Autumn Tango

I finished sewing the binding down on my Autumn Tango quilt and wouldn't you know it is blowing a gale outside which has made it all but impossible to get decent photos.  The only sheltered areas seemed to be dark corners, or worse, full sun.

I am really happy to have finished this quilt.  This project was not without it's drama when UPS lost my fabric forcing me to source more after already waiting a month for the original order to arrive.  Locally I  managed to find more fabric, but the print I ordered to use for the binding didn't work in person so I ended up using grey.  I like the grey so this is ok.  The lost fabric did cause me to use more 'orange' than 'tangerine' fabrics, but by this stage I didn't care, I just wanted it done.

I used some of my Sandi Henderson Petal Party for the backing and I am very glad I did as I love it.  Neither the Mr or I liked this quilt as it sat on the design wall, but as soon as it came off the machine we both changed our minds.  It is nice that I have made something we both like and can use!

I am very glad I signed on for the Tangerine Tango challenge.  It isn't a colour I have used before and I am really happy to have this in the house now, very fitting for our first day of Autumn today!

It also counts as my March finish for AJ's 12 in 12 challenge.

And now that I think about it, it is Thursday so happy Creative Spaces to you all too!

My Creative Space

I have been busy learning how to crochet, and as such accidentally started a Granny Square blanket I think...  They are better than I thought they would be given some early failed attempts to learn this new craft and they are a great way to use left over grams of wool.

I have also been shopping.  It was not my intension but Courtney teased me with this photo on her blog so I had no choice...  What would you do with 100g of 4ply?

I have also started a NEW BLOG to celebrate the fact that our block has exchanged and we are now waiting on settlement with barely concealed excitement.  It is lovely to sit here and picture all this rain falling on acres that are soon to be ours!

The new (and exciting!) blog will be to record our Permaculture/Simple Living antics and I will keep this one for the Craft and Happy Kids sort of stuff.  There won't be too much action on the new blog until we move but it seemed like a great rainy day activity to set it up :) I have added a button to my side bar so feel free to pop in and check on progress whenever and often!

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