When one quilt project isn't enough...

Not content with the secret Snowball quilt, last week I began working on a new patchwork project, which will be another quilt for myself. I couldn't help but notice that my scraps bag was bulging so I began to think of a simple patchwork design which would best use the small pieces that I save. I have very many flowery cottons and I decided to turn these into one inch squares and create a quilt with a real floral intensity!

The first heady steps of making paper templates. Yes, I own a Paddington Bear ruler and am very proud of it too. I have had it longer than I care to remember.

First scraps selected and ready for pressing and cutting.

Some time later, beautiful small squares emerge. What I will probably do is sew enough squares together to make up an 8in or 12in square and keep making these until I run out of scraps ( not likely ) or enthusiasm.

I like to have something small and fiddly to work with whilst I watch a movie etc. Also, if Gus    ( love-of-my-life-cat ) is on my lap, he doesn't like having anything on top of him, so a larger piece of sewing or ticklish, dangling threads is out of the question. This project suits the both of us.