FNwF August.

 A little Christmas stitching was my project for FNwF

Cute little reindeer tablemat from Gail Pan Designs Christmas stitching club.

Pop over here to visit lovely hostess Cheryll to see who joined in.

Happy Stitching,

Rainbow Scrap Challenge July

 Scraps sorted i started to make my potato chip block. However the furry pest helper had other ideas.

I got her to move along so i could make my block

next up the buttons

moving along to make the kite blocks & another furry pest helper decided the ironing board needed a bit of fur on it. :)

Fortunately the other "helper" decided the box was a good place to sleep

she woke up just as i was going to take her photo. :)

Happy Stitching,

FNSI July

 I only had a small amount of stitching to do on this panel

so i traced out the stitchery from Joy's Christmas stitch along

which didn't take me long to stitch. :) 

Now what to do? I pulled out my repro scraps & the box containing my hexagon diamonds & papers & made 3 more.

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

Happy stitching,

FNwF July

 I resurrected an old project when i finished owl & hare so that was my project last night for FNwF

progress so far on the red flowers

Pop over to visit Cheryll to see who joined in last night

Happy Stitching,

July Chookshed Challenge......

 is number 9. For me that is turning some quilts into tops. Starting with

Beanie Season

Owl & Hare Hollow

Ladder Star blocks

These 3 quilts i cut out a couple years back for a retreat that i didn't end up getting to.

Also hoping to get a few stitcheries traced out, some other quilts on my to do list cut out, the rest of the Lucy blocks & anything else i think i need to have prepped for future sewing. :)

Happy Stitching,

Owl & Hare Hollow month 6

I forgot to post the last blocks yesterday. There was only 3 for month 6 & i finished them on Saturday.

Now the trimming back starts & hoping those embroidered blocks measure correctly.
 

Happy Stitching,

Chookshed Stitchers challenge update

well its done & now a top ready to be quilted.

Started back in 2021 most blocks were done. I moved house & it stayed in a box. Fast forward to 2024 & as part of the stitchers challenge i made the rest of the little blocks & the applique. I think there may have been quite a few 1/2 square triangle blocks still to do at that time too. When i started to put it together i encountered an issue so into the naughty corner it went.

Onto this years challenge list it went & i was determined i would get a quilt top if possible or quite a few small/doll quilts if not. today i put that final border on. What relief it is now a flimsy, not a perfect flimsy by any means but i'm happy with it.

Happy Stitching

 

Owl & Hare Hollow Month 5

 Well month 5 is done & dusted. Only 3 blocks left & they will be quick to do. :) Hopefully before June ends i will have made a start on putting the top together but will need to finish Junes challenge first. :)

Month 6 blocks will look like these in the above photo. i'll need to find a new project soon. Maybe a stitchery as i'm getting over the applique at the moment.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI June

FNSI saw me working on the owl & hare hollow blocks. I started with this block sewing down the circle onto the block.

 Moving onto glueing hexies

There was 40 of those. The other 20 have been turned into this

Nearly ready to stitch to the block. :)

Thankyou Wendy for being our hostess again.

Happy Stitching,

Owl & Hare Hollow month 4

 Month 4 is done & dusted & the month 5 blocks are started.

I really hope the stitchery blocks are the correct size. I did read of others not having the correct size despite cutting along the dotted lines on the pre-printed panels. If need be i'll just add narrow borders to make up the difference.

Taking a little break form working on this months challenge, which is nearly finished, i made bowl cosies yesterday. My grandson mentioned his sister was going to ask for one., She loves cats & i had a lovely piece i could use. Figured i'd better make some for others in the family. I ended up with an extra because of some issues so i'll keep that one. :)

Happy Stitching,

Owl & Hare Hollow month 3.

 Last night i put the last stitch in the blocks for month 3. So much work & month 4 isn't any better. :)

The owl i did buttonhole stitch again. Eyes & beak are satin stitch.

The circles are machine pieced & then appliqued to the background.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF June

 Things didn't go according to plans. :) I thought i'd better actually finish the 4 little projects from April Chookshed challenge. Yeh i know but better late than never.

 First up was this tiny needlecase

Curse of a thing to sew into the handle. I had to bend the needle to try & get it through those holes. Which took me way longer to sew than i thought. Oh i recommend not using iron on hexies. They came with the pattern so i thought i would use them up. Should've chucked them in the bin.

The next project did end up in the bin. Iron on hexies for the back of the scissor holder made it to stiff to fold over the wadding plus it had to be trimmed into a certain shape & in a spot or 2 very little seam to turn over. Lack of directions didn't help. 

The other project, is on hold as it is to be sewn into a handle which i didn't look forward to. :). My fingers have holes where they didn't before. :)

Moving along to the 4th project was this sewing folder.

It needed the quilting done & the rather costly magnet added.

Pop over to lovely host Cheryll to see who joined in.

Happy Stitching,

Owl & Hare Hollow month 2

 Thanks to Netflix having so much choice to watch i've been spending afternoon/evenings stitching up these blocks. All these blocks are paper pieced then sewn down by applique. The large circles are cut out of 4 squares sewn together then appliqued. The rabbit is buttonhole stitched.

and i made a start on month 3 last night. :)

Happy stitching,

Rainbow Scrap Challenge for June.....

 is brought to you by the colour orange,

Hmm terrible photo as some of the oranges look brown & some pink. 

I was really scratching to find orange scraps. I have a tub full of fabrics that i'm selling off & found several orange fat1/4's in there i could use. :) They'll be chopped up into the crazy log cabins i'm making.

Happy Stitching,

June Chookshed Challenge is.......

 ........number 5. Schoolgirl sampler gets a look in again & hopefully will be top this time. Here is where i left it last year when it ended up in the naughty corner.

despite careful sewing & cutting things just weren't fitting together as they should. As i had a heap of blocks left to make & the centre last year the last thing i felt like doing was remaking those small blocks so hence the naughty corner. :)

Happy Stitching,

Update May Chookshed Challenge

 At the start of the month this is where i was at with Owl & Hare Hollow. I knew i wouldn't get it into a top as there is just so much hand work in this quilt. Here is where i was at to begin with at the start of the month.

The 2 stitcheries were done

Then i spent many days prepping blocks & starting the hand stitching. 

Month 1.

Month 2. I went with buttonhole applique as needleturn just wasn't happening. That tail is so tiny, :)

Month 3

Month 4

Month 5

Month 6. The little pieced blocks are the outer border corner stones.

All i have left to do now beyond all the hand work is make a pieced border. That can wait until i'm ready to sew the blocks together. Now to get ready to start Junes challenge. :)

Happy Stitching,