Chris Dodsley @mbCD: July 2012

Friday, 27 July 2012

Thank You Rachel at Suz Made Me Do It :)

Just before I set off for London I told you all about a post from Rachel at Suz Made Me Do It offering a box of quilt magazines to anyone interested. Well I'm back from my travels and what's waiting for me ...this fab box full of quilting magazines, books and patterns.

So I'm can no longer say I've never owned a quilting magazine or even looked at one, this pile is amazing. An additional bonus is that having spent the last few months looking for ideas for this December when it's my turn to be Queen Bee, I've found just the quilt to make in the Grandma's Quilting Bee book!

So I'm very delighted and want to say another big thank you to Rachel for being so wonderful.

Thank you Rachel :)

London 2012 Olympic Games

So very proud to be British - the opening ceremony to the London 2012 Olympic Games was spectacular - a big WOW to Danny Boyle for masterminding it all. Highlights - Industrial Revolution and Olympic rings, James Bond and the Queen, Beckham and Redgrave, lighting the Olympic Stadium torch ... simply FaBuLoUs :)

London 2012

No words, just pics & titles ...

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Monday, 23 July 2012

More Fabric

I've been buying more fabric on my travels around London, what do you think of these?

Picked these two cute fabrics up at the V&A Museum - created by Evergreen they're 'reusable wrapping paper',100% cotton - Marching Soldiers and Routemaster London Bus and Taxi but I think they'll quilt beautifully.

Next stop Shaukat on Old Brompton Road, South Kensington. Shaukat is the largest stockist of Liberty fabric in London (way, way more fabric than Liberty itself). Spread over 2 floors this is fabric heaven.

Picked up 7 Liberty fabrics, a piece by Rose & Hubble and a 3 metre length of John Kaldor fabric. The smaller pieces are all Art Nouveau designs and the larger piece is Art Deco. My English house was built during the Art Deco period and I added some Art Nouveau features successfully (after all both periods were next to each other on the design timeline and I guess people would have been mixing both styles quite naturally anyway) so I think I can make these work together well.

I'm really keen to get home now - all this fabric and all I want to do is start sewing :)