Happy Easter.... FNWF#2

Happy Easter to you all.... very different this year....

We had special visitors to our birdbath this week!  I thought it would bring a smile to you all

they had done a runner from home.... so lovely and friendly and I did see they got back home safe and sound....

This is the new Tula Pink fabric... isn't it so lovely and happy and sewing themed too!  It is fun having a play with it (shop sample)

A few more games of Sequence have been played.... so far the score is Hubz 4 .... me 1.... (I think he let me win!)

we are doing our bit for the children on neighbourhood walks with a few teddies at the window.... we are a bit off the road but have noticed a few people see them...

Thank you Cheryll for hosting FNWF#2 to keep us busy sewing and blogging over shutdown time.... I have continued sewing my little angel in the evenings and she is done now....

Today I want to add a peeper and borders to make her into a little hanging.  This was a free stitchery from The Quilters Angel on their 'tribe' facebook page  (I made a little adjustment to the title as I want it for my sewing room)

The last couple of days were overcast and windy (sadly not wet!) but I have got out onto the veranda and done a bit of sewing....  these still need to be stuffed...

The pinwheel (or twister) blocks are all together now...  its a bit insipid as not enough contrast in the fabrics but I still think it is pretty.

I am going to add a 1" pink border and then more of that Tilda border which surrounds the pinwheels

It's a beautiful day today so after this I am off outside ... Hubz is mowing the lawn so I will wait till that is done...

I will also be continuing to sew the next round onto my Pineapple blocks... these are growing steadily...

Last night I couldn't resist starting my newest needleturn project.....in lovely Tilda fabrics....

.. and this weeks crochet is almost up to date.... I am working from both ends of a ball to get two squares of different sizes from it....  

Righto, Gotto Go... I can no longer hear the lawn - mower so I'm off outside....

Happy Easter... I hope you all find something fun to do

Keeping busy

I have had a couple of people ask if I was getting bored being at home so much..... hmmm .... nope. 

Though of course I miss my physical sewing times with friends and seeing my local family ... internet chats are real boosters at the moment.....

My circles quilt now has it's navy shadowplay borders on... and the binding made in the same fabric....

.... and into the Quilting Queue....

This quilt was fun to make, I gathered the circles around a template and starched and pressed and then the needleturn was pretty easy in the evenings....  trimmed back the background batik and this got them all to fit together so well....

The snowmen have been stitched down and cut.... perhaps this will be a good one to sew outside at the weekend....

Here are all 12 of them together... they need a backing sewn onto them, turned through and a bit of stuffing added then a ribbon to be able to hang them up....

My favourite LQS has shut it's physical doors but started a Facebook group sharing positive thoughts, tips etc and this Easter runner was a freebie link ... 

I already had lots of the strips together from a previous quilt... so it was great to find a use for them... and I love those colours

 if you feel like joining in go HERE ... I do love seeing what people are making and happy for positive sewing groups.

I have had this grouping sewn up and on my design board all week.....

Yesterday when I had a spare hour I started chopping where I had sewn...... 

... now it looks smaller and a bit different.... some more stitching to do outside over Easter....

Hand sewing is happening too .... I had the binding for my Easter runner to sew and am doing this cute stitchery given by The Quilters Angel on the above mentioned F/B page...

Pretty teal colours and it will fit in perfectly in my sewing room....

Righto, Gotto Go.... Hubz is working from home today... and I am going to pin a quilt while listening to a book.

Have a lovely day, keep safe, keep smiling and keep stitching... and #stayhome

FNWF

My Blogger outlay has changed?  Has yours?    I had to rediscover how to do a blog post....

Thank you Cheryll for hosting FNWF..... I did a few things during the day too.....

I did get the binding on my little Friendship stitchery....

… and it has been placed up in the sewing room.  We moved the little pincushion display to another side as I want to hang up a quilt (maybe Hubz can be persuaded to do that this weekend)

Nearly all of those goodies there are from friends.. so it's perfect

There were a few little blocks left from my circle quilt... now I have little coasters... useful for desks etc... I use them all the time

… right now I have one out.... can you see the game in the background?  Maria suggested it and Hubz had a birthday this week so I ordered it on-line.... perhaps if he puts up the quilt rack I will reward him by playing a game?

Last night for hand stitching I did the white on these snowmen.... didn't get much done... I was tired and went to bed early.

Righto, Gotto Go.... Keep Safe, Keep Smiling, Keep Stitching.....

Here comes April....

I think this will be the oddest April we have experienced..... the blog is my happy place and I'm very happy for it.  

Take care everyone, give yourself a break and if a plan doesn't happen let it go... breathe... and go to plan b....

So... I have plans for the month ...

WOOFA.....

I want to make up my FRIENDSHIP stitchery into something I can hang in my sewing room....

that won't take long, I have done the quilting I want on it so it's just getting the binding sewn down and disturb Hubz working from home to hang it up for me....

SUNDAY STITCHERS CHALLENGE #2 which is also a WOOFA

I want to add the borders to my circle quilt so that will be a top 

I got some navy blue shadowplay fabric for the borders.... another not too big a job to get that done...

there is 5 little blocks spare.....  

… these will become coasters.... that work I did is not going to waste!

I also want to keep working on my scrappy Pineapple blocks

I made quite good progress with them sewing the circles together and they have their next round on them

I needed a few more so there are 4 newly started blocks …  this will give me 25 blocks to start with....

WORKS in PROGRESS ...

Field Journal.... continue stitching these... I want to do at least one a week.

This is my latest one....

Crochet Blanket... make at least one block a week

I am making 2 blocks from each ball, just going around from both ends but trying for different sizes... then I will surround with black.  Using up pure wool that I was given.

Happy Snowman Hearts.... work on these

I did have a 'prepping' session on ChooseDay so they are ready in their project bag for stitching....  they are not very big so shouldn't be a problem to get done....

NEW PROJECTS.

I have an Angel stitchery to sew..

this will become another little one for my quilting room

Start prepping Love quilt (Natalie Bird's Blue quilt)

I bought this book a few years ago....

.. and even got a bunch of fabrics kitted together for it.....

as I said I will do 'love' in the centre … which is an option provided in the book....

Once I start on this one I will have trouble putting it down, and there are lots of other gorgeous projects in the book so I must be careful not to get sidelined too often!!!

I still have these pretty fabrics to sew together then chop up again for a Pinwheel Quilt

I am going to take a page out of Janice's book and take my little Elna Stella out on the veranda on a lovely Autumn day and sew them….

This is another hand project I want to start, even if I just cut some of the fabrics and start basting I will be happy.... 3D half hexagons

While I was digging looking for what was in the Planning Queue I came upon my pile of I Spy Fabrics and I had bought a soft grey to border them....  maybe some more cutting and sewing outside?

… and I do want to take a quilt from my Quilting Queue and get that done....  hmmmmm

oh.. and a bag.  I saw this Poppins Bag on Cheryll's blog and I love it... the pattern and stays arrived in the post this week and I found some lovely fabric at my favourite quilt shop …. I hope this one is not too hard for me

I always, always have a stitching plan that is too long.... but it does make me push myself and keep going.... and I don't mind if I don't tick them all off....

Righto, Gotto Go... I am going to frame up the Friendship stitchery, a nice quick one that can be ticked off today.....

Take care, keep safe, keep smiling and keep stitching.....

January monthlies......

This month I have done this hand work for 1 Christmas Item A Month....

These are going to be little heart ornaments but I have decided to do the handsewing first then make the hearts later

Once they are prepared they don't take too much time to stitch up, so though I am not actually finishing an item each month I am making progress ...

Thanks to Narelle for hosting 1 Christmas Item A Month...

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This month's WOOFA items were....

Garden Sunshine quilt....

I managed to get all the blocks together and sew the border on to make a flimsy.....

United Stitches.

These are the little hand-work blocks I am doing and this month I got 7 done.....

The other project I am working on is my tumblers … as leaders and enders so a bit of progress each month as I get any sewing done...

I have a nice pile of pairs … will still keep going and use up the light rose fabric which is going in between

Thanks to Cheryll for hosting WOOFA.....

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OPAM

As far as finished projects... there are lots of little things as a result of trying to do a bit of a clean up....

Loads of kitchen cloths.....

… a bunch of baby wash cloths....

… one more penguin jumper.....

3 little blue quilts.....

… a bunch of block boards.....

… and a little pink baby quilt....

Thanks to Kris for hosting OPAM.....

Righto, Gotto Go.... I'm going to sort out what's to be done for February.....