Sunday, September 20, 2026

National Jelly Roll Day.

 The 3rd Saturday of September is national jelly roll day & i remembered to participate this year. :) I've had this Cotton Way jelly roll by Bonnie & Camille for many years & it was time to use it up. The pattern is Chill Out by Zen Chic & is free from The Fat Quarter shop.

Happy Stitching,


Saturday, September 19, 2026

FNSI September

 I had planned lots of sewing yesterday clearing out ufo's to get them ready to quilt All started off fine adding borders to these two runners


but when i went to get scrap batting & backing out of the drawers it's stored in i discovered ants. So i sprayed & cleaned up that mess. But it wasn't the end. I discovered all 6 drawers were infested. Not a small set of drawers either. I had to chuck some of the wadding as ants were stuck to it. In the end i dragged to drawers outside & gave it another good spray. 

That done i could get the above runners put together ready to quilt. I grabbed another ufo out & had it ready for the hand stitching in the evening.
Those little stockings were so fiddly. :)

Here it is finished
I started to quilt 1 of the runners then remembered i need to add french knots to the ric rac. Luckily i used glue to stick it together so an easy fix.
So that was my FNSI day. :) :)

Happy Stitching,




Saturday, September 5, 2026

FNwF September

 An early start with Joy's latest block in the sampler sew along

next up a table runner i had stitched a while back. It only need borders to move it along to the quilting pile.
The little stitcheries for this folder have also been done a while.

Putting the folder together took a wee bit longer than expected which meant i didn't get anymore of my ufo's moved along. :(

Happy Stitching,

Friday, September 4, 2026

Cushion covers

Quite a few year back, i'm embarrassed to admit, my daughter bought some Dr Who & Star Trek fabric & asked me to make some cushion covers. Well yesterday was the day (finally) to so something with that fabric. :) :) there was enough in each piece to make 2 covers. Nothing fancy, just some simple covers.. 


Happy Stitching,



Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Rainbow Scrap Challenge September

 I celebrated the first day of spring by getting this months RSC blocks done. :) a bit annoyed the camera has made some of the purples look like a different colour.

9 patch

crosses
wonky logs
and the pears
Happy stitching




FNSI October

 Still no sewing machine so handwork continues. The evening started with satin stitching bee stripes all done, at the recent quilt & cra...