Tiggy

 A toy maker i'm not but i liked the Tiggy pattern by Bunny Hill Designs & bought it many years ago with good intentions. I even found a stripey fabric, similar to the pattern, for it at the time. :). Come Halloween time 2025 i got the pattern out, found up the fabric, felt & ribbons needed & that was that. :~. Recently i got into a discussion with my son about stuff in my sewing room & happened to show him Tiggy & darned if he didn't say his MIL would love a Tiggy. Well shoot. Fortunately i had enough of everything to make two.

All things considered i think they turned out quite well. Tiggy does come with a pumpkin but that is for another day.  The only thing that didn't work out was the hats. Enter Temu & t he right size i needed. :) They got a bit squashed in transit but the suited my purpose so i was happy.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF May.

 I'd forgotten Friday was FNwF until i came across a post in my Facebook feed. :) Luckily i had a project ready to work on. lol.  

I do wish people would double check their patterns. On the back is says a cut 13" square. No matter whether i'm embroidering or doing applique i usually cut my backgrounds an inch larger. I proceeded to iron on the pattern & then i happened to glance at the instructions & it says cut a 15" square. I was quite annoyed. I know someone will say "read instructions first" & i usually do but as it seemed to me to be a simple case of embroidery i didn't feel the need until it was ready for the finishing stage.

I should be able to make it work to look like the pattern but if not i will turn it into a hanging rather than a mat.

and after 2 nights of stitching i'm up to here

Happy Stitching,

ANZAC day 2026

 we will remember them.

FNSI April

 An early start was made. Catching up on blocks again. lol. I'd better do the block released today sometime today so i'm not playing catch up all the time. In my defence i did have my grandson most of this week. :)

Then onto a 3 part ufo. The tags were finished of & the pieces for the bag cut out.

Another ufo was put together & i started hand quilting around the circles

Happy Stitching,

FNwF April

 I had a busy day for FNwF yesterday. I started with blocks from sewcialites 3. I was 3 behind & caught up just in time for the next block released today. :)

Time to move some ufo's along. Borders added to these ones & made ready for quilting

Onto some applique, the last pear i didn't get to on Thursday

and for the evening hand quilting on one of the projects i added borders to earlier in the day.

Happy Stitching,

Rainbow Scap Challenge April

 Pink is the colour for this month & my blocks are done.

Happy Stitching,

Happy Easter

 

Scrappy Sew Along

 Finished the top today for the sewalong. The inner border was done a week or so ago. All i needed to do was piece the final border & attach.

The top looks squiffy but it's not. I just need to press it but the ironing board was otherwise occupied. :) :)

A little surprise for me the other day. 

Only the one this year but i'm happy that i'm managing to keep the orchids alive. 

Happy Stitching,

Finishes

 I'm finally getting to my ufo pile of small projects. Some have things still needing to be done & others just need backing & wadding. I now have a pile that needs quilting. :) Those are on the backburner for a few days as i don't want to keep changing feet.

The mug rug was from a free stitchery that Joy gave us last year.

and 1 of the sashiko panels is now a hanging

Happy Stitching,

FNSI March

 I made an early start in the afternoon continuing the hand quilting i'd started the night before.

ta da all done. :)

Happy Stitching,

week 8 scrappy sew along & sewcialites

 This weeks blocks for the scrappy sew along is baskets

Now to join all the blocks together & add the borders.

This weeks sewcialites block is called spring wind

Happy Stitching,