February is closing in

This week I finished the crochet blanket I was doing for KOGO

This picture gives a better idea of the colour

The rows are based on this Attic 24 pattern..... ( I do love her patterns)  Most of them are on line or as blog posts though I got a few printed ones when I have bought her kits.

Some time ago I posted that I was working with the Quick Curve Ruler and a pattern by one of the inventors of the ruler (Sew Kind of Wonderful)

This week I put these blocks together, there are other 9 patch blocks to make and they are set on point, but I quite like the circles this way makes

Gardeners Journal has been bound......

I do love the mix of piecing, stitcheries, applique Anni Downs does.  I custom quilted going around the stitcheries and different curvy shapes and lines in the various blocks......

This week a quilt top I made in 2021 is being quilted.  William Morris fabrics and some plain ....

some leafy feathers and twirls....

Tuesleydale got another 6 blocks this week.... 10 down 50 to go!

The friend I am doing the Foundation piecing with gifted me a braid roll of papers.... so today I went stash shopping and found a jelly roll of an old Moda range called Portobello Market.  I will do the braids in PM and add the cream sashing and some meterage of PM for the binding....  I do love an inexpensive quilt kit.  I would have bought the jelly roll when they were $45 I expect (double that now)

I won't be starting it for a while though but I do love a plan.

Righto, Gotto Go.  Eldest son from UK is going to visit so I'll be offline for a couple of weeks.  Will be so good to see him.

Have a great rest of the week....

Beginning of December

This week I finished a dress I started at my last garment making class..... It's a seersucker fabric and has ties which can go in the front or the back depending on the look (I quite like them in the front)

I wore it the other day and got some compliments but I also got "That's what I call a Tablecloth Dress"

I'm not sure what to make of that - is that fabric for a tablecloth (I was given it from a friend who had no use for it) or do I look like a table in it??????

Anyway it was comfortable and cool and I shall use this pattern again

Mr Postie dropped off the first card and decorations for this year

These beauties came from Marina - love them

There was a big tree in a box in the garage, my daughter came and picked it up (apparently we were just storing it) so now I have had to order one so for the moment the decorations are waiting patiently.

I started sewing the next braid quilt - the same as the last but in my (lack of) wisdom I cut two jelly rolls.  They are easy but I do find it rather tedious doing hundreds of the same thing.

In the evenings I have been working on this KOGO blanket.  I know they take blocks but get a lot of them and need to find people to make them up so I thought I would try and get blankets done...... they are closed for a while with Christmas so gives me time to make an adult one.... Next year I can probably get a child's one done each month.

 There was a request for blankets in the Torres Strait Islander colours - white red and blue

More sorting has been done, a few stitches of embroidery, plans made, fabrics and threads chosen ..... etc etc... and of course all those Christmas get togethers are happening .....

I hope all your plans are going well...... have a lovely weekend...

Righto, Gotto Go... continue on with that braid quilt....... (sigh)

Third week of November ALREADY!

A hot humid week with some wonderful rain.  Storms and hail nearby but those miss us, sadly quite often the rain does too but our grass has greened up - always looks better with green grass.

I sewed up a Pinafore apron.  It's a panel by Robert Kaufman with printed shapes and instructions (additional instructions on line) 

Easy - made it up in a couple of hours...

This panel came from The Quilters Angel, there was also a cream background but since I am so messy in the kitchen I thought the grey was better.... 

I finally put the sashing and borders on this braid quilt.  I have started sewing braids for the other matching one.

Hand sewing this week was making up this little needlecase....

I used an alphabet stitchery from a pattern my Michelle purchased a few years ago.... it has been a useful one to have...

It has a pocket and small piece of felt.  I was annoyed that in spite of being very careful I still did not sew the patch in the middle!!!  It will stay like that though.

Righto, Gotto Go - I want to fix up a pattern to make a wrap around dress for myself... FNSI tonight hosted by Wendy

Have a lovely weekend.....xx

First week of October ....

Another week has passed us by....

Here is the braid I worked on at the retreat.....  I still need to add sashing and borders and there is another cut in the same fabrics to make...

I did work on a couple more Sashiko blocks .....

... and I picked up this tablerunner embroidery again.... 

Last night at FNWF I sewed the blue daisy.....

I generally work all of one colour at a time so that's why it's a bit scattery looking..... There is still heaps to do.....

So that's it for the week ...... hope you have had a good one xx

Righto, Gotto Go.... friends coming for the weekend so I need to go off and get some fresh supplies in....

End of August ....

.... September is formally the start of Spring but lately we have been having Summerlike weather without the humidity.... lovely.

Some months ago Hubz put an application in with the council for a couple of street trees on our verge and this week they came and planted 2 Crepe Myrtles.  We had hoped for native trees but many of these are on the streets around and I guess they want to keep some consistency.  They will look pretty when they flower and are hardy so not really fussed...

All my wriggly leaves have been done and flowers added for the latest Caswell block...

These are the 4 so far.....

Tuesday at club I continued with sewing hexagons together..... 

... and I cut up a jelly roll to prepare for a retreat at the end of September....  I will cut another as I am planning to do 2 matching quilts...

I purchased some red batik for the contrast and washed it first (just because I know reds and blues can run) and I'm glad I did... this is the 3 colour catches I had with it.

My UFO this month was to make something with a bunch of little red hearts I had made with some scraps from a project....

I do love these zippy project bags and this is a big one so it will easily hold a pattern book.  Vinyl in front....

... and the little hearts on the back....

I had some time on the machine and put my blocks together.... 20 square blocks so it wasn't a lot to do...

I do love the end result ( it is camouflaged against that wall!)

89" x 71" and enough of one colour to make the binding.....  I'll need to look out for a nice earthy backing for it....

Righto, Gotto Go... I need to dig out a new machine project since I finished up a couple .....

Have a lovely weekend.... xx