I enjoyed playing around with those bits of left-over fabric more than I realised. And when it comes to enjoyable sewing, nothing beats the simplicity of straight lines. Someone I knew would have called it donkey work, in which case I’m having an Eeyore week.
The colours don’t show up that well in the pics, but they are a gorgeous mix of blues and creams and teals and greys and browns.
I like random, so I’ll never be one of those clever quilting ladies whose exquisitely thought-out fabric mosaics I admire so much! But I still felt I deserved a rotary cutter and a proper cutting mat – an early birthday present to myself :-) My squares are so much squarer now!
Nice piece of work 
Every fabric lover deserves a cutting mat and rotary cutter… or two… or three. Love that colour scheme. Now you’ve got the bug, try making the pieces smaller; you’ll be amazed how many more fabrics you can get into one quilt :-)
I can’t believe how long I’ve lived without a rotary cutter!!! And, yes, I’m already onto smaller squares…..
And I can’t live without two cutting mats and two rotary cutters! So much easier, isn’t it?
Ooops, I mean counterpane, of course.
It really is lovely.
Where did you get the mat and cutter?
Mama’s Wool and Habby in Diep River. Cost me a small fortune but I figured it will last me til I get to the Great Habby Shop in the Sky.
It is lovely.
Where did you get the mat and cutter?
Jill I think that is STUNNING!! I love the randomness of it :-) One day I am going to learn to sew !!! and make clever things like that xxx
we organise a sewing morning one of these fine days…? :-)
As a long term user of a rotary cutter, my advice is to keep an eye out for spare cutting blades. The same blades range in price from R48 in Kleinmond to R35 in Cape Town. I always cut on the inches side of my cutting board because I find it easier to count and measure in inches. Waiting patiently for a scrappy quilt to appear on your blog!
Huh – you got bargains!! I paid R105 for a single blade :(
Lovely! <3
It looks lovely. I have a rotary cutter but no mat, so I don’t use the cutter! Der! As my sons would say. Thanks for the push.
I promise you, you will never pick up a pair of scissors again (well, almost!)
It looks great! Love the colours, very soothing.
Thanks. Next one going to be RED !!!! :-)
Red will be pretty. There might be something in the package I sent you can use, that is if the darn thing ever makes it to you.
Well now, I had a looooooong chat with the customs depot here in Cape Town on Friday….seems like it’s been held up and no-one can really explain why, so I’m trying to find out if going there in person will help my case :(
I think I need to stop using the shipping place near my house, I bet they filled out the paperwork wrong. I will compensate you if there are additional charges, so let me know what happens.
Lovely, really lovely Jill.
Thanks :-)