Last night i joined in
hosted by Wendy.
I picked out a project that has been prepped for maybe a year to finally make a start on. I really need to stop being distracted by new patterns ect & start/finish all the ones i have. :)
This i 1 of 4 Christmas baubles from a Fig 'n' Berry pattern.
Pop over to visit Wendy to find the links to who joined in & what projects were worked on.
Happy Stitching,
My Karma quilt has progressed to the stage it is almost finished. I just have the filling hexagons at each end to do & then it will have to put aside as i won't be able to add the borders until i've finished moving.
Happy Stitching,
Yesterday was time for
Cheryll is our lovely hostess & can be found here.
I debated signing up as i'm in the middle of packing to move. I had hoped to get the next 6 blocks of The Schoolgirl Sampler done but i really didn't have the time to choose fabrics, cut & sew. As I needed to get my doll quilt quilted since it is almost posting time for our swap i decided to get that done out of the way.
I finished sewing the binding down in the evening when i could sit & relax.
Next up was to piece a backing for a quilt that i am getting quilted soon. I found a rather large piece of fabric in my SIL's stash that was just perfect. That done it was back to packing & cleaning. :(
I had to make the decision to take my beautiful ginger cat Garfield to be put to sleep. He had developed an aggressive face cancer which couldn't be treated. Yesterday was the day. It seems really strange to not having him waiting to be fed, or seeing him curled up asleep anywhere.
He is over the rainbow bridge now with my other kitties Evie & Lucy so he is not alone.
The quilt i'm having quilted was partially handquilted by my SIL & i need to get it unpicked. I sat for quilt a while in the evening doing that before darkness had me quit. Need daylight to see all those tiny stitches. :)
Then it was back to Karma.
I added this rosette & the red around it.
& started another for this row of Karma quilt.
Pop over here to find the links to who joined in last night.
Happy Stitching,
I'm running a little behind with my blocks as we are up to week 9 already. I'd cut my week 8 blocks out ready to sew last Friday but i ended up with a 3 day migraine. Yesterday was spent recovering from it & the medication. Today bright & early i sat down to sew the 6 little blocks.
Now to try & get the rest of the blocks, the remaining half square triangles & the centre block between packing & moving. :)
Happy Stitching,
Yesterday was FNSI time hosted by Wendy I started early making my week seven blocks for the schoolgirl sampler sew along. I should take a photo of all the fabrics i drag out looking for the "perfect" one for each block. I end up surrounded by little piles. :)
Just in time for the next six to be made. :)
It was recommended to us to make up six half square triangles each week as well for one of the borders. It needs 92. I hadn't been but decided i'd better get a move on with them. I started cutting out a pile of squares then sewed them all until i ran out of squares & made a count. I had made 46 which is half of the amount need & 2 ahead of where i would have been if i'd been making the 6 a week. :)
After all that sewing & going out looking at a house as we have to move it was time for some relaxing hand sewing.
I worked on my Karma quilt.
I added the chocolate hexagons around the centre, added it to the row & then sewed the red row around.
Karma quilt so far. Then i made up more of the pale hexagons ready for the next row
and sewed a flower with them.
That was my day. Pop over here to find links to who joined in last night.
Happy Stitching,
I may have started something new. :) Collector With A Needle has shared a free pattern for a quilt called Karma made from hexagons. I've 1 rosette made so far.
I'm using 1/2" hexagons to make mine. Pattern can be found here.
Happy Stitching,
Wednesday i delved into my reproduction cupboard to choose fabrics for this weeks blocks. Once chosen i then cut them all out ready to sew. Today was the day to make up the 6 little 4-1/2" blocks.
Just in time for the to get ready for the next 6 blocks in the sewalong.
And i may have purchased these beautiful fabrics by Michelle Yeo to add to my quilt as borders & cornerstones. :)
Happy Stitching,
Thankyou Cheryll for hosting FNwF again for us that like to stitch along on these Friday nights. There were 22 including me. Sadly my stitching was a bit of a bust. I only manage to stitch a little around this
before a migraine sent me to bed.
Pop over to Cheryll's blog to see who joined in & the chosen projects that were worked on
Happy Stitching,
I'm not sure where last week went but i didn't get near my sewing machine at all except to look at it sitting forlornly waiting for me. :) So i had gotten behind with my 4-1/2" sampler blocks. I spent several hours yesterday cutting out the 12 blocks for weeks 4 & 5. Today was spent sewing them together.
Week 4
Week 5
I may change that blue floral yet. I'll see how it works with all the other blocks first.
Kind of felt like this looking through my reproduction fabric cupboard. :) :).
Happy Stitching,
The day of sewing started fairly early making blocks. 1st up was block 24 for Sewcialites It took a little longer than i hoped. Next weeks ...
