Friday, July 23, 2021

Still at home

 We have had the lockdown extended for another 7 days....hopefully that is enough to stop this variant of the virus from spreading.

I have been doing some sewing and a lot of reading, I finished three Harry Bosch novels this week, once I get my nose into them, that is me gone for the day.

But some sewing has happened

Schoolgirl Sampler has had her problems fixed and two borders added, two more to go

The Drunkards Path quilt I made at Baradine has had two borders added and now is in the to be quilted pile

The Guild Mystery quilt has had it's last border added and is also in the to be quilted pile.
A little more progress on Tea and Cake

This weeks Anthology blocks are done
Out in the garden the other day I noticed the jasmine flowering, a bit early I thought, but I have some in the sewing room and it smells wonderful every time I walk in.

Margaret Mew had a destash sale on Instagram and I was able to buy a quilt top, on the right, with beautiful Japanese fabrics and linen and on the left a large backing piece, so for very little outlay I have a quilt ready to be added to the quilting pile. 
I am off now to sew together 4 x 23 half square triangles together for the next Schoolgirl Sampler border. Might put an audio book on at the same time.
Stay safe.
Happy stitching.







17 comments:

  1. Gosh your school girl Sampler is looking so beautiful Sue. You have been busy as always - I'll bet that Jasmine smells so wonderful. Pleased to see you are finding creative time during the Lockdown Sue. xx

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  2. Sue - so sorry to hear you are in another lockdown - I wonder if this is in our future as well ... but it seems the silver lining is all the sewing and reading that is happening! I hope you can enjoy your weekend!

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  3. Your sewing and quilting is fabulous, as always, my mind boggles when I see how much you get done. Hope your lockdown will soon be ended! Hugs, Valerie

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  4. Gosh you are a quick reader and sewist! I read some of the Harry Bosch books years ago and then watched some episodes of the show on SBS on demand. I had a whole different image in my mind of what Bosch looked like so didn't continue with the show LOL

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  5. wow Sue so many lovely quilt tops... Love your school girl sampler it looks amazing.
    All of your quilts look amazing!

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  6. You’re making good use of your time at home. Harry Bosch books are a good read. I can see why they had you engrossed. I can’t believe what great progress you have made on your quilt tops. The sampler quilt looks really good. You will have quite a bit of time ahead of you with your quilting.

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  7. Great progress on all your projects - bonus of lockdown! The Bosch books are brillant arent they. xx

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  8. Looks like your 'to be quilted' pile is growing!! Can't imagine lockdowns if one doesn't have hobbies to fill in the time. The fairy and I are quite enjoying our time at home.

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  9. Thankfully you enjoy your sewing and reading so do keep busy in lockdown….
    That quilting pile sure is growing ??

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  10. Wow, you have sew much happening. Your quilts are lovely.
    All of that and time to read...

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  11. Aren't we lucky to have our quilting and reading to keep us sane. Everytime I see a drunkards path quilt I think it must be added to my to do pile. That is very early for jasmine to be out - the promise of spring is not too far away hopefully and with it better days for us all.

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  12. Once again you've kept out of trouble with lots of sewing & enjoyable reading. Hopefully..soon... we'll all be back to Covid normal...xox

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  13. School girl Sampler is just stunning... your to be quilted pile seems to be like mine!!! haha.... I love jasmine, must go and see if ours is flowering... but yours is in the way of your machine so it will need to move! Keep safe there.... and have a lovely weekend...
    Hugz

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  14. All of your quilts are lovely Sue. That is early for jasmine to flower. I love the smell of it too.

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  15. What wonderful quilt tops! You always amaze me with how much you accomplish. All this and finishing books too!

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  16. You really did a ton last week. Your finished tops are wonderful. It will be fun to see them quilted soon.

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  17. Must get my drunkards path together.... What size borders did you you add and what size is it now?... Yours looks great..... So do the other quilts your working on......

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