Not a quilt

Just for a break from the quilt-fest I've been having of late I broke my no-swaps rule and joined the Fab Little Pincushion Swap (FLiPS)over on Flickr. I'm ridiculously out of practice at making little things so there will be much head scratching before this one gets completed. 

FLiPS in progress

 So after a little lot of faffing around this is as far as I have got. I'm hoping it will transform into something awesome but currently it's in danger of being mediocre!

Hmmm, not sure about this.

I gave creativity the day off today as I'd had an early start to the day, which in my book equals rest of the day recovering, but I'm hoping to come back to it refreshed tomorrow. In the meantime I designed yet another quilt on Touch Draw which I won't show you yet. It lead to the purchase of another Accuquilt die which is a bit naughty but I'm sure I'll justify it to myself eventually ;) In other news, our house is officially for sale...we have a board now! Catch you soon x

Tiles

I've been admiring Lynne's graphic drawings ever since she started playing with Touch Draw. I bought the Touch Draw app a little while ago and frankly didn't understand why Lynne thought it was so easy to use! I could not get to grips with it at all. Part of that is probably my inability to read instructions before trying things out! Anyway when Lynne promised to do some tutorials on her blog I figured it was worth following them to see if I could grasp the concept well enough to make it use of it myself. I'm happy to report that it appears I'm not totally inept after all!! Here's my first quilt design using Touch Draw!

 When we were house hunting on Friday one of the houses had this fantastic Victorian tiled hallway! "Ooo that'd make a great quilt, take a photo!" I said to hubby. I see more blocks coming from this inspiration photo but I think for a first go with Touch Draw it's not bad!

I'm planning on using feature fabrics in the centre of each block for a bit interest so it should be fun to put together. I might even post a little tutorial for the block construction if anyone's interested!
Catch you soon x