Mellow Yellow, and the Fire Brigade

The last remaining dinosaurs have been chilling out with me in the sewing room.   There was just a limited amount of fabric left, enough for a toddler quilt I decided.   And I liked the idea of using yellow as accents, the RSC colour for August.

Here are those funky dinosaurs again

I couldn't match up the dinosaurs, so cut the fabric into four, and added sashing in the middle.  Then yellow and grey borders with nine patch corners.  That's the  top done, it doesn't look too bad, does it.

Dinosaurs roam again

And I always like to get the binding made at this stage so had a look through the stash for something suitable, choosing a white, black and grey print.  Luckily, there was sufficient to make the binding.

Binding prepared

Hopefully I will get this layered and pinned up this week.  There is a nice piece of grey fleece which should be big enough for the backing, otherwise I'll have to come up with Plan B, whatever that might be.

The local firemen came calling on Thursday, at the request of the Body Corporate of our village.  They were here to test the fire alarms in our homes.  One engine came in the morning, and had to rush away to answer a call.  Later on, another engine and crew arrived to complete the job.  Knock, knock, on my door, they poked a pole up into the ceiling alarms to set if off and make sure it  was working, then off to the next house to repeat the operation.   Such a nice bunch of fit young men, and a couple of them  were happy to pose for a photo.  They enjoy getting out in the community, they said, talking to the people.

Helpful and  friendly young men

My Robin used to work for the Fire Service back in the day.  Not as a fireman, but he worked in the corporate office as a Contracts Manager.   One of his major jobs was purchasing new uniforms for the whole country when they changed from the previous ones, this involved a lot of fire testing of the various fabrics used in the articles of clothing.  I remember him commenting that the front line staff  were provided with head to toe clothing, including socks and shoes.