The Hamper

When I purchased a set of crockery for the caravan it came in a wicker hamper. I did not need the hamper for the crockery and today I thought I would ‘recycle’ it as a container for my scrap fabrics.

I choose a fabric that is almost as old as I am , well not quite but you get my drift! Cut it to shape and thought it would be a five minute job to attach it to the hamper... WRONG... it has taken me forever to sew it to the tightly woven canes of the hamper, fingers are sore and I need a cuppa to recover !

I think it is looking quite smart and will be a great place for all the little bits of scrap fabric I seem to accumulate.

Plus it makes a great footstool when I am not using my sewing machine.

I forgot to put a picture of my three new quilt books...

I have plans for making a Christmas Tree quilt from the Vintage Christmas book, and the Birthday Cake design from the Perfect 10 Quilts book.

Both will be Sew Alongs with Pat Sloan, so I bought her book as well.

Luckily I have managed to find all the fabric from my stash except for the background fabric. After a lot of research and shock horror at the price of fabric these days, I managed to get just what I needed from Doughty’s on line and it was on sale, so a win win situation.