Hexie Day

It's been quite a while since i posted about my progress with my Vignette Hexagon quilt. I'm pleased to say i've completed the flowers & have made a start on the embroidered "stepping stones".

I can't remember how many flowers the quilt needed but here is the stack of them.

Lovely flowers all in a row. :)

My start on the embroidery last night. I'd traced out 15 of the needed 59 stones ages ago. I think i got the leaves of 11 done last night. Still a long way to go.

Happy Stitching,

I'm all caught up.....

...on the stitcheries & applique at least from Fee's hexagon club. I still have to to turn them into hexagons. :) I had 8 months to catch up before month 9 arrives.

1 half of them,

2nd half of them. I discovered, much to my dismay, some of the Cottage Garden Threads i used ran. I'm hoping i can rid them of the dye later on when i've made the hexagons & can wash them.

The rest of my tennis/hostess sets arrived last week.

I didn't realise until i went to take a photo that these pair sit in the opposite direction to my other sets.

Another recent purchase was this

I've been wanting a pressure cooker for quite a while & recently Coles had them for $30. My daughter managed to get the last one at the Coles she works at. Yay for me. I tried the pea & ham soup recipe in the accompanying booklet & although it was tasty felt the ham hock didn't impart enough salt & we weren't keen on the green colour from the peas. I think i'll use the yellow split peas in future like i usually do & maybe add a little salt. Tonight i'm trying the meatball recipe.

Recently Loz posted about a mat for using with hand piecing. Took some finding but i found one.

It's a Matilda's Own non slip design mat. Also comes in A4 & will roll up so you can leave your piecing inside.

Happy Stitching,

I've lost the month of May.

As usual i had big sewing plans & as usual very little was done. All i have to show are 2 finishes. I had started putting together the bag for the Stitch A Long nearly 2 weeks ago & had gotten to the bag handles when my daughter asked if i'd like to go shopping. Well i chose shopping as i really didn't want to work on the bag anymore & there it sat until yesterday as time was running out.

My finished bag. I was debating whether to do the back like in the pattern & in the end i did.

The back of the bag has a gap cut into it & yes it has a Purple lining. :) My other finish is for 1 Xmas Item, late i know as it was supposed to be posted on the 25th.

A table mat from Gail Pan's Christmas book. I also completed 2 more stitcheries from "Christmas" banner.

only 2 more to do & i can mark that as finished.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI

After collecting the patterns for 8 months recently i finally started working on Fee's hexagon club. I've caught up on month 1 & 2 & last night started on month 3. There are 3 patterns a month. These are what i worked on last night.

The one on the left is still damp from washing my tracing pen out so the colours looks a bit dull.

Pop on over to Heidi's to see who else joined FNSI last night & what the worked on.

Happy Stitching,

quiltmakers 100 blocks

Recently Michelle posted about being in Quiltmakers 100 blocks & i was sent my very own copy by Michelle.

Signed as well. :)

Can't wait to make this block up. These goodies were included

bunny ears for the Valdani threads, yummy choccies, felt & my very own The Raspberry Rabbits pen. Wandering around my plants yesterday i found 4 bush lemons ready to pick & a lonely ripe cumquat. There are others on the tree not ripe & i'm keeping a careful eye on them. It's not my first cumquat by any means as i usually lose them to fruit fly. Grrr.

Happy Mother's Day,

Mrs Martin's swap - Mothers Day

Yesterday my parcel for Mother's Day arrived from Lyn (no blog). I was going to wait until Sunday but as i heard from Lyn that she'd already opened the parcel i sent her, of which i unfortunately didn't take a photo, i decided to open my gift too.

Fat 1/4, beautiful blue china flower buttons, ribbon & a gorgeous smelling lemon myrtle soap.

Happy Stitching,

Friday Night With Friends.

My day started early. I had stitcheries finished last month from a Gail Pan Christmas pattern that i didn't get back to sewing together. All the strips had been cut out as well. Yesterday was the day i decided. Plans didn't quite get fulfilled though. Some reverse stitching delayed completion. I did get it finished though, to the stage where all i need to do is quilt it, before i left for school pick up.

 Next up was another Gail Pan design. This time from her Christmas book.

It's a little hexagon table mat. I was looking though my Cottage Garden threads & discovered i'm one short. Shopping trip for me :)

Pop over to our host Cheryll's for links to see what everyone else made/worked on last night.

Happy Stitching,

1 Xmas item.....

.....a little late this month.

 I worked on the Christmas swag "R" &

"S". I finished the Merry swag

& the snowman from Gail Pan's new book

& also Bon Noel which i posted here

Happy Stitching,

What's new for me?

My bunny pin cushion/scissor holder arrived from Michelle last week. Made by Donna.

Gail's new book arrived Friday. I was lucky enough to have Gail sign it as well. :)

I was at the local Lifeline last week & purchased a punch bowl set. I put the box on the table & Bella immediately thought it was for her. I took the bowl out to as i wanted to look the cups over again & this is what happened

I don't have a cat in a hat i have a cat in a box. lol

Happy Stitching.

Friday sewing

Friday saw me at the sewing machine finishing  2 ufo's & this month's project for the Stitch-a-long.

Binding on Home Sweet Home,

Bag by Joy. Stitchery had been finished years ago then i cut all the fabrics out about 2 years ago. :) Glad another 2 ufo's have been ticked off my list.

Bon Noel for the stitch-a-long.

Happy Stitching,

Do you want to know a secret ?

Do you promise not to tell? oh, oh, oh closer, let me whisper in you ear.....More on that later.

I have to tell you about my belated FNwF. I had big plans, why do i even bother making plans? They never work out the way i want. I have the flu, then my day didn't go the way i planned but in compensation that is when i learned the secret so all can be forgiven. I started working on this late in the afternoon

had to stop thanks to osteo arthtitis & arthritis. That night i finished the wording on this

Started the last block

& finished it Sunday night. I spent all most all Sunday making these

apple & beetroot chutney, choko chutney, lemon butter & passionfruit butter. I have to show you the cake from the Clandsetine Cake Club book. I chose to make Dutch Chocolate cake first

Now about my secret & forgive me if i yell it out but it's such exciting news. I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMA. YAY. Happy Dance in my house.

Happy Stitching,