Sunday, June 30, 2024

Chookshed Stitchers Challenge #10 & RSC blocks.

 Last minute sewing saw the Karma quilt done. It looked like this at the start of the month

yesterday i added to borders, quilted it & sewed the binding down

I made my blue circles & cracker box blocks earlier in the week



& the baskets yesterday
I've been making 1/2" hexie diamonds

and prepping Lucy blocks but i forgot to take photos of them laid out. :)

Now to find up the aqua fabrics & wait for next months challenge number.

Happy Stitching,



Saturday, June 22, 2024

FNSI June

 I had planned to sew for FNSI but i really lack any enthusiasm to sit & sew. I pottered around for a while then dragged out the Lucy box to prep some more blocks. Some yummy fabrics had arrived during the week that i wanted to add into the blocks.

I got this block done


Started this one when interrupted by my brother in his search for a new house (he doesn't have internet)

Then the day went down hill. The dog needed to see the vet & the news was not good.
Here we are waiting for my daughter to get to the vets from work to make the decision on what to do. Sadly it was decided to put Nymeria to sleep. She was 11 years old. :( :(.

So the above block was finished when i made it back home. I only had 6 blues to make.

I started 3rd block but the sad day caught up with me & i went to bed.

Pop over here to visit our lovely host Wendy to see who joined in.

Happy Stitching,


Sunday, June 16, 2024

Lucy Boston

 I finished the last of the five prepped in the last zoom i was on & wanted to lay them out to see how many more i need to make to fit a queen size bed. I have 30 so maybe another 10 or more. I'd better get cracking on making the filler blocks up too. :)

Trying to get a decent photo was a little hard. Especially when the dog & cat decided they need to walk through. :)

Happy Stitching,

Monday, June 10, 2024

nine patch catch up.....

 ........again. :)

Weeks 20 & 21




Plus another bowl cosy yesterday
Watering the garden the other day & discovered what i thought was a weed growing in amongst my bulb. On closer inspection it turned out to be a lonely little sweet pea plant.
When the ones i planted last year developed a seed i left it there to burst open & spread seed for this year. I hadn't seen any so thought that wasn't a success so seeing this little one growing made me happy. :)

Found a zygo i had bought last year had burst into bloom
one of Mum's Zygos has flowers forming so i'd better keep an eye on it. 

Happy Stitching,




Saturday, June 8, 2024

FNwF June

 It was a wee bit cold yesterday which creates havoc with my osteoarthritis so i just faffed around. Time to clear out the baskets i throw scraps in beside the cutting table & put them into the designated colour baskets & the wadding scraps got good clean out too. :)

After that i made another bowl cosy. I wasn't happy with the first one. This time i cut the squares at 9-1/2" & the wadding at 9" & only used 1 piece of wadding. It went together much better & hold the bowl more snuggly than the 10" square did even with the double wadding that was in it.


Lucy was my project for the evening. I started here
and finished here

Pop over here to see who joined in. Thanks Cheryl for hosting us once again.

Happy Stitching,


Sunday, June 2, 2024

a wonderful zoom day

 Despite being cold & dreary i got up early, fed the cats, made a cup of tea, grabbed my projects & jumped onto zoom to join Chooky in celebrating the Chooksheds 12th birthday.

I spent my day prepping Lucy blocks





Then in the evening i finished adding a row on 1 side & the last 4 on 1 end of this little piece.


Just random 1/2" hexies i acquired somehow. They had been tacked onto home cut papers & didn't go together well so i took them apart & used bought papers to fix them up. I added a few fabrics of my own to them. No idea to them just randomly sewed in rows. I'll trim them now & add a couple of borders to make a runner.

Thanks to Chooky & the lovely ladies who joined in yesterday for the wonderful day of chatting.

Happy Stitching,


Saturday, June 1, 2024

Chookshed Stitchers challenge June......

......... is number 10. For me that is to quilt my Karma quilt. Fortunately it's only doll size. :) 

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 ...