A quilt in autumn colours

Autumn burst in through the door and landed straight on a child's quilt. A brush in one hand and paint pots in the other, and straight to daubing.
I did tell it that the quilting could be the colour of the quilt, but there was no stopping it. Swish and swash and blue stripes all over the quilt.
And that is how it came out. Soft, pleasant and hard wearing. Now it can be washed in the machine and generally knocked about without worry. It stays pretty and fluffy all the same.

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The pattern uses cotton fabrics. The filling is wool (70%) wadding. The backing is flannel.

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The quilt is a little stiff while new, but it grows softer with every wash. I see it with my grandchildren's quilts.
Wool wadding can be used in quilts with a dark pattern, because wool wadding is dark and shows through slightly under very light fabrics.
The quilt is 110x130 cm.

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Violin case repair

Last school year, I repaired my grandchild's violin case. The loops meant for attaching the backpack straps had torn off. She cycles to school, and it’s impossible to ride while holding the violin in your hand. Naturally, the violin and case—which belonged to the school—went back at the start of the summer. Now that the new school year has begun, she has been issued a school violin and case again, but this one is in even worse condition than last year's. So, I undertook the repair once more. This time, I decided to replace the entire back panel—including the piping—and cover the torn section at the end of the case with a leather patch. I used reflective tape for the top layer of the piping. The video condenses six hours of work into three minutes. If anyone finds themselves in need of a similar repair, I will be able to take on a few jobs starting in February 2027, and I can handle a few at a time during the summer break.

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