That was a weekend....

Suddenly it is Monday again.....

I spent Saturday doing my own sewing ...

I had these blocks together with the sashing but wanted to use up the leftovers in making a scrappy border.....

It is now a large single bed size...... and I'm happy with it..... 

I did these blocks with Jane's sewalong and learnt some new manipulation of 9 patch blocks

Now it is packed away with a backing, wadding and binding... waiting in the Quilting Queue for the next play date...

There were a bunch of squares still left so I have joined them together..... I was thinking tray mats but there is more than I need... so maybe a tote bag, a couple of tray mats and a mug rug....  they can wait....

Then I started prepping up for the next round of my Love quilt..... 1/2" hexagons... hmmmmm

but they do make sweet little flowers..... 

I have finished my 4 little stitcheries for Wish You Well.... and in the next week I will choose some fabrics and lace and put the block together....

I like the 'simplify' and do think it's good to do that..... too easy to overthink things and make life more difficult that in needs to be....

It appears my comments are back.... I reverted to the old blogger and redid all my email settings..... however a few still come in as no-reply and one doesn't come at all for some reason (so sorry if I'm not responding to you).

Righto, Gotto Go... one of those simple things to do includes hanging out the washing! Yay!!!!

Have a lovely week......

Busy, busy .....

Sunday Stitchers UFO challenge number was #11 and that is now completed...

A boro piece I had stitched up some time ago to make into a snappy purse....

no pattern... and it shows... I have no idea what I was supposed to do with that snappy thing but it certainly doesn't look right...

My purse is ugly... but it works and now it holds my rotary cutters....  I will one day learn how to properly include those snap frames....

A lovely surprise in the post for me this week.... Karen saw I was using old lace in my Wish You Well BOM and has sent me some pieces to choose from.....  there are some lovely different ones there and I'm looking forward to playing with them... thanks so much Karen....xxx

Isn't it so fun when something unexpected arrives?

I gave myself a morning of my own machine sewing this week and did some more blocks of Jane's sampler sewalong....

different variations of a 9 patch....

sometimes just the arrangement of colours...

and other times an unusual manipulation of the blocks giving a 3D look...

the blocks are 14"....

now I have all 12 blocks done..... Jane has a lovely setting on point but I think I will just add sashing and a border which will keep the size down a bit....

Another sweet stitchery for Wish You Well - that ribbon filling in took me a few evenings!!

Righto, Gotto Go.... need to chuck a log on the fire and go check on that chicken I have in the oven....

Have a lovely rest of the week....

This week....

…. I have been fairly busy with one thing and another.....

However, evenings I still always find time to do hand sewing….

 Another sweet stitchery for United Stitches is done.....

And I made up the two 9patch blocks for Loopy's variation on a 9 patch sewalong….

These start with 5" squares so are 14" square.....

I have a group of coordinated fat quarters I am using to make up the blocks.... 

Yesterday I started prepping my once a month Christmas decoration..... this is January's snowman angel...

Righto, Gotto Go..... job, job things to do...

 yay, it's almost weekend again - hope you have a good one

Sampler done...

I have completed my Sampler Quilt done with Jane at Loopy's place

I did my blocks half the size of the patterns so my quilt measures 22 x 19".... doll quilt size

I had a bit of fun with the quilting....

… each block is different....

fabrics were scraps from another quilt where I used a fat quarter pack.....

I love these colours together.....

Jane is going to do another sampler next year... I can't wait to see what we do....

I have been working on my Les Courtiers (a bit neglected for a while)

This is the pattern for the blocks down the side..... 44 needed...… hmmmm

done by hand and appliqued and I just knew I wouldn't get that done

so I made 9 patches instead (thanks Michelle for the idea)….

My math is not good and I made them all 1/2" too big so trimming around each edge was needed....

It was good to have them nice and square for the next bit though.... which also needed trimming....

I have all the blocks constructed for the quilt now and hopefully I can start putting them together....  lots of different ones ....

Hand stitching has resulted in another sweet United Stitches block

Righto, Gotto Go... I want to start putting all the different blocks for Les Courtiers together...... quite a bit of work to do on that

Postcard flimsy.....

I already had some of the blocks sewn together.....

so it didn't take too long to join the rest and we have a finished flimsy.... it is 60 x 70" and fits nicely over my queen size bed

some wideback flannel has been ordered - and then I want to quilt loosely so it will be a soft and snuggly quilt for using in a cold climate....

One of my friends moved to Brisbane a little while ago and I was able to visit her last week.  I had this lovely piece of fabric which seemed perfect for a new home so I made up this little zippy box bag.

I'm not sure if it was my pattern reading skills but it was very fiddly putting in the zip.  I love the look so I will have a search and see if I can find an easier pattern to follow.  I like the quilted look (its not obvious but I used a stipple all over and a firm iron on bag wadding)

Another little Wings block is done.... the ladybirds are sweet 

I have been doing Jane's sampler course on facebook.  Each block has one more piece than the one before to make it increasingly difficult.

The last block in the series is the 12 piece woven block....

The next step will be the sashing.  I laid out my blocks together.... and found some light cream fabric to use for next time...

It has been a fun project to do... and it will be a sweet mini quilt at the end of it all....

Righto, Gotto Go..... Sunday morning coffee to be had.....

Catching up.....

All the little embroidery blocks for Les Courtiers are done.... in the pattern they are backstitched and coloured in.... but I haven't got the colouring in stuff (and I don't want to start yet another obsession! hhaha)  so I just did a variety of stitches...

Happy with how they look and hope they fit in with the rest of the quilt....

I still have a lot of other blocks to make for it ….  and that will soon be on my daily machine sewing time list....

This week I have been working on catching up with some of my on-line blocks.

This is the block for Jane's sampler..... Block 11 has 11 pieces 

This is all the pieces together... just one more block and then some sashing to go 

Jane has had a series to help beginner quilters.. and she does video's for each block and they progressively have more pieces and learn new techniques.

I know I'm not a beginner quilter but I wanted to join in.  My challenge was to make the blocks half size and try and improve on my joins.

Next I worked on Garden Sunshine, which has been a free BOM from QuiltDoodleDesigns. (they are free for the month they come out)

This was Septembers block

Square and a Half

… and these two for October..... 

Indiana's Puzzle

Rising Star

These are pretty blocks and I am using my little collection of 1930's fabrics with some white Bella.

Righto, Gotto Go.... I want to play with these today....

I hope you have a lovely rest of the week.... I am going to the Brisbane Quilt and Craft Fair tomorrow …. some mischief maybe???