Thanks to Wendy for hosting us all for
It's always lovely to sew virtually with people from all over... there is also a facebook page and it's fun to pop in and chat with others for a while.... (not too much or no sewing gets done!!!)
I finished off Friday's little stitchery from Crab Apple Hill.....
.. and then I sewed the bee which finished off this needleturn block.... This is a quilt called From The Heart and a BOM I bought from The Quilters Angel. Block 1 of 9 done .....
that pretty much took up Friday night...
My Thursday sewing was reasonably successful.... lovely having a couple of friends come over....
Machine's were buzzing, chins were wagging....
I put together all the blue and yellow blocks .... so now it is a quilt top and I have extra yellow for the binding..... I'm still not sure I like it....
These are the other little blocks done during the week..... even though they are small they still seem to take me quite a bit of time. I am keeping up with one a day ... trying hard to avoid yet another UFO....
Very excited this week to pick up my next instalment of Field Journal.....
and little left over 4 patches have been made into a little quilt top.... pinned and ready for quilting now....
It is left overs from the wallhanging I have up in my sewing room....
I did also sew some of the Schoolgirl Sampler blocks together on Thursday.... adding sashing as I went along....
so as you can see I am halfway with the blocks... however there are lots of HST's to do still as well as the blocks so not halfway for the quilt....
Hubz got a new delivery of coffee beans this week - as you can see we have chosen some from the Congo
Here is the before and after roasting of the beans... you can see they expand a fair bit...
we have a little electric grinder and roasted beans are ground every few days so they are nice and fresh
.. kept stored in an airtight bottle....
These drip machines were popular in the 80's (I think)... and are back again in the shops... it is our choice of coffee machine and Hubz makes a lovely pot when he wakes up... so all I need to do is pour myself a cup.... I am happy to admit to being a coffee snob.
May seem a lot of trouble to get a good cup of coffee..... luckily it is Hubz' job not mine (he says I make rubbish coffee) so I have resigned myself to having my coffee made for me....
Roasting of the beans is done in a Popcorn maker.... so no fancy equipment needed...
Righto, Gotto Go..... time for a cup of coffee!!!
Love to special friends who are having it rough .... my love and thoughts are with you .... xx
