my quilt, finally

Today's breakfast consisted of left-over tart, an English muffin and Poirot. It was nice. :)

I finally took pics of my quilt! It is very hard to take interesting pictures of a blanket. They are so flat and such. This was the best I could do - I was on the computer, looked out the window and saw the beautiful light and had to do something in it, so the quilt was my perfect candidate. 

For a little back story on the blanket... I was inspired to make it when I found a box of scrap fabric in the attic - really old stuff, some of Mom used to make clothes for Sara, Logan and Griffin, and the like. They were very, very small scraps, so cutting them into 3x3 squares was my only option. From there, I simply decided to make it an alternating pattern of color and muslin, and added more fabrics, though all of which are used in something else. I bought nothing for the sole purpose of my quilt. There are fabrics used in our stockings, aprons, quilts, baby quilts, curtains, etc. And then I hand stitched around each colored square for about four months. And voilà!

Oh yes, and Christina! I love my hula hoop. It is lovely! I actually took that image while hooping. It was tricky! 

We ended the evening with some choco ice cream and then watched Sherlock! It was very good! Have I mentioned how much I adore Steven Moffat?? He's bloody brilliant. I was very uncertain about the idea of putting Sherlock Holmes in modern day, and not changing the names or anything, but it is working. I really liked it.

I started using my Flickr account again today. I think I'll be posting more pictures on my blog than on Flickr, but if you'd like to check me out or follow me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/streamofviolets/

Now for some more Poirot!

- caroline