a quilting project

I've been working on this for a while

Using only fabric - and buttons - already in the house.

I got the idea from an issue of Country Living magazine, showing some lovely pillowcases designed by Cath Kidston.

She fused two or three sizes of fabric circles onto a white cotton pillowcase, trimmed with lace edging.

It was charming, and I thought to use the idea in a quilt (I'm not a quilter, by the way!), but didn't want the stiffness which the fusible web would cause, so I zigzagged around my circles.

It's not terribly neat looking, I admit. But beginners shouldn't expect their efforts to be flawless.
And then I got the idea for the buttons from one of Jane Brocket's books - we have so many of these little shirt buttons hanging around forever.

I'm almost finished with sewing on buttons; then I'll start on the quilting.

I'm not a perfectionist. It will be a cheerful and warm thing in the house.

I'm using gold colored thread on them all because the backing is a scene of the ocean, much blue and white, with sailboats all over the place, and there's this golden yellow in them. It matched, and I didn't have to buy it - I had it already, which was the object. It's a little here, a little there. I have other projects which are more timely, so this is in the background, to pick up now and then.      

I used fabric from the living room curtains, some old jumpers of mine - and two of them were from blouses of my mother's - that's nice.