My Week

Sunday night i worked on my TAW

Slowly getting there. Checked out how many rows in this part of the challenge & had to cut out 5 more rows. I did that during the week.

Monday night saw me getting onto July's Natures Journey SAL finally.

Just leaves & stems that night.

Tuesday night more Natures Journey

More stems, leaves, then the 3 flowers.

Wednesday saw me sewing this little bag together.

Front view

back view. Then onto cutting out & pressing prairie points for a ufo

110 of them. The quilt is edged with the points but i didn't want to finish my quilt that way. It was bought as a kit but i managed to fin some fabric that would match to add a border that the points will sit on.

Wednesday night more Natures Journey

basket, bird, bee, flower & circle added. Pretty slow going with this block. Yes there is a bee on there. It's on the stem to the right under the purple flower. It kinda blends into the background fabric. :(

Thursday night back to the last of the Natures Journey

bird, butterfly, flower & dragonfly added then the embroidery done & it's a finish.

Friday i added the peeper border to the block

It's not really wavy. I just was excited to have the block done i didn't press it again. lol.

Friday night back to TAW. Pink row done & onto the next.

& now i'm off out. Going to Faeries In My Garden shop & then onto lunch with Sunday Stitchers & a couple of bloggers.

Happy Stitching,

Friday Night Sew In was a failure

Well there wasn't any sewing for me. Friday morning i woke to a niggly head & knew i'd be in bed with a migraine by lunch & that's where i've been since then. All i've got to show is what i worked on during the week.

Sunday i went sewing with some very lovely friends

& worked on these. I've since finished the blue row on TAW & started a pink row.

During the week i worked on this

& it's a finish

my Christmas stitchery is also a finish

Not a lot done this week due to the cold.

Happy Stitching,

50th Birthday quilt

After getting the top together i sent it to Fabulous Fiona who kindly said she'd quilt it for me. The top arrived back Tuesday & i spent sometime Wednesday adding the binding. Not a good day to pick as it was freezing that day & i could hardly hold the quilt despite wearing gloves. The cold affected the arthritis something shocking.

Out door shot so you can see the colour of the border better.

And some close ups.

Fiona did a wonderful job. Each block has it's own custom quilting & feathers in the border. Love feathers. Thankyou ever so much Fiona. Thankyou again to all who sent me blocks to make my fabulous memory quilt of turning 50.

Happy Stitching,

My Busy Week

Sunday saw me making washing detergent

then a lemon meringue pie

Monday i was finally back to the sewing machine to the red & black quilt

last 4 blocks made. Still time to sew & the borders were added.The quilt isn't big enough for a queen bed now. It was for a double when i first got the fabrics many years ago.

 Tuesday saw the black borders being added. But guess what? Still not big enough. Luckily i bought more fabric a couple of weeks back on the off chance i'd need it.

Wednesday the final borders added. I'm sure hoping so as i'm kinda sick of this quilt.

After lunch i put together this little hanging

made the background for Natures Journey & prepared some of the applique.

Wednesday night i finished this stitchery

& started work on the little birdie wallhanging.
Thursday i didn't have time for any stitching except at night & go this far with the birdies.

Friday i went back to finishing the last bits of applique needed for Natures Journey

& that was it as i had my GS to babysit all afternoon & most of the night. Now i'm off to a quilt show run by some friends. See you all here next week with my adventures.

Happy Stitching,

My week

Not a lot of stitching happening here. I got the cleaning bug whilst we had some warm weather & gave the kitchen & lounge a thorough cleaning. Paid for it pain wise the next day. :(. 2 of my children said to me "it's not spring yet".

I did get this little stitchery done

number 7 in Jenny's lovely BOM A Vintage Kitchen.

Had a cook up in the kitchen yesterday. I started with lemon butter

2 batches netted me 5 jars. Then i made soap

I'm not sure if the weather is affecting it but it doesn't seem to be hardening up quickly like it usually does or maybe i didn't beat it enough. Guess i'll have to wait & see. Next on my list was to make ricotta cheese.

It turned out lovely. I've kept the whey for other uses. Whislt i was waiting for the curds to form & cool i made buttermilk scones for afternoon tea.

Served with strawberry jam & cream

I did stitch last night, i worked on the stitchery in my previous post.

Today i'm making lemon meringue pie.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF

It was too cold yesterday to do much of anything. I did do some embroidery during the afternoon & evening.

My stitchery is half done now. Pop over to lovely hostess Cheryll's blog for links to see what other crafters got up to last night.

Happy Stitching,

last finish for June

Squeezed in a little sewing yesterday afternoon & finished off the Christmas stitchery.

Just 1 more in this series & i'm done.

Happy Stitching,

My sewing week.

I started preparing June blocks for Natures Journey

& aside from stitching those i did little sewing for the week. Being out for the count 2 days with a migraine of course doesn't allow for anything whatsoever.

Saturday i traced these out

well on the left are Michelle's Gingies for a table topper & the right is Wendy's latest BOF stitchery. I hadn't planned on starting anything new but it's all Shez's fault i traced the Gingies out.

Sunday morning saw me sewing the 1-1/2" blocks together for NJ's last 2 blocks which i completed last night

Next on the list was to add borders to the 50th birthday quilt

Running out of time for anymore sewing as i was going to a linen party i put the borders on this Christmas stitchery by Natalie Bird

And a finish.... the borders of which i added yesterday also, the ribbon & buttons last night then framed it.

I turned Teresa's lovely binder pattern into a hanging. To finish my evening i added a few more stitches to this....

Another Natalie Bird Christmas stitchery.

Happy Stitching,

Retreat, Sewing & FNSI

Finally made it to retreat after lunch of Friday & thought to myself  "must check that the machine foot hasn't fallen out". Talking to my daughter as i get stuff out of boot got distracted & didn't check. Just as well she hadn't gone far when i unpacked machine & could call her to bring the foot back. The blasted foot had fallen out. Only in the last few kilometres as we got out of the car in the town near retreat to have lunch, took pram out of boot & it wasn't loose then. Grrr.

First thing to work on was my blocks for Bonnie & Camille Sampler swap.

At night i worked on this

This was 2 nights work adding the green. The first night i went to bed early. Saturday i put this together

My 50th birthday quilt is now together. I just have to add the border fabric now i've bought it. Sunday i completed 4 blocks of this quilt before lunch & then it was pack up time.

The other 4 i did Wednesday. 4 more to go along with sashing & borders & my son has a quilt top. I'm just hoping it won't take me as long to turn it into a quilt as it did for me to finally sew it together. It's bee cut out for maybe 9 years. :)

FNSI saw me heading to the shops for fabric

also bag of buttons for $2 & ric rac for a project. The black & red are for the quilt above. I didn't really need it as i bought all the fabric & extra years ago but figured just in case it isn't big enough now for a queen size i'd better have the extra fabric. :) The lavender & the white are border & backing fabrics for the birthday quilt.

 After the fabric shopping i just dithered around, decided it would be a good idea to get started on changing the book cases around. Now i have to wait until my new one is put together to get my books off the floor. Maybe it wasn't such a brilliant idea to get a head start. Sew did i sew anything for FNSI? Darn right i did.

I finished the last bit of embroidery in this Christmas stitchery then added more green squares to my Trip Around the World.

Pop over & visit Wendy our lovely hostess to find out what other ladies who joined in last night worked on.

Happy Stitching,