something about sewing and Kabul yellow

I have just had the strongest urge these last couple of day's to make something. A friend of mine suggested making her a cup of tea, but I want to make something like I used to last summer, before I got busy with the second year of my degree (which is going well).

Now that the wedding is out of the way (in the nicest possible way), I feel I need to start sewing again, especially since the spring sun is poking it's face through the clouds.

I am making a polka dot cushion today. Nothing fancy what-so-ever, but hopefully it will kick start me into a making and creating purge. I'm using a black fabric with large coloured polka dots on. I'm particularly drawn to it today as one of the dots is in my current favourite colour - yellow. But not any old yellow - Kabul yellow. Isn't that just the most fantastic colour name ever, it conjures up a 1000 images for me and I want to look at it all day long. I discovered the colour in Elle Decoration, a background wall was painted in it and I can't stop saying the word Kabul yellow in my head.

I looked Kabul Yellow up on google images to see what it would uncover, and I found some gorgeous pictures of women wearing blue burkas and Kabul yellow taxis's in the background, as somebody commented on one of the pictures, the colour of optimism.

Funky red and black table mats

These are my favourite tablemats ever. The pattern is from a book called the 'impatient patchworker' (thats me!). They are in one of my favourite colour combos, red and black and use my favourite polka dot material. I am going to make some more in this style for my friends for Christmas.