Mid-June

Another week gone by quickly.....  I'm struggling with the cold this year and it hasn't even been that freezing!

Footy season (Rugby League) season is upon us and I have sat frozen at the sidelines watching Widget.  I do enjoy it and now have no worry about how it looks with multiple layers and a quilt on my lap... 

Sick daughter is cautiously on the recovery road and we had a drive out to a bakery this last weekend which included a bit of walking (which she paid for the next day)  It is surprising how such little exercise can be so exhausting.  English daughter is still here till tomorrow evening and it has been lovely to have an extra driver to help with appointments etc. as well as the company.

I sneaked in some easy seams and this quilt top is finished ....... I have other batiks and the left overs from 2 quilts and now practice with the curved ruler and will start an owl quilt.

This quilt is 102" x 80" (too big for my wall)

Some embroidery has been stitched in the evenings...... 

,,,,, which I am thoroughly enjoying...

Righto, Gotto Go, farewell dinner out tonight and I need to get out that warm jacket!!!!

Have a lovely rest of the week...xx

June means Winter has 'started'

We needed to light the fire in May prior to the 'official' start of winter here.  A definite chill in the air,  and soup recipes, jeans and jumpers, electric blankets, hot showers and wood fire season is here......  I do love it when I am not watching footy from the sidelines in the wind!

This weeks machine sewing has been the main blocks for Candy Blossoms (using Quick Curve Ruler), and I have started sewing the sashings on......

This is the pattern from a book by Sew Kind of Wonderful..... looks quite different in my colours

My zig-zag blanket is finished!

Visiting UK grandson will be pleased with this, just in time for the cold weather here.... it's ended up a good size, this is on a double bed.

It actually goes quite well with the picture up in that spare room (perhaps he will forget to pack it????)

I had chosen 15 different balls of yarn some time ago and swapped them for the colours chosen by Attic24 so I could follow her sequence.

I will miss having this blanket on my lap these evenings.  I have taken out my embroidered table runner to work on now ....

Today I managed to go to Embroidery group and continued with the hardanger hearts border..... only to discover after sewing 10 hearts that I had made a mistake... so today I actually did more reversing than progress!  I was going to fudge it but June, the tutor warned me it would come back and bite me if I didn't fix it!

That's my sewing week, hope you have had some fun too.... xx

Righto, Gotto Go, I have boring grocery shopping to do ......