#5 Challenge

 

I have met this months challenge I am very happy to say.

Last post I recorded the wool felt needle case, now I can show the quilts.

The second part of the challenge was to work on Anthology.

Anthology started when the book arrived back at the end of March 2020. It was a challenge between Ingrid and myself to make the blocks and then a quilt.

The first block was made April 2020 and the last August 2023. I made some filler blocks but have no idea where my brain was as I made then a third of the size they needed to be!! Talk about making the job harder than necessary. At the last retreat I sewed on the sashings and put together one quilt, Margaret kindly sewed the other one for me. Joan quilted them and I have done the binding and label and here they are

There were 183 blocks in total, 90 in each quilt and three left over. I am super happy to have this done,

then you Deana for keeping us motivated each month.

Happy stitching.

Mid month check in

 Deana, has given a mid month check in to see how things are going with

My challenge for May was to make the felted needle case, I am pleased to say that is finished

I added the ribbon to help keep it closed, I don't know why I waited so long to make it as it didn't take that long to stitch.

The other part of the challenge was to work on the Anthology blocks, I am pleased to say they are all now in a quilt top, thanks to Margaret helping me on retreat last week. They will go to the quilters tomorrow.

The quilt tops are folded on the couch waiting for me to cut wadding.

I bought an I Spy pack last Saturday - my no buying fabric went out the door!!

I put it together Sunday and Monday night - typical me not sewing what I should have been sewing, still it is good to have it made.

I am linking up over at Deana's blog with the other mid month updaters.

Happy stitching.

Gisborne Retreat

 A very happy three days was spent at the retreat at Gisborne, lots of chatting, laughing, sewing, eating happened plus a little walking, I was very happy to get 4 quilt tops nearly finished with the help of Margaret 

After some unsewing the Guild Mystery quilt is done,  just the borders to add now.

Margaret finished her I Spy quilt top

Another cheaters quilt for me with fabric I got from the quilt shop in Temora, borders from left overs at home.

Judy got a border on this left overs quilt top she and Christine made

Maxine had her beautiful hexie quilt back from Tracee of Hummingbird Quilting

Another quilt Maxine had back from Tracee, these were 9 patches she had from a swap many years ago

Another quilt top finished by Judy

Beautiful backing fabric Tracee has at her studio , she has another with Artic animals and yes one came home with me! 🙄

Carleen with her scrappy strip quilt

Another Judy quilt top made from fat quarters and other left over pieces.

Beautiful gum blossom

Autumn colours

This cloud stayed over us one day while we were walking

Margaret at work on my Anthology blocks

As there were 183 Anthology blocks we made 2 quilt tops, I want to put black all around and maybe a coloured side border to make them a little wider.

Thank you for your help Margaret, without you sewing and sewing for me only one quilt would be done! Quilty friends are the best!!!💓

I think that is enough for now, I will try and publish this on my phone and then go and fix the photos on the lap top..

Happy stitching. 😊 

PS I published this to the Scrub Stitching blog 😕 so have cancelled the one over there and tried again here.

May Chookshed Challenge

 Deana has drawn the number for this month for the Chookshed Stitchers Challenge and it is

For me that is

the Eco dyed needle case - I have just been to the sewing room and can not find this - it is somewhere safe and ready to go - I can't find where that is - I guess I have a month to lay my hands on it!! 😣

and also

this tin of blocks all need sashing - plus I have several more spacer blocks to make.

Ideally I would like to get a quilt top made, but we shall see!!

Big challenge this month.

I am off to do another search!

Happy stitching.

Here I am once again!

 The last month has whizzed by, I have been doing things but when I look back at my photos there isn't much to show!

I made a little taggie for Finn, I don't think I put enough taggies in it, I have just looked at Susan's and think I should have had a few more. Not to worry he seem to like it!

I have made a lighthouse quilt for friends on the Sunshine Coast, they used to work in lighthouses years back

Joan has quilted it for me in a lovely wave pattern, next job is to sew on the binding.

Carole over at My Carolina Home is having a quilt drive , you can read about it on her blog, I thought I would use up some orphan blocks languishing in my block holder, these started as a hand sewn quilt, a pattern came out each month, I cant remember the magazine now, but it might have been Today's Quilter.

I got out the blocks, made them into little quilts, quilted and bound them and found they were too big, I hadn't read the requirements properly, so now I will need to find another home for them. They are too big to be sent to Carole. 

I signed up last Friday for a fundraiser with the BOS Australia group  to try and walk 57,000 steps a week

Thank you to the lovely people who have sponsored me, great motivation to keep walking!

Up until yesterday I have done 57,308 steps! Pretty happy with that. I was late starting this but will continue until the end of the month.

I have finally worked out how to send photos from my phone to the lap top (I think)

These photos are from Portarlington and Clifton Springs, I was walking and looking for geocaches, which is great motivation for me!!

These are the start of the filler blocks I need to make for the Anthology quilt, I have finished all the blocks, I just need to find the last photo!

Block 182.

I will put this into drafts as I have to go and get dinner!

Maybe I can finish this on the phone

Edwards Point  St Leonards

Caches in the bushes

St Leonards today,  the weather has changed

Happy stitching.

Anthology blocks

 I made one wonky Anthology block when we were in NZ

and this one once we were home, I think I have 2 more to make and that is it!! Just a few filler blocks and then getting it together starts. Will be a challenge to decide where each block goes, I will have to make sure the colours are spread around.

Yesterday I sewed a heap of half square triangles, I was given a layer cake years ago and bought one in a sale recently, they are now all sewn up

the heap before I ironed them out. I am trying to use up fabric I have here, I think it will take me a long,long time.

I am off to Gisborne in the morning for a retreat for three days, so have three projects to work on, all blocks I have been given to finish up and put into quilts. 

I had planned to have some photos of Finn here but I cant find the cord to connect the phone to the computer, so maybe I can publish this and then change it on the phone. Maybe blogger will be nice and allow me to do that!!

Adam and Finn when we went for a walk last week.

And with Ganma! 

I made another Anthology block, I nearly forgot 

A repeat photo of the pink and white block and the second block for this week.

I made a date and ginger gf loaf today to take away to the retreat and a big brew of spaghetti  🍝 

Smelt wonderful as it was cooking! 

Finn is 6 months old now and has started some solids, just love his face in this photo!

Happy stitching.