The fabric hunt and The Very Hungry Caterpillar

So where did I go next?

For me the fabric shop itself is a great place to get inspired. I took a trip into town and took a leisurely wonder around our local fabric shop Truro Fabrics. I have to confess I got quite excited about what I found :-) Being a qualified primary teacher I couldn’t resist these. 

Panel 1

Panel to make a bolster cushion/draught excluder

Panel 2

Butterfly and caterpillar - cushion?

Side A -

Close Up - Caterpillar side of the panel

Side B -

Close Up - Butterfly side of the panel

Cotton

I've brought some quilting cottens in a yellowy gold, green, red, black and brown 

The Plan
My plan is to quilt around the edge of the designs using the quilting cottons to make them stand out more. This will all be done my hand and will give me a chance to work on my hand stitching technique.  I will be using back stitch for this, to creat a continueous line of stitching.
Aim/challenges of this - is to keep the stiches even and neat
                                - to choose which lines of the design to follow (especially with the caterpilalrs body segments)