Last week, I saw a post go by on FB with a link to a video from the Festival of Quilts show in the UK. I had a click through and a watch, and really enjoyed the video. It was posted by Kate at The Last Homely House and was just lovely. I felt as if I was at the show, too. (That link is to her YouTube channel.)

I won’t embed it here, but here’s the link if you want to watch it on YouTube. It’s 26 minutes long.

I so enjoyed this video that I ended up doing a bit of shopping!

About 11 minutes in, Kate talks to Alice Caroline in the Liberty booth about her book, Alice’s Wonderland Quilt Book. She talks about it as a block of the month kind of project, with instructions for beginners. They show the quilt in the booth and it’s so pretty.

I have to love the idea of making an entire quilt with Liberty Tana Lawn. Of course, I had a little hunt online and ordered a copy of the book from the big river. (The link on the book goes to Amz.ca.)

At 16 minutes in, Kate talks to Sally Kelly about her fabrics. Wow! Sally is wearing a dress of cotton lawn in her own design and I just loved it. She also shows her original drawings used for the designs.

That print. I knew I needed some, so I had a little hunt online. I found it for sale at a fabric store in Alberta called Along Came Quilting – here’s the link for Gardenia sold by the meter. (It’s so exciting to find more online stores in Canada.) I also bought a length of cotton with a double border design by Sally Kelly and am curious to see both when they arrive. I’ll make shirts for myself first, then use the leftover bits in quilts.

Just before seeing this video, I’d surrendered to temptation and ordered some Liberty Tana Lawn from another store in Alberta to make myself a shirt. I’ve bought fat quarters from Studio 39 before for the girls’ dresses, but decided I should get a nice shirt too. This print is called Ciara and it’s colourway C.

So, I’ll have some sewing to do for myself this month. 🙂

I went back to Kate’s YouTube channel and watched more, but will tell you about that next time.