Back in the Saddle....

Well that head cold turned out to be Covid - there is  so much around I guess it was inevitable.  I did need to be in bed a lot for a couple of days, a bit wobbly for a couple more and still a residual blocked nose and chesty cough.... I sound worse than I feel.  Effects everyone differently.

My 4th booster was booked for Monday - I do feel the powers that be were a bit slow rolling out the 4th booster... the over 65's have had it available for a while now and Monday suddenly anyone over 30 - we knew this was coming with winter and flu-time.   

Anyway  (rant over) now that I feel better I am sewing again.... these quilts have had their binding added.... I did it all by machine this time.

It was quilted as one big quilt..... basically whole cloth (I used 2 cotton sheets) and then couching on the long arm.... I cut it in half after quilting.

the colours are not showing well, the sheet is a dark grey with a teal yarn for couching.... and a nice brick red binding....

the underside was a light beige sheet....

These will be throws on my single beds in the spare room....  because there is no piecing they are quite lightweight.

Quite a few rows has been added to my scrappy crochet blanket..... this is an easy pattern and not much concentration is needed....

Righto, Gotto Go... I am sewing up more HST's today..... sew.... press..... trim....

Have a lovely weekend..... xx

Another week gone....

Still working on using my lovely Terra Australis range....

This quilt top was made (had to finish off sewing the blocks into rows)

The background is a dark grey though it looks closer to charcoal/black.  I love the bright contrast.  the other two I have made using this range are HERE on this post ...  I still have another to go with black and white background that I worked on the blocks this week...

I have started making the pieces to put together for Chookyblue's Churn Dash Sewalong.....

Sewing loads of HST's by going through both sides of a diagonal line in a square - I cut up many blocks at a time this way...

Line them all up with a bit of an overlap (not too close or the fabric gets too thick for a clean cut....

I use a line on the cutting mat to keep the marked diagonal nice and straight....

Set your ruler carefully to line up with the lines on the fabric and rotary cut....

there we go.... lots of HST's cut in one slice....

Now of course they need to be pressed and trimmed neatly (no short cut to that part)

So far I have been sewing the 2" strips together to cross cut to 3 1/2" for the sides and making up the HST's.... I am using these two fabrics throughout....

I did some 'couching' on my quilting machine this week......I had some sheets I had bought cheaply to try this out and it was a lot of fun.... using 4 ply acrylic yarn and a matching thread in the machine....

there are certainly areas I need to improve on (even though I did a large quilt) I kept going too fast and it didn't catch in places....

The top was a dark grey sheet and the bottom a sand coloured one...

I'm not sure if I will cut it to make 2 smaller throws for spare beds or leave it as one large one.... then of  course it will need binding... which I am thinking a teal matching the yarn....

Of course hand sewing at night continues ... and I am going steadily with Field Journal

All different.... which makes them a lot of fun....

Righto, Gotto Go, the mist has lifted outside and the sun is brightening the rooms, the air is cold so I will stay indoors and stitch!

Have a lovely weekend.....