Grandchildren and School Holidays

I am fortunate to live in a small coastal community, so it is the perfect spot for the grandchildren to spend a week over the school holidays….while mum and dad have to work.
These January holidays offered a mixed bag as far as the weather…..on sunny days we did beach ‘stuff’ and on the rainy days the children discovered my sewing machines. They were very creative playing with charm squares. After lots of planning and sewing they each made a quilt top….all their own work. Grandma was then charged to do the quilting and bindings. They then spent hours experimenting on my Bernina machines, discovering all the fancy stitches and patterns they could sew with lots of different coloured threads. A great achievement for a 6 year old and 9 year old.

I have also been busy making a handbag for my granddaughter to take to the Taylor Swift Concert next week. I hope she likes it.

I painted with lumier paints on black fabric, then quilted with red/gold thread for the snake, before outline quilting with black rasant.