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31 days in May

 

I've just completed the last fabric postcard as part of my challenge to produce one per day for the 31 days of May.  Today's effort was based on the zero waste idea of using up every tiny scrap.  Even these little shavings from where I've levelled up edges of scrappy blocks with a rotary cutter and ruler. 

Before I show you the finished textile piece, I thought I'd do a final here-they-all-are blog post.  So you can see the progression throughout the month.  Right, here we go.  1st May, the Klimt one.

The sea and sky one.
The tomato red and mint green one.
The one with Neapolitan ice cream colours.
The one recalling Janey Forgan's 'Liberty Jack' quilt.
The one with the black velvet line
The vaguely dissatisfying one.  A.k.a. the 'meh!' one.
The one that reminds me I intend to make a winter quilt.  
The one with curves.
The one with a pear.
The one with little pockets for feathers and seed-heads and Mother Nature's treasures.
The one where I learnt how to insert circles.  
The black and white one.
The one with the red triangles like sail boats.
The oranges and ribbons one. 
The second one that I found vaguely dissatisfying.  A.k.a. 'meh! two'.  
The one reminding me of a flag.
The spots and stripes one.
The one where I play about with crosses.
The other one where I play about with crosses.
The black and white and green one.
The one making me think of the Tree of Life.
The printing on calico using bubble wrap one.
The one sewn with sheer fabric.
The orange and pink with an unexpected grey and white stripe one. 
The planets one. 
The running stitch and little crosses one.
The neutrals one. 
The one where I raid the scraps bin.
The spring greens one. 
And finally!  Ta-dah!  The zero waste one with silver thread dandelion seed-heads.
Phew!  That was a mammoth blog post.  I may need chocolate to recover...
I'm already pondering on what June's challenge will be.  I'm thinking about a 'make a monthly mini quilt', and also about something to do with listening to classical music.  More of that tomorrow.  I need to stop typing now as there's washing up and hoovering to do, plants to water, lots of 'creative clutter' to tidy away and - oh yes, chocolate to buy!  
Enjoy your day.  
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