Second Week of March

We were housebound over a few days with threats of the cyclone.  We had a windy night and a few branches down and no power for most of a day.... and some very welcome rain.

So it was a good time to get out one of those tops from the Quilting Queue and play with it.....

I took this scrappy one (which I really love and it used so many of those little pieces) and also found a bunch of strips to make into binding......  off to the Binding Queue!!!

Girlfriends came round for machine sewing day and I am up to date with Be My Neighbour blocks, I am sewing this one with Susan and our neighbourhoods are looking very different, but I can assure you they are both respectable and good value to live there!!!

this is the first street done (the colours are a bit fresher than the picture shows)

I went to Quilt Group on Tuesday and there were some lovely quilt tops made using strippy scraps

This picture shows how Betty made hers... she backed with some lightweight fabric and after sewing the squares cut smaller strips

then placed them in opposite directions to get this ziggy zaggy effect....

Shirley made a shadow box quilt using her strip blocks....

... and another making diamond shapes with the strips....

Some great ideas ......

I did the binding on this little Charm Pack quilt

soft curly hooks for quilting ... makes a modernish cot quilt, or even a lap quilt....

and of course no scraps left from the charm pack!!!

This weekend I will prep up a few projects though not much will happen for the next 5 weeks, we are going away for a short island break and then children from far away are coming to help celebrate Hubby's 70th birthday at the end of the month.....

Excited is an under-exaggeration!  During this time I will be taking a break from blogging ....... xx

Righto, Gotta Go - I think I will take some yarn and pattern for baby clothes, nice and easy to travel with.....

First Week of March

A few things have been done lately.... I went over to a friends house and we made up some design boards.  We used corflute and cotton wadding, glue spray and velcro strips on the wall..... one of the corflute was black which is why you can see a slight shadow but it works well and is perfect for her needs.  

Hand sewing lately has been finishing off these sweet embroideries (inherited from Marina).  I think I matched up the colours closely enough that it doesn't notice.

In the evenings I have been working on the next KOGO blanket using a mixture of variegated yarns I was given.

It is a bit wavy in places and showing a waist line in other places largely due to the different 8 ply thicknesses, but I think it will go okay with a wash and stretch.  I will still do more to make it rectangular..... it's about a metre squared at the moment....

I have neglected my blackwork for a few weeks so did a catch up yesterday (after an outing was cancelled due to the weather forecast that didn't evenuate)

I new one is out so already I am behind again but this is being put away for a few weeks now

This is where I am up to now - I still have a fair bit of the leafy vines to do

I marked out  half inch lines and quilted the little embroideries - hoping to add the binding today then make up a little box with this piece.....

Hubz and I enjoy watching these Bald Eagles in California.... last year the eggs didn't hatch but this year there are 2 babies and another cracked egg last night.... be lovely if there is 3 successes.  

This is at the end of a feeding time this morning.... we could see some movement at the top of the egg.  The website shows in the pictures where the live cam is if anybody is interested....

Righto, Gotto Go..... I feel like an extra cup of coffee this morning.....

Take care, be safe and keep crafting.....xx