My 14th Love Quilts Square

This square is for a little girl called Olivia who has autism, ADHD and minor heart defects. The chosen theme for her quilt was Tatty Teddy, which I've never seen as a quilt theme before!

I already had this Tatty Teddy kit at home called "Three Little Sailors" so I decided to use that. Because of the size limit, I decided to use one and then add a border.

I googled for the bunting border and found another border that had anchors at the corner, so I merged them together. It looks pretty darn cute if I do say so myself, but the backstitch was a bit extreme. It's all made up of tiny stitches and they're all in between stitches, rather than in the corners that would allow you to use the pre-made holes in the fabric! All in all though, the whole square only took 3 days in half term - and that wasn't 3 full days either!

Love Quilts Square no. 14

 

DMC Kit: Tatty Tatty - Three Little Sailors

So, naturally, I've decided to start the whole kit now - I was going to leave it for a while to have a break from the backstitch, but in the end I decided to do it while my memory on how I did it was relatively fresh. I think I'll leave the lighthouse bear for last though! 

I think now's a good time to share my next ongoing sewing project with you. I say "ongoing" because it is going to be a mammoth task. 

Some of you may know I recently celebrated my 30th birthday. *insert your own age joke here* My mum bought me the most amazing gift. She's had a cross stitch chart made of a photo from my wedding day!

Almost a year ago!

She said she was originally just looking for a photo of my bouquet on its own, but - unbelievably - there wasn't one. Mum's suggested that I keep it as on ongoing project and do other things on the side as well. 

My super organised mummy!

8 pages for the chart and umpteen different colours - think she might be onto something there! Lots of Stitch and Bitch meetings will be needed I feel! I'm excited to get started though 😄