Liberty Love

Hello dear readers.....today i'm sharing some liberty love...........liberty prints had my heart first when i was young.......

..........when i was an art student i collected pieces to sew skirts, long dresses and to make patchwork with.......it was possible to find remnants on some of the outdoor market stalls around manchester in those days which was good for impecunious students.......

.....now i buy liberty fabrics from online shops and etsy.......this is my little drawstring bag made in different colour ways of betsy, my favourite liberty print..... (the pattern for the dottie drawstring bag is in my etsy shop link in sidebar)......

...........sometimes new quilters ask how to make the squares line up accurately......and my advice is always press the rows in opposite directions so the seams 'nest' and pin at the corners .......i found this tip so useful when i first began sewing patchwork .......

.............some of my postage stamp pincushions made with liberty and solids, and quilted with big stitch quilting in matching thread.........

..............love the pink betsy colour way so much :)..........

...........next is a little baby quilt made of all liberty florals......it is very sweet and soft.......

............a close up of the pretty prints..........(the easy baby quilt pattern is in my etsy shop link in sidebar as before)..........

...........tiny scraps being saved.............

...........and some real flowers now with the first roses blooming in my garden this week.....rambling up over the trellis against the blue sky.........

............and here's the wisteria blooming too, it's scrambled round the back of the house since last year and is making a pretty floral, leafy frame around the landing window as you can see in this picture.......

.............thank you for dropping in to my little bit of blogland lovely readers............thanks so much for your comments and messages...always a pleasure to hear from you...............have a great week ahead and enjoy the merry month of may..............take care lovelies..................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx