sewing.

The last 2 weeks since i posted have zipped by & I keep forgetting to post about what i've been working on.

I've done the 2 blocks for March of Gail Pan's Christmas BOM.

I had to wait a few days to get the thread for the bonus project & now they are waiting to be turned into the runner.

The thread is a Cottage Garden one called Earl Grey,

A few of weeks ago i pulled out a kit i bought many years ago & cut it all out. It's now finished.

2nd photo shows the colour better.

Made just in time for Autumn. :) That's one kit marked off my kit list only about 20 odd more to go. lol.

I've put a few more stitches in this project i showed in last post.

& last night started on this block from Hannah & Harrington.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF March

How can it be March already ??????

Yesterday/last night i joined our lovely hostess Cheryll & 17 other lovely ladies for FNwF & my first project was to put a binding on my doll quilt i made & hand quilted last weekend.

I'd put the felt applique on these little blocks on Wednesday & they just needed the border fabrics so i could place the holly in the corners of the 2 elf blocks.

That done i dragged out an old UFO to finish adding border pieces & applique to. This one is from 2012.

First i sewed the completed blocks together then added the border row across the bottom

Laying the blocks out on the bed to place the fabric squares around for placement before sewing seemed to be an open invitation to some small furry critters.

Just 4 blocks needed to have the squares sewn around. So very slack, why didn't i finish this years ago.

Then i had to cut out the felt applique for 3 blocks as the apple one had been done back in 2012. :)

All attached now & with a furry photo bomber. :)

Now to the evening & that saw me sewing the binding down by hand to the doll quilt

All done & first finish for March. I got a bit slack with sewing after that & only put a few stitches in an embroidery i'm doing.

Happy Stitching,

2 little finishes.

The binding is sewn down on my little wallhanging from my last post so i can add that to my finishes for February with a few days to spare. :)

I've also restitched the block i stuffed up trimming back & added the borders

And the little table topper i'd put together also in my last post has been quilted & bound.

Yay another finish for me. :).

At night i've been stitching Fig 'n' Berry's Christmas BOM for 2019.

Nearly done.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI February

Yesterday i joined in with 22 ladies for Friday Night Sew In. Thanks to Wendy our lovely hostess for having us over again.

I started reasonably early whilst it was still cool to put the binding on my big quilt. I was a little out on size it's about 80" by 90 ". My brain got confused as the blocks are 10 " & i though i'd done 10 blocks by 10 blocks not 8 blocks by 9 blocks. :)

I had to turn my table sideways so my bed could support the weight of the quilt.

 All that was left of the binding.

 Meanwhile Lil P thought my insert box was for her.

Silly kitty. :)

Next i pieced some backing together & fixed a couple of twisted seams on a quilt top ready for quilting.

Boring i know but it needed to be done. I thought i'd bought it wide enough but the top was a little bigger than i remembered.

My Christmas BOM blocks came next but i stuffed up trimming one so now i have to stitch it again. The borders were added to this one & a line drwnw to add the last bit of stitching.

I'd finished the 4 little bonus project stitcheries on Friday night so they were made into the top yesterday as well.

Ready to quilt.

I took one project from the small project ufo pile to finish.

All ready to have the binding sewn down.

One last project to work on & time to take a break.

New Christmas BOM from Fig N Berry Creations arrived yesterday.

But before i could turn that machine of some boring clothes repairs needed doing too.:) :).

I started hand sewing the binding down at about 2:30 pm. With a few breaks during that time i finished at around 7pm.

All done. :) :) With thanks to Fiona for her beautiful quilting. I love the all over swirls that was done. I tried to hang the quilt on the clothesline to take photos but discovered the wind up mechanism is broken so on the ground the quilt went.

Meanwhile after finishing the binding i went to do the label & someone though the quilt was there for her to hide in.

Since the binding didn't take as long to do as i thought it would i finished the border stitching on thisd block.

Then the quilting on my little Christmas table topper.

Happy Stitching,

Tuesday Sewing

Even though it was hot yesterday i wanted to get some sewing done as i needed to make binding for my big scrappy quilt that was recently quilted. It took a while to cut & sew all the strips together. Sewing the binding onto the quilt will have to wait for cooler weather.

I measured it & there is about 8-1/2 metres of binding here. From memory the quilt is about 100" by 100".

Then i cut the binding for my doll quilt as it's only small that twas a quick job. :)

By then it was to hot to sit at the machine so off to the lounge i went. Fan on & Knightfall on Netflix to hand sew the binding down. Sure wish sewing the binding onto the big quilt goes as quick as it did sewing the binding onto the doll quilt which measures 12" square.

That done i finished embroidery this block from part 2 of Gail Pan's Christmas BOM

Gail always gives us a project using one of the stitcheries. This month is a little table topper. I started 1 of the 4 pieces needed.

Don't think there will be any sewing today as it is supposed to be 40 degrees here. Might be a day for reading under the air conditioner in my bedroom. :)

Happy Stitching,

FNwF February

Goodness me February already & last night was time for FNwF. I joined in with 24/5 other lovely ladies, Pop over to visit our lovely hostess Cheryll to find the links to who all joined in.

I started early. I'm in a doll quilt swap so i started my day with making that up. Gosh the pieces are tiny.

I started hand quilting it yesterday afternoon.

Then i wanted to clear another ufo off my pile. one sewing folder done.

I then got back to adding hexagons to the quilt in my previous post. I didn't quite get the top done to give it back to the lady today. :(

All i had left was the grey hexagons in this corner. Now i need to add the half hexagons & fill in the side spaces.

Thankyou for having us again for the sewin Cheryll.

Happy Stitching,

Hexie Quilt.

I've been a little busy on the hand sewing front for a few weeks now trying to get a quilt top done. I posted 4 of the flowers in my last post. A lady had started making the quilt but has been unable to finish. I offered to help & discovered it was all hexagons, no machine sewing whatsoever. :) She hadn't made many flowers or butterflies so i had to cut out a lot of the flowers & tack them along with the making up.

 So here is where i'm up to. I'm hoping to have it all done by Saturday next week. I really hope she likes what i have done. No pattern just an idea she thought of.

I have just one more row of flowers then 3 butterflies & grey hexagons are added to the top. After that it's the filler pieces.hexagons are 2" ones so they are a bit large & awkward to sew together.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI January.

Last night i joined in with 25 ladies for the first Sew In for 2019. Pop over to Wendy's blog to find the links to who all joined in & what projects they worked on. Thankyou Wendy for hosting us again this year.

My first project was to turn my snowman into a cushion. I added the backing during the morning & stuffed the pillow in the evening.

The next project was my pansy cross stitch scissor keep. I added the backing, tassle & cord in the morning & stuffed it ready to go in the evening.

Next project was this little owl i'd stitched last year. It was supposed to be cut out around the owl & turned into an ornament but i went with a hanging instead.

Binding sewn down in the evening, bells added & already in it's new home with my daughter.

A stitchery i had stitched last year was next. It took me a little longer than i'd hoped as i needed to applique it to the background, quilt around it & then add the buttons before even doing the back part which took a little while to do. :)

Front

Back. And Voila! a nice new bag for my projects. The binding was sewn down in the evening as well.

Last night i made these 4 hexie flowers.

Happy Stitching,

A bit of sewing.

The border fabric arrived yesterday for Send My Love bom so today i sewed it to my top.

Next i added borders to the first 2 blocks for this years bom from Gail Pan called Merry Bright.

The running stitch was added this evening around inside of border.

The extra project for this month is a pillow. I added borders this morning & then did the quilting this evening.

Hopefully I'll add the backing tomorrow & then stuff it.

After that i finished off this little ufo.

Then this ufo

Happy stitching,

Send My Love bom

Today i finally managed to get some machine time. I should've been working on ufo's but i chose to put my bom together.

I had hoped I'd find border fabric in my stash but unfortunately none of my blues matched. Luckily the shop i bought my blue fabric from still has some of Blue Barn range in. 😊😊.

Happy Stitching,

1797 Revisited

Is finished except the sides which i'm still deciding on. The original used all colours but i'm thinking all red or all brown. I'll have to lay fabrics out & see how it looks.

Happy Stitching,