First week of May

Another block towards my Caswell quilt is done...

So that is 9/30 blocks done (if I do them all)

This week I had my second Shingles vaccination...... and on the next day I felt really foul so I stayed quiet at home and did a bit of embroidery....

I managed to finish this flower in between naps and tea .....

Feeling much better but for the ache in the arm and a second flower is done, I am up to date (until tonight when the next one drops!), although there is still quite a bit of the vine still to do...

I had my garment sewing day on Sunday and finished off making a shirt for Hubz.... our tutor April drew up the pattern for me from one of his favourite shirts

It's a blue denim colour made in a poplin

My mistake was putting the buttons and buttonholes on the wrong sides! Duh.... He's a good sport and still wore in proudly when we went into town!

I even put a label on it!!! haha

April (our tutor) helped me make alterations to this jacket pattern (my bust and butt fit different sizes and the armhole was too tight).  So I have made up my fake one and the fit is good so next month I hope to be working on this jacket which I am making from this quilt (made for daughter 15 years ago but she likes different colours now so it's going to be chopped up for me)

I did do some quilting and binding on this very patient quilt from long ago ....

This one is from a pattern by the late Rosalie Decker and is called Flowerville - made in Tilda fabrics and I think it is so lovely and pretty.....

I had some pretty backing leftovers I could join to make it fit

I quilted the backgrounds differently, wriggles for the pink and cross hatch for that yummy mushroom colour

Lots of little dresden plate pieces go round the different embroideries...

I did love doing this one.... took me too long to finish off due to other distractions!!

.... of course a new crochet blanket has been started for the evenings.  I was going to make a cot blanket but this lovely soft chenille type yarn has some bits of bling in it and I am finding little pieces all around my house.... it won't do for a baby blanket so I am making a bigger one....  pink, white and grey.... (you can spot a few shiny pieces in the picture)

That's my lot for the week, seems like lots but mostly it was just finishing off things that had been started  last month...

Have a lovely weekend, it's Mothers Day here so BBQ lunch for me with dessert by DD

Righto, Gotto Go......xx

Beginning of May

I am doing a bit of a catch up post here.....

Susan and I are sewing Be My Neighbour together this year..... - here are Aprils blocks (Susan's blocks are HERE)

I am using 1930's style fabrics for mine.... (not sure I like the multicoloured one above)

I am sewing Floral Fun with the Brisbane Sunday Stitchers....  these are my 2 blocks for April

I had these squares all cut out from fat quarters gathered in the clubs Community Quilters stash....  this week I had a couple of quiet days at home so I sewed them all together....

In between the blocks I have been trying to keep up with my scrap project using it for Leaders and Enders....

I had cut up a heap of scraps last year to tidy up....

These scrappy stars are beginning to take shape....  I have to admit I am a bit in love with them....

Over the last few months I have had these little stitcheries as a 'pick up and go' when I haven't got anything sorted for a sewing day....

I finished these 6 and I will make them up into little needlecases for our sales table at Embroidery Guild later this year...

My pink crochet blanket is finished... this is 1 x 1.2 metres - KOGO have requested cot blankets so this will go to them....

It's a soft chenille type feel and I just did treble bunches in lines

On a trip to UK a few years ago I took grandy-girls some preprinted Mandalas and thread to try embroidery together...

Chloe finished hers and sent it as a gift to me in a frame...... I Love it .... the picture is a bit blurry but the colours are nice and bold...

Righto, Gotto Go.....  I'm dressmaking tomorrow so need to get my supplies ready....

Have a lovely weekend....xx

April Finishes.....

Our UK daughter mentioned she had extra luggage allowance so I asked if she would like some quilts to take back.....

Well we had to give her an extra suitcase!  A couple she had chosen still had the binding to finish so I got those done...

Angel Story was sewn some years ago... an Anni Downs pattern done in Tilda fabrics...

It was a fun one to stitch and quilt...

Some coordinating Tilda fabric for the backing....

I made two very similar quilts with these fabrics, one already went to someone and this one is now a finish too....

... all over quilting.....

... and a cheerful backing....

I finished this Urban Street EPP quilt in November 2024 ...

This Wedge quilting sampler was finished in February 2024.....

This one was  finished in May 2022 (2m square)

Charming Stars was finished in January 2023 

Mama Tembo was finished in January 2022.... it's a big quilt...

It is a lovely feeling when the quilts are wanted and now I have an empty shelf!!!  I still have lots I want to make, and lots of tops to finish off...

Righto, Gotto Go...... coffee time....  have a lovely week....

End of March

Before we went off on our island trip I did finish a couple of things....

I did show my finished Field Journal hexagon quilt HERE in January....

I wasn't quite satisfied with it though.......  so I added some machine quilting .....

All of the plain creams and the flower centres got a similar little feathery flower ....

... and I ditched all the hexagon frames ...

A lot of stop and start and I was pleased with the work of my sit down Sweet Sixteen....

The back of the work shows off the feathery flowers quite well....

I also finished the crochet blanket made with a bunch of different variegated yarns..... It has come out a nice weight and has gone off to KOGO for distribution....It ended up 1.8m by 1.4m so a reasonable size.

They are in urgent need of cot blankets so that's what I'll be working on for a while.....  

Whilst we travelled I had a bit of knitting with me and finished these 3 beanies.....

... and most of this scarf was done - a moss stitch in a cotton variegated yarn....

I also had most of the bits done for this little set and finished sewing it all together the other evening ....

Knitting is a convenient thing for me that I don't need to watch all the time but it keeps my hands busy.....

These will all go off to KOGO in the next parcel..... with Winter coming up they will be useful....

Righto, Gotto Go.... I've put one of my quilts on the frame to play with.... it's a happy place to sew and listen to my book ......

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

Have a great rest of the week.....