3rd week of June

Progress on the embroidery....... this was last week....

and this is this week.....

I have done a bit of quilting... this is a top I made back in 2019/20 called Bloom

If I remember right it was a free pattern by Lori Holt....and Maria kindly gave me the templates for the shapes?  I did love making it and the fresh pretty colours (I had a layer cake) - it just got forgotten in a box!

I also spent a fair bit of time ironing batik pieces and cutting for the next QCR quilt by Sew Kind of Wonderful.... 

... and there we have my crafting week ... I hope you have had some time to make something too.... xx

Righto, time for getting on with my day..... 

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

2nd week of April

Grandson Jack requested a beanie for upcoming winter...

I knitted a beanie with chunky wool - it is too big even for a big headed person!

I will try threading some shirring elastic through and see if that works

Sewing with friends on Wednesday yielded another 5 blocks .....

I'm rather chuffed how well my bold dark stripes lined up so well!

A good start has been made on the crochet blanket.  I am using Lucy's (Attic 24) Coast Ripple Blanket pattern but with my own set of colours.

A little bit of embroidery has been done for the next section of the Table runner

... and the next attempt at a beanie has been started using 8 play yarn this time... it is a nice chocolate brown and khaki green... not the colours shown in the picture at all!

Righto, Gotto Go.... I'd like to set up a quilt on the frame for quilting..... Wings and Pretty Things that I did ages ago (2020) , designed by Michelle... but first I need to sew together the backing as regular fabric is not wide enough.

Have a lovely weekend.....xx

4th week of March

This UFO has been around on my list for some years!.  It was actually scraps from a previous project where I had ended up with a bunch of triangles sewn as HST's at the time.....

I first made them into little pinwheel groups of 4 and then sewed strips

Originally I thought a mini quilt but decided on another project bag instead!

The lining is sweet and the backing is pretty - which I also used for binding and accent on the zip

In the last week I have ended up having 2 machine sewing days with friends so I got quite a few 'Tuesleydale' blocks done....

With all the talking that goes on 5 a day is pretty good!

I changed my ineffective magnets to some pretty poppers

The bag closes perfectly now....

Evening stitching has resulted in another section of tablerunner done, one bit is in such a pale thread it's hard to see, at this stage I will leave it though

Righto, Gotto Go.

Our Widget has his 'formal' this evening and we need to dress up for photo's and the 'walk-in'.  I've not experienced one of these before.  He featured on my blog many times as a youngster and I keep feeling surprised that this is his final year at school.

Have a lovely weekend...xx

Second week of November

This week has gone in a bit of a daze and I have kept busy..

On Sunday I attended my last clothes making session of the year and I made up a baby romper for a friends baby girl...

I have forgotten how fiddly it is to make little clothes!!!

On Wednesday with the girls I continued making up some scrappy blocks for Trail Mix...

There is a bunch more to be made up...

I have taken to doing some stitching in the evenings and got out my table runner that has been neglected for some time...

Added a few more rows onto the crochet stripey blanket aswell....

This little village is on the quilting rack..... doing a little bit each day - mostly in the ditch around the blocks.... I feel that is all it needs...

Summer storms and some fierce winds have visited us, lovely to have water in the tanks and some green lawn to enjoy...

Have a lovely crafty weekend.... xx

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

MId October

We had a good time with our son who turned 40 and his 2 boys down Southward in Victoria and then a few days in the Snowy Mountains, where there was still some good snow and we watch skiing etc.  WE stayed near a lake and Hubz tried out some fly fishing.

The boys loved their quilts ..... (the fishing one and Boys Story)  Mr 14's comment was "Nana, I just don't know how you do this"

Came back with lots of dirty laundry and well rested up...... I took knitting to do ....

A scarf in moss stitch.  I sew up the ends so it's an 'infinity' scarf.  I always find they don't fall or blow off better.

Whilst the washing machine was going and I was gently getting back into things I caught up on my Blackwork SAL

This was Saturdays effort......

Even though the evenings were hot I wanted to finish off the blanket which just had a few more rows to it....

A pretty shell like pattern

and now it is done and ready to be sent off to KOGO....  now the weather is so much warmer I will go back to knitting blocks.

Sunday I was back at the Blackwork.  

42 done... 10 more to go (yes 10 weeks of the year left!!!)  I'm still unsure what I will do with the finished piece.

... and now I am caught up.  I find this work I need to do when I am quiet at home and set up with the magnifying glass at the dining table.

I bought some of that Stick and Stitch I had read about to try.

It works pretty well and not at all tacky like I thought it might be.  Washed away easily enough.

So I spoilt myself and bought a set of patterns from Kasia, an Australian designer.  and I am adding some detail on to a dress I had made way back in May ...   but not worn yet.

I really like that Stick and Stitch stuff -. Kasia includes it in the pack but I know it is available at various places to do your own printing.

There were over 100 blogs to be read when I got back so I skipped through them, I love seeing what people have done but I didn't have time to comment on them.  Normal programming has returned!

Righto, Gotto Go..... Embroidery Guild is today.  I want to try Hardanger and one of the ladies is teaching it... not sure I have the right supplies but can find that out today.

Take care, have a lovely weekend....