Whatcha Doing?

 Has Spring sprung where you are too?

I know it hasn't for all of you, and some of you will be heading into Autumn, but this week it finally feels like Spring is here.  My magnolia is flowering, the garden is starting to grow and I've been able to sit out and crochet in the sun.  Spring is my absolute favourite time of year and I'm delighting in the warmth of the sun and enjoying the house feeling full of light again.

I was planning to post about some little pot holders that I've made lately, but that can wait for now.  Today I want to enjoy the moment, soak up the bright colours of the tulips, think about the wonderful potential of new green shoots and fresh new ideas. 

So, on the subject of potential, I thought I'd show you a couple of things I'm working on at the moment.

The first has come from nowhere.  A project born out of a whim.  I've had these vintage sheets for a little while now.  I got them from the lovely Messy Jesse's new fabric shop, Sew and Quilt.  (She's one of my lovely sponsors, so the link is in my sidebar if you fancy a look.)   I've been looking forward to cutting into these beauties and although my original plan was for a bag, all of a sudden I decided I'd make a quilt.

For some reason quilt making happens like that for me.  Although there's a least a dozen different quilts I want to make at some point, I never really plan on making one, until suddenly one day I just start.  Then, once I've started, it's pretty hard to stop.

These light, bright, floral fabrics seem just the thing to be working with at the moment.

Then there's the crochet.  Almost always, there is crochet.

At the moment, as you may know if you follow me on Instagram, I'm working on a blanket.  A blanket of many, varied and one colour blocks.  A sort of 'sampler' blanket I suppose.  You can see from my basket of colours that I've got some more muted tones this time round.  I suppose it's very 'on trend' in a way, the pastel look.  That wasn't a deliberate decision, I just choose what felt right for this blanket and this idea.  I wanted a nice old feel, but in a more faded way this time.  Apparently, a sampler style blanket made up of one colour blocks in different patterns suggest to me old, faded, lacy vintage.

The blocks are all done and I'm at the joining stage at the moment.  I'm enjoying this one, taking my time.  Trying to avoid my usual urge of getting in a frenzy to finish toward the end.  I'll have to start thinking about border ideas soon.  I'm thinking wide.  Wide and open and lacy but we'll see...

That's what I'm doing right now.  What about you?  Whatcha doing?


S x

♥

PS - The book I'm using for my blocks is Jan Eaton's 200 Crochet Blocks, in case you were wondering!

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