing up was really Yahoo’s fault, which just goes to show that unholy alliances never work out (except possibly Dairy Queen and Orange Julius). I already had an account with them, and they wouldn’t tell me my password, because I’ve apparently given them a post code different from anywhere I’ve lived for the past five years. But the problem is solved now. I’m going to go upload photos of my pets, past and present.
I love that! It would be a great bathmat or bathroom rug, too. What is the yellow fabric? Terrycloth?
Liesl — It’s chenille. I had a fat quarter of it going spare, and I think this was the perfect project for it!
I wanted to thank you for the tofu tip. I threw in a pile of bean sprouts with the tofu, served it over some rice + Saturday’s dinner was scrumptious. It’s always a coup when I can win over my meat-loving boyfriend with a tofu dish.
As for the clippings book; I have done this for years + spent equally as long trying to convince my mother that this would rid her of ALL those magazines + need to buy yet another book case. She finally got it.
Hooray! I’m glad you liked the tofu — and the boyfriend did too! I’ve been very lucky; Rob will eat just about anything, and has never complained about eating fake meat instead of the real thing.
oh, i love this so much- such a great idea! the yellow.. i LOVE! fabulous choice!
oh i love this! perfect combination!!
Love the table cover/cat mat/pretty thing. Why oh why can’t we get those Denyse Schmidt fabrics here…