#focuscuttingsewalong June round-up
Hello everybody! This past month has been pretty busy for me on the sewing front, not least because I have been working on making myself a bridesmaid's dress for my sister's wedding (more to follow soon!). So this sewalong has been on the back burner, and I have only made 1 block per week - so just the 4 blocks this month. The theme this month has been Travel. I have been quite frustrated at my inability to travel internationally over the last few years - I haven't been abroad at all since 2014, and I haven't had a proper holiday abroad since 2012. That also makes a focus on the topic quite difficult for me, perhaps another reason why I didn't make so many blocks this month. The first prompt was identifiable motifs. This block is an ode to my last proper holiday - a trip to Istanbul in 20012. The boats represent cruising down the Bosphorus, and the central hexie is one of my favourite fabrics, and is actually called Istanbul. The colours very much made me think of