Indigo and a quilt

Indigo is my favourite colour. I love its inky velvet shadows. And I've been promising myself that I'll have a go at a quilt ever since Meg at New Threads at The Fairground in Weyhill near Andover (http://www.new-threads.com/) came and did a really inspiring practical session at our 'young WI' (or as my husband calls it, the Decaf WI. I'm not sure what he thinks those who attend the more mature village WI are on!).

So I am going for a lap quilt based on a very simple design from a book recommended by Meg: Quick & Easy Quilts for Kids by Connie Ewbank. The idea is that I will get to try every bit of quiltmaking, I should finish it and I will be able to do it all by hand.

This will be the centre of the quilt top as laid out on the floor, so that I can remember where the pieces go. It includes a batik and some Japanese indigo shibori fabric. It also includes a bit of an old shirt of my husband's.

For the backing, I'm wondering about using a piece of indigo dyed fabric that I bought in Botswana, cos otherwise those treasures just get put away and never see the light of day. Anyway, a long way to go yet!

I made a note in my sketchbook, too.

My plan is to quilt it using kantha stitching - just a simple running stitch all over, running vertically, following the layout.