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,

Lucy Boston

 I've been making up a Lucy block every now & again for a while so when i finished one the other night i thought i'd better do a count to see how many i had. I got a surprise when i counted them. :)

Total count is 43. The last count was 34. Number 44 was started last night

Another reason to do a count was i'm running out of these shapes & i really don't want to buy more. I guess it's time to start joining them together. Oh i just have another12 to make. :) :).

Happy Stitching,

FNwF May

 An early start saw the making of the green blocks for RSC. I'd cut them out Thursday afternoon so i could get stuck right in. :)

the easy block first, potato chip. :)

then the fiddly buttons

followed by the kites.

The evening saw me finishing the last 2 blocks of the Beanie stitcheries. Yay finally all 42 are done. I can concentrate on Owl & Hare hollow hand work now. :)

the one on the left just needed the satin stitch done & both blocks needed the beanies stitched.

Thanks Cheryll for hosting last night.

Happy Stitching,

Chookshed Stitchers Challenge for May is.......

 number 8. Time to break out Owl & Hare Hollow & try to get it made into a top. I was doing well with the stitcheries when the quilt first came out & just stopped when i have 2 i think left. Nothing else was done with the remaining blocks as you will see in the 2nd photo the pile of fabrics that came with the kit.

Happy Stitching,

ANZAC Day 2025 Lest We Forget.

They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.

We will remember them
Lest we forget

Panama Pyramids

 Years back i saw Linda Collins Panama Pyramids quilt & foolishly thought i'd like to make one so bought the templates

Fast forward & i spotted on Instagram 2 ladies i follow making the blocks. Feeling a bit inspired i found up the templates & my basket of scrap repro fabrics & set to. Quick to cut out but takes me a little time to handpiece. :) I've made 2 over 2 nights. lol.

Maybe i'll just cut out the larger joining triangles & turn it into a doll quilt. :) :). I really don't see me making a large quilt but you just never know. lol

Happy Stitching,