FNSI January

 For the first FNSI of 2025 i was a wee bit tired after a day out tripping to Warwick to see my brother. I wanted to do some stitching but nothing to taxing. :) I started with this hexagon

All  finished

I started making more flowers. These hexagons were left over from a project so i've run out of matching hexies & are now mixing & matching.

finished one & started another

& then bed called me as i was stating to drop off to sleep. :) :)

Happy Stitching,

Chookshed Stitchers Challenge is.......

......... number 6.

I started In My Garden many years ago as a stitch along. About 2-3 years back i finally gathered all the fabrics to put it together but i had issues with the 1/4 square triangles for the star blocks. Into the naughty corner it went. 

Making my list for this years challenge i knew it needed to be added. Time it was moved along. :)

Happy Stitching,

Chookshed Challenge for 2025

 Deana is hosting the Chookeshed Challenge again this year & it's time to post my list of 10 things to work on/finish. :)

• School girl sampler - put it together
• Finish rainbow scrap '24 projects.
• borders on epp projects
• tiny 9 patches. Make more & turn into tops
• Owl & Hare Hollow
• Natalie Bird hanging. Put together & quilt
• quilt & bind Christmas wallhanging, purple cat hanging & table mat
• finish needlebook
• 2 Christmas stitcheries to stitch
• some of my kits/small ufos

Happy Stitching,

Merry Christmas

 Happy Stitching,

FNSI December

 I had plans for FNSI but they went out the window so by the time i got to do any stitching it was evening :) Not to worry as i spent the day with the GC's & at least the lawn got mowed before we have more rain. :) :)

What did i stitch? Blocks for Beanie Season by Fig n Berry creations

The first block is done, i only had the beanies to do & the 2nd started. 

I need to trace more out now as that was the last one. The quilt has 40 odd blocks & i only traced about half before i got tired of it. :) AND by more thread. Despite using only one strand & buying a heap of red i'm running out. :(

Pop over here to vist our hostess Wendy.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF December

 A busy day yesterday for FNwF. I started early to make up a kit i've had many, many years. Called Colour & Carry it's a handy bag for littlies for their colouring in books & pencils. Inside is 2 pockets, a large on on one side the other is split into 2.

The binding was hand sewn down in the evening.  Then onto more ladder star blocks. I'm at the half way mark now. I've been through every check/plaid fabric i had so now it's time to start again. I'll have to try not to get the same 2 fabrics together this time so my blocks look all different. :)

After mowing half the lawn, sewing down the binding i really wasn't up to anything strenuous so i grabbed out my hexie diamonds. I finished off the blue one which i'd started on Thursday night, completed another & started on a 3rd before my bed called. :)

Pop over here to visit our hostess Cheryll.

Happy Stitching,

Projects

 Ladder Star is slowly growing. In the last couple weeks i've finished 12. Total is now 24 finished blocks plus another 2 half sewn. :) That leaves 38 blocks to go.

Beanie Season is also slowly growing. Another 9 completed since my last post including the one from that post.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI November

 Not sure how it got to be the 3rd Friday of the month yesterday but it was.

Friday was a busy one for me. I made 10 more blocks for Ladder Star

Total of 12 & i need 64. If i keep up my momentum i could have a top by end of next week :) :).

I switched to embroidery in the evening. I finished this block off

and started this one

Happy Stitching,

Binding, binding & more binding

  A week or sew ago i made myself get to quilting 3 small ufo's, add the binding to them & bind 3 hangings that i'd had quilted by bubzrugz earlier this year. That done i spent the last week hand sewing the bindings down. 6 more ufo's done & dusted.

First one was a simple runner from a bag of 1/2" hexies i acquired somewhere.

Next up a mat made of thimbles

I won this as a top on IG

next  A Redwork Christmas by Fig N Berry Creations.

then Merry & Bright by Gail Pan Designs.

and finally stitched the last stitch last night on It's A Redwork Christmas by Rosalie Quinlan.

I discovered when recently selling off patterns that i had 2 of these. LOL. Pays to check patterns out before buying. :)

Happy Stitching,

Lest We Forget

 Rememberance Day 2024

FNwF November

 Yesterday was FNwF & would've been my Dad's 99th birthday so despite feeling quite sad i set to with my sewing.

First up was a ufo. The blocks were stitched in 2019 & then i abandoned it when i got to the borders. Not sure actually when i stitched the borders after that as i can't find any photo's, I did find one in 2022 when i tried ironing on the transfers & that wasn't a success. Anyhoo time to finish it up into a top at least. :)

After a short rest i decided to give one of Bonnie Sullivan's a try. She had recently made a quilt using plaids & checks. Hers is from recycled shirts, mine is from a stash of plaids & checks. Not sure why i have so many. :) But time for them to go. I may have enough to make several quilts. lol

First 2 blocks. I quite after that as i kept making mistakes with the green block & it was the second block & it was getting late. The patterns is called ladder star.

After dinner it was time for hand sewing. I had started a Lucy block on Thursday night

and got this far by the time for bed.

Pop over to our lovely hostess Cheryll to see who joined in to sew last night.

Happy Stitching,