Having a change.

The last couple of days i've been doing some cross stitch. I bought this little kit quite a while back, made a start & then abandoned it.

I've managed quite a bit in just a few days considering the Aida is a very small weave. Not sure if the count. 

Happy Stitching,

Round We Go bom

Earlier this week i finally got to prepping the last 4 blocks of my bom

Last night i finished sewing them together

All that is left is to applique these 4 to the backgrounds, trim them back & then sew all the blocks into a top.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI July

Yesterday i joined in FNSI hosted by the lovely Wendy.  In the morning i trimmed the stitcheries from Send My Love bom by Gail Pan ready to sew onto their backgrounds.

 After that i spent several hours with my son trying to get an issue with the desktop sorted. And wouldn't you know it despite spending money buying a new Windows program it still isn't fixed. Grrr. Hopefully today it will get sorted.

Then last night i appliqued the stitcheries to the backgrounds

and July blocks are done.

Pop over to Wendy's blog to see the links to find what projects everyone who joined in worked on

Happy Stitching,

Ruth's Dream stitcheries.....

......are done. I finished the last stitch in the label last night. :)

All trimmed up ready to go. Now i just need to cut out the fabrics that go with them & turn it all into a top at least. :)

The No Fuss Stitch along ladies are going to host another one next year. This is the chosen project

I was lucky to get a copy. If you have one & want to join in pop over to the blog post here & let the ladies know you are interested in joining in.

Happy Stitching,

Name banner.

I was playing thread chicken & sadly i lost. On the last letter from Miss "C's" name banner & all i needed was a little bit more thread to finish. Oh well a trip to the local patchwork shop is in order then. :)

Happy Stitching,

Snow Happy Heart July.

I finished my snow happy heart on Sunday night after spending all weekend in bed with a migraine.   :(.

I changed mine a little as the designer made hers to celebrate the 4th of July & i didn't want mine to reflect that. Pop over & visit Shez to see her July heart.

Then i've been stitching up Baby "C's" name banner.

The next letter was almost finished last night. :) Just 5 left after i finish it off.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF JUly

 Time for FNwF hosted by the very lovely Cheryll.  Thankyou for being our hostess again this month.

Seems everytime i plan an early start for one of the sew in days my daughter has her orthodontist appointment. :) oh well them's the breaks. lol

When i got back i traced out the letters for baby C's banner

I'm using the baby alphabet by Michelle.

Next up i traced the remaining stitcheries from Ruth's Dream quilt

Once these are stitched the quilt can be sewn together.

After that i prepped out this months heart block

 Whilst watching the late afternoon news i started on these

I finished the 4 flowers ready to send off to the lady who is making 2 quilts to give to the 2 ladies  who started us on our Libby Morgan journey. They are to be a thankyou gift from us all. I've still to write my name in the centres.

after that i started stitching my heart until bedtime.

 Pop over here to find link to the blog of who joined in & what projects were worked on.

Happy Stitching,

Round We Go bom update.

A couple of days ago i figured since the final part of Round We Go was due in i'd better get down to the applique part. :). I'm hoping to get quite a few more done over the weekend before part 12 arrives. I had 44 to applique & have managed 15. This isn't my final layout but it is how they are laid out - black, white, black, white ect. I'm guessing the quilt will fit a single bed. The blocks have been cut at 9" to be cut back to 8-1/2" but i'm thinking i'll just leave it to make the quilt a little bigger & longer. Something to think on as i make the last 4 blocks & finish the applique.

Happy Stitching,

Ruth's Dream Quilt update.

I've been embroidering the next 4 blocks in Ruth's Dream quilt over the last couple of days & finished them last night.

 Not many to go now & i can start putting my quilt together.

Happy Stitching,

Send My Love June

June blocks finished from Send My Love bom.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI June

My FNSI started in the morning making binding to go on a quilt the Wonderfully Awesome Fiona had quilted for me & had arrived back Thursday. I then spent most of the evening/afternoon hand stitching the binding down..

A Merry Christmas Garden by Gail Pan. It was a bom i did back in 2014 using all my own fabrics. I knew this quilt was huge but didn't realise how big until i laid it atop my queen bed. It's big!!!

 Love the sparkly thread Fiona used in the border. :)

Beautiful quilting as always. Love it.

Next i pieced a backing for another quilt top for Fiona to quilt for me. No photo's of that as it was quite boring. :)

Next up i thought i'd make up one of the Christmas projects that have been hanging around a few months with the embroidery finished. As i went to cut the border fabrics i realised i couldn't quite finish this one yet as i had to applique leaves & berries to the 4 corners of the border. Borders added, berries & leaves fabric chosen & ironed on I stitched them until bed time. I hoped to have it done by the time Jurassic Park finished but i still have 1-1/2 leaves to go. I'll have to quickly finish them so i can make the hanging up today.

Thankyou once again to the very lovely Wendy for being our hostess. Pop on over to visit Wendy & find the links to who joined in & what projects they worked on.

Happy Stitching,