Aren't I clever

I think I am very clever because thanks to my friend Diane from "Needles On The Move" I was able to change the background of my Blog. But I'm not sure how to put a greeting up the top. As you can see my pic doesn't fit very well and it has a white background. Hmm I'll have to think about this. by the way do you like my portrait? Hold on I've worked out how to delete that picture. So I will.

Prep Quilt

Well I began the Prep quilt today. The theme is 'Animal Crackers' The preps went to the zoo last term so I cut out circles for them to draw on. I spent the day preparing the circles to attach to the backing fabric.All the fabric I have used so far has been unbleached calico. I like to use that because it is reasonably cheap and I enjoy dying it. I dyed the backing using parisian essence with some coffee added. To get a rich brown effect I had to dye it 3 times. So I was up all night.. next week I will attach the circles to the backing fabric and sew them on.