May the 4th finishes.

I started the owl stitcheries back in 2015 with the intention of it being an Xmas gift. Didn't happen. I finished the stitcheries with the intention of it being a birthday gift July 2016. Again didn't happen. I then put the top together with the intention of it being a gift for 2016 Xmas. You guessed it..... didn't happen. Yesterday it made it to the completion pile. It will make it to a birthday gift this year. :)

The Christmas stitchery by Fig 'n' Berry is a more recent UFO

Today's planned sewing will be interrupted with a visit to a local craft & quilt show along with a visit to the Ipswich Art Gallery to visit the War Quilt display. There will be some sewing later as today is Friday Night with Friends.

Happy Stitching,

More finishes.

2 more ufo's done & dusted.

Pudding Ted was a cushion but i've made it into a hanging. Pattern is from Michelle.

Next up another lovely Gail Pan pattern

It was really hard to get a decent photo as it is so long. I've come to the conclusion there is something wrong with my camera settings & i've tried everything i can to sort them out. I folded the runner over to get another shot of the stitcheries

But even it isn't the greatest. Maybe time to look at a different camera methinks.

Happy Stitching,

2 more finishes

Yesterday i managed another 2 finishes.

This cute reindeer table runner by Gail Pan

& another cute reindeer which is a free design from Michelle.

I then prepped 2 projects for today which i'll be off to work on shortly.

Happy Stitching,

Christmas Banners

I finished my little projects from yesterday.

Christmas Banners from Gail Pan.

Now to finish off the next UFO's i've picked out of the pile.

Happy Stitching,

EPP Mischief

Since Saturday I've been prepping more pieces for my Mischief quilt.

I miscounted with the black & i've 9 extra. So that's those done & dusted. The white though I've still 218 to go.

Last night i prepped the next 10 blocks. Total with these 59. Just need 41 more.

Today i finally made myself sit at the machine. I put together 3 little hangings. Hopefully I'll be able to show those tomorrow. 

My aim for May is to get myself at the machine eveyday to either finish a project or put together several quilts into the tops at least.

Happy stitching,

What a crappy week

 Very little happened in the way of sewing. I did finish the other 4 Ice Cream Soda blocks

Added a few more stitches to this block

& everything went down hill from Anzac day. Hopefully today i can get back on track with my crafting.

I have new additions to my place

How exciting to get our first home grown egg

Happy stitching

Lest We Forget

FNSI April ......

I spent the afternoon watching Netflix getting some Ice Cream Soda blocks done.

by bedtime i had 2 full ones & a part of a 3rd. They take so long to piece together.

Thursday i made this one

I only have 4 left for this months round of blocks to sew.

Earlier in the week i completed another 10 Mischief blocks.

Pop over to hostess Wendy's blog to find links to everyone who joined in last night.

Happy Stitching,

My week

I made 10 more blocks for Mischief

My friend posted the little Klosjes to me so i put them together

There were another 2 with them but my friend had already sewn them together. I have 18 now. Still not sure i want to make a big quilt with them. :)

Back to my stitching after that

finished this block last night & started this one

Hopefully the next installment of Ice Cream Soda arrives Tuesday so i can get them done. I also need to prepare more Mischief blocks & the joining pieces.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF, April

During the week i added the last 2 rows to my pink, green white EPP quilt. I was short 2 pinks & i went with a suggestion of finding a pink that would "blend" in. Thursday i cut all the squares to fill in the triangle gaps along the side. I added 1 row Thursday night. For FNwF i managed to get the last 3 side done.

It looks a bit odd as i haven't trimmed the squares back yet or added the pieces to the corner. I went with filling in the triangle gaps rather than applique to a border. I am still adding a border i just need to go shopping. :)

Earlier in the week i made these

I now have 29 shapes for Mischief. Still a long way to go to 100.

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

Happy Stitching,

My stitchy week

I've been stitching another Gail Pan Christmas project which i finished earlier in the week.

After that i prepared more blocks for Mischief

The black & which pieces are the joining pieces for the purple blocks.

After that i went with a suggestion of using a different pink fabric for the last 2 rows in my pink, green white epp quilt as the lady i bought it from was short 2 pieces. So now when i add the last 2 rows i've only green octagons left over. Yay.

The lozenge shape papers were really wrecked by the time i got this far so i was lucky i have a Lucy Boston quilt i could pinch some from. Just have to remember to put them back. :) I prepped all these for a trip away next week. Not sure if i'll be going now thanks to all the flooding from Cyclone Debbie.

I felt like adding embroidery to my projects & found up a cute Fig 'n' Berry project.

The red ran unfortunately & i had to soak it. I had a little though running around that the fabric looked a little different. Yes it does. Grrr. The pieces were a cream tone on tone but now after soaking the finished piece looks white. As the red runs the other 4 embroidery pieces will most likely look white too.

Thursday i didn't feel like either EPP or embroidery so what did i do. You guessed it i started another project. This time hand piecing. I've wanted to make these for years & as i've all the scraps out for Ice Cream Soda quilt i decided to make a start.

I've been making 3" Klosjes (spools). I mentioned that it might be just a table runner & a friend told me "no go for a big quilt".  She did & it's beautiful but hers is 60" by 60" & used 400 Klosjes. We'll see. She did however have some left over & is sending them to me which i greatly appreciate. As much as i love handpiecing it's slow going & 400 is quite alot.

Happy Stitching,