Thursday I had a squirrel moment and decided to sew some baby rugs with fabric that has been sitting on the shelf for ages, one in fleecy fabric the other flannelette.
I laid the pink and blue fabric together trimmed them to be almost the same and then sewed two rows of stitching approx three inches from the edge, the cut the fringe. this took me quite a while as I was watching the movie Hope Bay, with Bill Nighy, Annette Benning and Josh O'Connor. It was an interesting movie.
I have had this fabric for ages so matched the pieces up right sides together, sewed around turned it out the right way and sewed around quarter inch from the edge.
This is beautiful fabric. I am not sure why these took so long to get around to doing, distracted by other things I guess.
FNWF saw me in the sewing room avoiding the football again, I decided it was time to get on with the last KOGO squares and get them into a rug ready to be sent back to KOGO
What a mess!! During the evening I sewed together 4 strips and got three rows together. I forgot to take a photo.
Saturday was an early start, for me not for others as I was late getting to Chookys zoom catchup.
The zoom started at 6am, I was still in bed then! It was wonderful to catch up with Chooky and ladies from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and Germany. Interesting to chat and listen and to see what people were making.
I did some more on the KOGO blanket and it is now up to the stage of having it crochet edge done
I did start the crochet Saturday but then moved on to doing a few hexies
They need all their side bits sewn down.
I finished up zooming about 2pm, my hands were sore and bum was numb! The other ladies were still going and sewing.
Saturday afternoon I found some strips on the shelf and decided to sew them into two groups, I was thinking a plain strip down the centre, but then I remembered the flying geese that are homeless, so thought maybe they would work, what do you think??
Not the best photo, and they are different fabric lines, will lay them out flat at some stage and get a better look.
We are off into Melbourne today for lunch with a group of friends so had better get my skates on, it is a 2 hour drive to get there and lunch is at 12.30.
Happy stitching.
cute baby rugs...
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Good work Sue. Layout the flying geese and have a think. Should be ok. Sorry I wasn’t on zoom earlier to see you but I did get on and finish a quilt top. Enjoy your lunch.
ReplyDeleteAre the baby rugs for someone special in your life? It was lovely catching up yesterday even if only for a short time. Sewing up those squares is a tedious job. Well done.
ReplyDeletelovely to see you yesterday......like what you have been playing with.....have a nice day out........
ReplyDeleteI love everything you are working on Sue - those baby blankets are so sweet. Yes I saw on Janets blog that quite a few of you girls had a zoom session - isn't it great we can do that now.
ReplyDeleteWow! You have lots going on.
ReplyDeleteLove those cute wee hexes.
You got so much done, just fantastic. Sorry about the sore fingers and numb bum! Have a great day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteYou're a very handy person. Love all your baby blankets.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a lovely lunch and kept safe. Those baby blankets are gorgeous and a great idea. Much quicker to put together. Love the flying geese. So many lovely projects as always.
ReplyDeleteLots going on - I like the baby rugs. Sorry to miss out on Chooky's zoom again - was all set up to join in and then life got in the way! Hope you enjoyed your lunch. xx
ReplyDeleteYou were very productive. It was lovely to catch up on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThe Guess How Much I Love You fabric is adorable! You have so many great projects in the works.
ReplyDeleteAs always - lots of different things happening. Was great to see you at Chooky's...its always a fun time - and you can often learn something or pick up a tip....or temptation for a new project...
ReplyDeleteThe baby rugs are too cute Sue - great that they sewed together so quickly. Your BOGO blanket has come together well also :-) I think the strips and FG will work together well. Sorry that I missed you on zoom - I joined in late in the piece but at least I got there!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed your day out and lunch, zoom was good for the short time I was there. Sometimes life just gets in the way. Well done on getting all those squares together.
ReplyDeletebaby rugs are really cute Sue, I hope it turns out to be one of the best.
ReplyDeleteSue - love the reference to the "squirrel moment"! LOL! The baby rugs look comfy enough for an adult nap!
ReplyDeletePaul loves that book - "Guess How Much I love you?" It is his preferred gift for new parents. I will make the quilt/blankets/bibs and he will add that book to the package. Hexies, Crochet, Strips too. Sue, you exhaust me :-) Hope you had a lovely lunch. Big Hugs.
ReplyDeleteWoW... I'm exhausted just lOOking at what you've done... well done...
ReplyDeleteYou are always busy on wonderful projects...xox
Cute
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