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

This week.....

Lots of talk this week about it being 50 years since man landed on the moon.....  who can forget those words 

"The eagle has landed" 

and

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

I remembered we have a scrap book with some bits of newspaper from years ago....

I was 10 years old and at boarding school in a little village called Melsetter (now Chimanimani)

Do you remember where you were?

It's quite fun looking at other articles and advertisements in the papers too.

This week I promised myself a bit of time each morning doing some piecing so I got the sashing and borders done for Flowerville....

It looks pretty hanging on the board next to Wings..... 

… but I have folded it away with the binding.... ready for my quilter to get to it in due course....

This week I made cauliflower and bacon soup (thanks Jennifer for the heads up on this one)….. just totally deeeeelicious.  I made a big pot so there is several more meals in the freezer for those don't feel like cooking days (which happen a bit too frequently!)

This week I finished up the next four postcard stitcheries.... they were supposed to be done in June but that time disappeared too fast for me.... 

The design board now has the postcards spread out (there is still plenty more to do) so that I can do a bit of chopping of fabric and try and piece those for my morning piecing treat.

The deciding what colour goes where and cutting the pieces seems to take me ages....

Righto, Gotto Go.... I need to iron out the pieces of flannel first....

Have a lovely weekend.....

Some quilting work.....

My final Flowerville block is complete now....

Here are all the blocks together... they do need to be trimmed down before adding the sashing...

I did finish this quilt last month but wanted to give it's to the new owners grandma first...

The whole quilt is a panel which I quilted around the shapes....

This is a nice way of learning free motion quilting if you wanted to give it a try..... follow the lines and in big spaces do something to fill a bit (like the elephant tummy)

It's quite fun from the back and the little man can learn the animal shapes when he is a bit older...

Nana Jenny is very happy and will be sending the quilt off to S Australia...

I continue with my crochet blanket.... its a good lap size now so it keeps my legs warm whilst I work on it....  still to do about 12 more colour rows then loop away all those join bits before doing a border 

I have been wanting some seating for our fernery.... local DD organised with my other children to get us this set for our anniversary..... 

as you can see it is just perfect... good and solid and looks like patchwork!

I'm looking forward to days when I can sit and have a cuppa out there....

Righto, Gotto Go... time for sleeping..... 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ChooseDay

Wasn't able to meet and sew with the other girls this week but I did get onto the machine and do a bit of my sewing that I had planned.….

First up I did my 7 piece block for Loopy's Place sampler quilt......

Then I made the dresden plate circle with those teeny tiny pieces for the final Flowerville block..... 

Les Courtiers was the next in line for some work and I sewed the Courthouse Steps block 

… and the Log Cabin block.... 

…. as well as preparing a heap of HST's to make into pinwheels.... as well as some preparation for a Star block..... 

A bit of progress on those projects..... so many more I want to do aswell....

Take care, keep warm....  and have fun doing what you love....

Righto, Gotto Go.... a yummy hot chocolate drink whilst I do a few stitches on this cold damp day....

Handwork....

Handwork has been my sanity lifeline for the last few weeks....  I just love that after we have eaten our evening meal we sit in front of the TV and I pick up my handwork.....

I have sewn down the binding for these next two zippy vinyl bags.....

… sewn to the back of course where there is no vinyl..... 

… and attached the stitchery circle to the Dresden plate (which was already stitched down) 

… and finished off the last Flowerville stitchery ….  next ChooseDay I will sew the little plates ….

… and finally last night I did the last stitches of my second sock.....

I am ridiculously pleased with my first ever hand made socks... mistakes and all they will still be lovely and snug.

It's warmed up again here so I don't need them at the moment... but no doubt cold winter weather will come visiting again over the next couple of months...

Righto, Gotto Go..... I need to go and pull out some postcards to stitch tonight.....

FNWF

Double date with Cheryll hosting FNWF and Marion hosting Sit and Sew at The Quilters Angel...

I took my Flowerville and carried on with some of that... still a fair bit to do but hopefully I will get that done during the evenings this week …..

I did sew down the binding for one of my project folders (Marilyn's pattern) ….. 

A quilted back and the zippy front with vinyl.....

Righto, Gotto Go.... trying to get some 'work quilting' done on this misty damp cold day ….. I have had more election counting work this week so things are getting behind....

Take care, be happy and enjoy your crafting......x