My Friday.....

..... started after school drop off. Off to the fabric shop i went to get the extra fabric i needed for my border. Arrived back home, took an iced coffee break & to read my new garden magazine. That done it was time to sew. The border fabric cut & sewn on, time for a photo of the now officially complete flimsy.

 Ta Da. Now it is ready to quilt. :) Hmm what to do next ? UFO"s or blocks for a sew along or the bee swap. Ahh block for the sew along it is. Fabrics chosen i was ready to start. But wait having troubles reading that saved document on the tablet so print it is. Oh whilst i'm here i'll print out that bag pattern too. Ok pattern sorted back to cutting out. Got a bit carried away & ended up with more black strips than needed. The block is called Golden Gate.

Block 2 of the 6" sampler sew along. By now it was lunch time & it was my lucky day. My daughter made me lunch. So with lunch sorted & a cup of tea i relaxed with my book. Refreshed back to the sewing room i trotted to work on my bee blocks for the Bonnie & Camille Sampler swap. First block i misread the sewing instructions. Remedied that by cutting more fabric & now i have a block to send along with pinwheels from the cut off triangles.

Darn i was on a roll ready to get the 2nd block started when it was school pick up time. That out of the way & same daughter, who made lunch, was cooking tea, i went back to the sewing room. I chose fabrics & block pattern & off i went.

Yep i got a little carried away with how many squares to cut for the half square triangles. I had enough to make a larger pinwheel. :) No harm done though as it will be used somewhere in the Bonnie & Camille sampler. Either in my quilt or one of my fellow bees. Ahh now my day is done. Tea is over so i can sit, relax & work on my embroidery.

Now i'm off to see what storm i can sew up today.

Happy Stitching,

Blog Hop With A Difference

Have you noticed a few bloggers participating in A Blog Hop With A Difference? I was nominated by Fee to take part. I'm running a bit late as i was supposed to post on Monday.

 About myself:
                        I'm a Sagittarius. I often have a laugh about that as i'm not at all like a Sagittarius is supposed to be. :) I am associated with fire which is true of me as i don't mind giving fire-twirling a go & like fire i do flit from one thing to another hence having so many UFO's.

 My favourite colour?
                                 Purple of course.

 What else before i go on?
                                         I love my family, cats & birds, reading & gardening. I've dabbled in many crafts over the years but the one i love best is embroidery. Closely followed by EPP.

 What am i working on?
                                     A Christmas stitchery by Natalie Bird.

Also at my table side is another Xmas stitchery. These are my night time projects. Weekends i try to get UFO's worked on plus the blocks for sew alongs i've recently joined.

Why Do I Create What I do?
                                            A genuine love of crafting things. I don't like to have idle hands. I love the process of taking a pattern be it embroidery or patchwork & turning it into a thing of beauty. Sitting embroidery or sewing gives me the time out to relax & forget things for a while.

What Do I Love To Create With?
                                                     I love to work with threads. My favourites being DMC,Cottage Garden Threads & Valdani.

How Do I Become Inspired?
                                              By my fellow bloggers. Seeing ideas online. Pinterest is a great source. My friends i sew with once a month.

Favourite Time Of Day?
                                        When i can sit down with a cup of tea, relax & either read or work on a project, so i guess it would be night time after tea & everything is done for the day.

So now it's time to nominate 3 ladies who i hope won't mind joining in. Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings. I nominate Peg , Shez & Fiona to post on the 15th September. No pressure to do so. The choice is yours.

Happy Stitching,

Seeing stars & Sunday Sewing

 I mostly did what i set out to do. Working on the Xmas top took a bit longer than i'd hoped. A little problem of seams going the same way so therefore not butting up nicely when attached to another block. Also it's not quite finished as i do my borders different to Gail so i didn't have enough fabric. Maybe i should've done it her way. :)

Just the bottom border to go. After working on the Xmas bom it was then onto my stars. A bit of cutting out required before i could begin. That was time consuming but i did get my 4 stars done.

I chose to use Miss Kate charm packs & Moda 97. I usually throw out the little triangles that are cut off  but i'm following Terry's lead & making mini pinwheels with them.

I can use them as filler blocks in a Bonnie & Camille sampler bee swap i'm in or just make a table runner with them.  Only thing i didn't get to was the blocks for the B & C sampler swap. They are first on the list for next sewing day.

Happy Stitching,

Saturday Sewing

Yesterday i spent most of the day working on Gossips I managed to get the top together minus the borders.

Firstly i finished of the little block by piecing the remaining ones. Here they are with the needle turned ones from the previous post.

The completed block. Next up was the fun of putting the top together. Certain way of doing it but in the end it was all done despite my frustration with it.

Ta Da. the top is now ready for the borders. If it wasn't for the ladies i was sewing along with i don't think i'd ever have started let alone kept going. Thankyou, thankyou for you company & encouragement. Lastly i made a 6" block for an online sampler i joined. All the blocks will be 6".

I needed a rest by them. Back at it today to put together the Xmas bom & hopefully some blocks for a Bonnie & Camille sampler swap & blocks for another sew along i joined. Like i need new projects. lol. :)

Happy Stitching,

FNwF

I did have plans to start early but i had to have my eyes retested because my new glasses didn't seem right. Before i went out though i did get some prep work done. Glad i did because i spent a few hours at the shops then had my GS for a visit for a couple of hours.

I appliqued these down last night. 4 little blocks that are part of the last section of Gossips.

Happy Stitching,

Swap Parcel.

Recently i was reading on a friends blog that a swap parcel was sent off & i was hoping that it would be mine as i knew the sender was in the same swap as me. Little did i know until yesterday that it was to be mine & i was so excited when i brought the parcel inside & saw the senders name.

This is what i had seen & hoped was mine gorgeous fabric & lace to begin with. With careful eagerness i removed the wrapping & was stunned. I even had tears in my eyes.

Peg had made me not 1 but 3 bags for our Pamper swap. They are just so beautiful. Inside i found these goodies.

Yummy chocolates, notepad with pen & soap with handcream. Made my day to be so spoilt. Thankyou ever so much Peg.

& here is my parcel in the pamper swap off on it's merry way to........? Well that reveal is for another day.

Happy Stitching,

A Merry Christmas Garden Bom

Finally have caught myself up with BOM. I've had part 6 for ages but it kept getting pushed aside. Then when i finally had it cut out & ready to sew it still got pushed aside. Hopefully it will be put together this weekend.

Happy Stitching,

last minute August finishes & Gossips

Finally made it to the sewing room today. 1st finish this little bag

2nd up was this sweet little hanging

The last week i've been working on this months blocks for Gossip In The Garden

75 hexies in this lot. :) I decided today to sew together what could be sewn & then laid the blocks all out for a progress shot.

All i have left is the blocks that go in the gap at the top, a plain border & then the pieced border. Not long now until it's a finished flimsy.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI

My Friday started reasonably early. First off i spent time cutting out these

for a Bonnie & Camille charm swap i'm in. Next up was some pincushions i started some months back. It took longer than i expected so only one is finished. the other all cut out.

Side 1 & 2,

side 3 & 4.

The cut out one waiting patiently for me to put it together. By this time it was evening & i got to stuffing this

a big cushion block for my GS. It's only been waiting since June for the stuffing. :) Then last night i sort of worked on my stitchery

Thankyou Wendy for being our hostess. Pop on over here to find links to see what the other ladies worked on last night.

 Happy Stitching,

I'm seeing stars

Saturday i spent carefully tracing & cutting out the pieces for the periwinkle stars. I think it was 180 pieces all up. I only managed to get 2 made Saturday so back at it Sunday & here is the result.

Lovely little stars in a row. Well 3 rows actually. :) Next i added the to the block they are to go around. Only 3 sides as the 4th has something else added that we haven't worked on yet.

& the block i worked i did the embroidery on Friday night i added it's borders.

I think we only have 2 block sets of Gossips to go & then the outside borders. Each block set has several blocks involved.

Happy Stitching,

Friday Night With Friends.

Boy 1st of August came around quick. Another great opportunity to sit with Friends & sew hosted by our lovely hostess Cheryll. I spent my evening finishing off buttonhole applique & starting the embroidery on the next blocks for our Gossip In The Garden Stitch Along. Today i'm tackling 15 pieced periwinkle stars. Wish me luck with those. :)

 

 Newish camera & no matter which scene i select to use the photo's are crap. I have to take heaps in different spots & then pick the best from them. Anyways pop on over to visit Cheryll to see what the other lovely ladies who join FNWF worked on.

Happy Stitching,