Christmas stitchery

I just managed to scrape in my little finish for this month's OPAM.

Happy Stitching,

My Sewing month

 I worked on a few projects this month. My Halloween Round We Go

This Christmas Stitchery by Fig 'n' Berry

Snowman hearts were stitched

I need to get March & April's ready since it is April tomorrow.

My stitcheries for Ruth's Dream quilt

 I'd started this stitchery a while back but had run out of the white thread. Even after i stocked up i'd left it sit until this week.

Pattern by Rosalie Dekker.

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Displaying my pins.

When i started collecting my pins i hadn't a clue as to how i wanted to display them. Then i thought of a hanging i want to make but haven't had the chance to get it done. What to do as my collection was building up & getting to big for the box they were stored in. I figured this hanging a friend made me would do for now.

They are all attached here now except for 1 from the 5 pack. I think my daughter wants the cactus one. :) I originally was only going to display quilting related ones but all my pins are on there as theyreflect different aspects of my life. Well except maybe the knitting ones as i don't knit anymore. I just loved the rainbow socks & of course the other knitting pin was done in purple by Jodie just for us purple lovers. :) Oh yes & the cuckoo clocks, i bought them just because. lol. There is a mushroom one on display which i didn't buy it was a thankyou gift from Jodie.

This image is from the computer of the hanging i want to make for the pins to be displayed on.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI March

Yesterday was FNSI & i scraped a little sewing in.

I turned the stitchery into a needlecase to send off as a present.

Some new pins arrived yesterday to add to my collection.

I bought this one just because it is purple. :) :).

I wanted the teariffic badge in this set but it wasn't being sold separately but figured i'd love the 3 mystery pins anyway & i do. Yes i know there is 5 but i also knew the Stay Weird badge was being included so it was the other 3 that were the mystery pins.

So stay weird everyone.:) :)

Pop over to visit our lovely hostess Wendy to see what projects were worked on by those that joined in FNSI.

Happy Stitching,

Friday Night with Friends March.

My FNwF started early in the day. I prepped a Christmas hanging from Fig N Berry

My iron on transfer skills are a bit of a fail but i can see it to stitch. 😊. Short intermission here for an orthodontist visit & i popped into my LQS to grab some Cottage Garden Thread for this stitchery.

Back home & next to be prepped were some snowmen. I'd started this lovely 12 month BOM from Bunny Hill Designs when it was put out years ago. I made the 1st 2 into hangings & that was that. I'm glad i still had the patterns saved as my friend Shez had started them & i thought i'd sew along with her. I'm a bit behind. 😊😊.

January & February ready to stitch down. March has to wait as the computer had a hissy fit. Waiting on parts to do a partial rebuild.

Next up was some more tags for Ruth's Dream quilt.

Then i need to make a swap gift so i traced out  "D" from Michelle's lovely alphabet pattern

And then stitched it up last night.

Pop over to our lovely hostess Cheryl, link on right side bar, to see who joined in last night & what projects they worked on.

Happy Stitching

February finishes

I managed  to squeeze in some last minute finishes today. I also prepped some backing  for a quilt that's ready to  be quilted & put binding on a quilt I'm just about to sew down.
My first finish

My mandolin block turned into a cushion cover. Next up i finished off my Christmas stitcheries.

Now to find hangers for the 3 hangings.

Well i managed to get the binding down on my quilt.

Colonial Garden is finally a wrap after many years.
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A week of EPP

I worked on my thimbles & i'm still undecided what do with them. Leave as is for a table runner or keep going & make a quilt.

I've 180 thimbles here. 30 thimbles in each row. It's wide enough & long enough for a table runner. If i was to make it queen sized quilt i would probably need to make well over 1000 of them. So i'll see.

Last night i added more coffins.

On the left i think i added 4 to the row i'd been working on, a whole row & then 5 more before i decided i needed sleep.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI February

 I joined in FNSI yesterday & I had hoped to sit at the machine but it was still way to hot to do a thing. Roll on winter please.

 Late in the evening i got my 3 stitcheries ready to applique to the backgrounds.

That done i finished appliqueing the last 4 triangles(right side) to this strip. So now i can get that ufo finished off.

The yellows really aren't that bright. They are a very muted colour.

Then i thought "what to do?" more Coffins, Libby hexies or just what i didn't know. I had to fix up the mess Bella made beside my chair when she knocked several things down & i found what i was going to do.  I was going to start a new project. lol

I started sewing together my little EPP thimbles. I'm not sure how big this will be. I've 200 to begin with & as they are only about 1" across the top & 2" across the bottom. Length is just under 2 " so it will take a while to make a big quilt. :).

Pop over & visit our lovely hostess Wendy & to find the links to everyone who joined i & what projects they worked on.

Happy stitching,

Lost my sewjo

i really struggled this week to do a thing. Guess that comes from migraines, fibro flares & a spine than need adjustment. I did do hand work yes but even that was an effort. I was hoping to get back to the machine next week but we are in for  heatwave.

I finished Santa off & moved onto the 3rd design in the little hangings

then i redid the little stitcheries from the Christmas hearts that i stuffed up with the cutting measurements.

Caught up on this months stitcheries for the stitchalong of Ruth's Dream quilt. I counted up how many i've done & i seem to be behind to where i should be but i'm not worried after all it's a slow stitchalong. :)

I wish my thread showed up better but being a pale pink/green it doesn't photograph to well no matter what i try.

Wednesday i think it was i had a brilliant idea, Yes i do have those occasionally but they are few & far between. :) I've been collecting pins/badges & planned to make a hanging for them but being busy trying to get UFO's done i don't want to start a really big project yet. I had a hanging my friend made me many years ago that would be great to put my collection on for. It was like a treasure hunt looking for the hanging. I found things i'd forgotten i'd made. :)

My hanging with the badges/pins i've collected. I've another 3 pins coming in the mail & i forgot to add my other cat ones. During my search I did drag out a small ufo to add the applique to. It has been sitting there over 10 years now. Just the 2  rows & it would've been done.

After that i've just been adding coffins to my quilt.

I finished adding coffins to the top row, added another to the left side & then have started another row on the left side. I counted how many coffins across & i'm up to 17. Just need to add 13 more along the bottom & it will be big enough for a queen bed. I did some calculations & i think i need about 20 more coffins to add to t he 1000 made so it's about 30 coffins wide & 34 coffins long. I'm hoping that gives me good width & length to cover a queen sized bed. Plus there is side border to add to it's a rectangle shaped quilt.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF February

Boy did that roll around quick. Did anyone see the month of January at all ? I blinked & missed it. :) :)

Anyway my plans yesterday went out the window as i remembered there was an orthodontist appt to attend mid morning with 1 daughter & then the other wanted to go for coffee over at the big shopping centre so i went with her to do that. It was late afternoon by the time i got back & all i wanted was nanny nap. :)

I found this cute sign which i though would be handy to hang blocks or small quilts on to take photo's.

So i guess you are wondering did i do any crafting at all. Well yes i did. I embroidered Santa.

I nearly got him finished too before bed called. These little stitcheries are very quick & easy to stitch. I just have Frosty to stitch now.

Pop over to visit lovely hostess Cheryll to find the links to who joined in last night & what projects they worked on.

Happy Stitching,

My projects this week

I finished the 4 blocks for part 7. I wasn't keen on this one as only 3 shapes are used & therefore only 3 fabrics were supplied. I would've like a 4th piece to add in.

It was hard to get the 4th block to look different to the other 3.

I've stitched 1 of the 3 Christmas stitcheries i traced out Sunday

Yesterday i appliqued my Mandolin block to it's background. Now to decide on a cushion or a hanging. I'm going to quilt over it & do some echo quilting around the block.

Happy Stitching,