Leap Year February

The Log Cabin blocks are together and I added a grey/blue border

It's about 60" square

Binding is made too.... now it is off to the queue.....

My little cardigan is completed and buttons found.... lucky I had some to go with it as I gave heaps of my buttons away a couple of years ago (since I was never going to use them!) Isn't that always the way - moral of the story is NEVER give away your craft stuff!!!!

My February UFO started off like this.......

and yesterday I put the last stitches on my little sample book....

5" x 3" in size

I have learnt quite a few new stitches doing this ... and its quite a pretty little reference book...

Righto, Gotto Go - off to Embroidery Guild today and now I have done that sampler I need to draw out another project...

Hope you have a great rest of the week....

Last week of February....

It's a longer last week of February than the last few years since it's a leap year!

I delved into my UFO pile and put together this quilt top.... all the blocks were already made so it was only a matter of setting them out on the design wall and then sewing them together.....

I used up my coloured left overs of William Morris fabrics (I made a tuffet years ago from these) and I had luckily found metrage of the background WM fabric on a sale a couple of years ago.

Chandelier quilt is a free pattern from Jenny Doan of Missouri Star.

Wednesday was a Machine sewing day with friends and I finished off 16 log cabin blocks that had been all cut and partly sewn.  The blocks work out at 14" each and haven't been sewn together yet.  I have enough of the blue/grey to add a 2 1/2" border and do the binding.

Cabin time is also a free pattern found on-line by Mary Go Round Quilts.  It uses 2 1/2" strips and I used a jelly roll I have had for years (can't remember the name of the range)

Night time knitting has been this cardigan for a 1 year old.... this is a KOGO item

... and some progress on my hearts.. .though I am again behind 2 days.... 

It's been a social week  ......

Righto, Gotto Go.... those blocks won't sew themselves together....

Middle of February....

Over the weekend I quilted The Avenue, ribbons in the background and large tear shapes in the trees, leaves around the border - and stitched a label on Tuesday...

I will get the binding hand-stitched down soon....

Special friends came for a visit ..

I have a birthday later this month and Shez made me this lovely bag... I love the look of Hexagons but they are not my favourite to sew... this is so pretty and a good size - even has hexagons on the ties!!!!

... and how adorable are these ladybug ornaments..... totally love them....

Thank you so much Shez.....

Michelle bought a bundle too.....  there is 3 fabrics there to match my others for Caswell, a lovely bag pattern from favourite designer Anni Downs, my Christmas ornie, and .....

a hand drawn card of Mrs Superb Fairy Wren......  I love Fairy Wrens and I will be finding a frame for this....

... and a special tin decorated with her Slow Stitching..... I have to show several pictures to this one 

The tin is little (3,5" by2,5") This is the top folded out.....

.... and she has made it into a needlecase (knowing I love something practical)

Both special friends - spoilt me very much ... we then went to a nearby country town for the day... for some lunch at the local pub ..... after supporting local businesses and op shops

and a look at the Art Gallery.... Shez and I are thinking deeply

... and Michelle and I are posing with the art ....

We had a lovely day which went by too fast....

I have continued with sewing the little hearts, I still have to finish off yesterdays and do todays....

I sewed up a couple of new Bondi tops ..... this one I was wearing on our day out....

.... and this one in Tilda fabric is for my day at the Tilda Jubilee tomorrow.... (I was very spoilt and gifted a ticket to this event)

So that has been my busy week ...... it is so lovely and cool today and we've had some gentle rain.... I hope you have a lovely weekend.... xx

Righto, Gotto Go...... time for a cuppa.....

2nd week of February

Self binding of 6 more Field Journal hexagons happened ....

and more binding.... I quilted this last year.... top was made in 2022...

I had a bunch of lovely spotty fabrics....

and did all over swirls and hooks which always gives a nice texture and look....

My favourite Quilt shop got in some Insul-Bright and I got some to cover my ironing board which was looking decidedly daggy....

I had a piece of upholstery weight fabric, which of course I quilted

It was an easier make than I thought....

A few more Sashiko blocks done.....

Meg at CrabApple Hill is hosting a stitchery for February Embroidery Month and I am sewing along with a group of other Heartist friends.....  these are the little hearts I have done

Mostly only take a short time in the evening... I expect some will be more challenging than others....

And I may have had some arm bending to join Michelle in a new project..... with some help from Marina.... thanks girls..... really, thanks I am going to love this one even if it takes me ages...

Isn't it a beauty?????

I had to buy the backgrounds but the rest will come from my stash - I've been saving those for a special project (I forget the range)

Righto, Gotto Go, I have a quilt on the frame, some Sashiko blocks to trace out and some Caswell backgrounds to cut --- oh it's going to be a fun weekend!

Hope you keep well and have some fun too....