FNWF

Last night was Friday Night with Friends  an evening hosted by Cheryll, where we sit and sew.

I started late afternoon 

And finished the quilting on this Oncology quilt, love these strippy quilts.

Then I cut and sewed on a binding for another Oncology quilt Joan had quilted for me

Always good to use cut of backing for the binding 😁

Then trimmed the first quilt and cut the binding

Again from the backing

Back upstairs I sat and sewed in all the endy thread bits of the strip quilt, that is now ready for binding. All in all I was happy with my productive evening.

You can visit Cherylls blog to see what the other Friday Nighters got up to.

I am off to cut fabric ready to sew on retreat next week.

Happy stitching. 

This Month

Has started with a UFO or sewing day at the Bellarine Quilters, we made zipped bags with clear vinyl fronts

These are now out of order, binding added at home

sewing the start of the bag at the class

learning a new way to attach the zip

Busy ladies

Binding added at home - some hand stitching had to be done on the bits the machine didn't catch.

- I sewed the binding onto the Modern Triangles quilt

And started the quilting on an Oncology quilt - blogger wants this one to stay sideways !!

I even managed to get the backing caught underneath 🙄, all fixed now though 

Today I have been for a  walk with Beth and Finn

It is a beautiful day today, I have walked the dogs and they have had a play in the back yard, soon they will be walked home.

 Of course there is a photo of Finn

                                                       And then it was lunch time.

I am.off to cut binding for the Aussie Hero quilt.

Happy stitching.  😊 


 

February

 Another month to fire up with the next Chookshed Stitchers Challenge 2024

This month Deana has drawn #2.

#2 for me is to work on Oncology quilts

I have been given many, many quilt tops, blocks, part done quilts and fabric to be made in to quilts to go to the Oncology ward at St John of God hospital in Geelong. Belinda, the lovely ward admin lady there, looks after the quilts and matches them up with the right person. She is very particular about the quilts as she knows the work that goes into them, if you say you don't like quilts them you don't get one!!

this bag has 4 quilts that are quilted, they need their binding and label.

Some embroidered blocks and a quilt top than need attention

these three quilts need backing and quilting, lets see how much gets done this month!!

Linking up over at Deana's blog.

I will also be sewing on the Guild Mystery Quilt this month when the next instructions come out. (Trying not to get behind!!)

Happy stitching.

Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge

 

I joined in a zoom yesterday organised by  Chooky, and decided to join in this challenge organised by Chooky and Deana, each month Deana is going to choose a number between 1 and 10 and that is the project we work on for that month. 

My list will be

1. Guild mystery Quilt, as I need to catch up on Month 1 and 2. I am behind already!!

I might have to work on this a little each month to keep up.

2. Oncology quilts - I have been given several unfinished quilts, they need to be finished and quilted and bound before they can be delivered, so this is a time to get one/some done.

this heap on the bed will be 6 quilts once I get them done.

3. is EPP month, several other people are making EPP this month, I am wanting to do more on the Tea and Cake quilt, maybe even head towards a finish - maybe that is too ambitious, but worth a try!

this poor top has been scrunched in a bag for months and not seen the light of day.

4. Is a panel quilt, several people have chosen to do something with a panel for this one, mine is a panel of Flinders Street Station I have had for ages and ages!! Will be good to get it done.

5. This will be some slow stitching for me, a kit I have had for 3 years I think, bought at the Guild exhibition or Quilt In

If I get this done then I will do some stitching on Anthology as well. I need to make some filler blocks and do the sashing.

6. This is the time to make last years Scrub Stitching bag

7. I am hoping to finish the Daylesford quilt I started months ago

I am a bit concerned this one will not sit flat so will have to press it and see how it goes before adding more borders.

8. Another time to work on the Oncology quilts.

9. Make up the Winding Ways quilt - it will be good to make it up instead of putting it on a shelf and thinking one day I will do that!

10. Make Finns Christmas stocking - it didn't happen this year

I realise the numbers will be random and my putting the Guild challenge at the top of the list doesn't mean I get to work on it in Jan, but maybe I can fit it in somewhere along the way.

I haven't' done anything like this before so will be interesting to see how this all goes.

We are off to the beach for a swim now

Happy New Year and very happy stitching.

Slack week

After last week's sewing and binding frenzy I have been a bit slack in the sewing dept. All four quilts were finished and delivered to the hospital

I only took one finished photo, I am sure there are photos if the others on previous posts.

David has a new bike, a trike with a battery,  there he is disappearing into the distance 🤣

He can no longer balance on his regular bike so needed this to still get some exercise.  I have had a go up the back yard and found it really hard to steer, need more practise!! 

We have had some lovely sunny days so walking has been a pleasure

This pelican had the best spot to watch the fishermen come back in

I have visited Finn a couple of times, he is getting ready to crawl

And was ready for dinner, mashed carrots 🥕 and apple 🍎 with a side of green beans ! Looks like he is getting his 6th tooth coming through.

I got Finn some new socks, with silicon/rubber soles, he thinks they are wonderful for chewing!! 

I have been doing a little knitting, it will be for a KOGO blanket, probably will take me a long time! 

A new Christmas Tomte came home with me yesterday, he has a light inside his belly

This mess is the tea towel challenge I need to get finished. I decided to make a table cloth for outside,  it will be double sided as I have lots of tea towels to use up.

It is a beautiful sunny day today

So more gardening might happen - I did an hour and a half yesterday, gave the weeds a fright and spread some mulch. I was given 2 tomato seedlings and a cucumber plant yesterday so need to get them into the garden. Now I need to finish a letter, happy stitching. 

Purchases from Scrub Stitching and FNWF

 Here it is the start of May already, which means tonight is Friday Night with Friends hosted by Cheryll. You can sign up over at her blog and join in tonight.

This week I put together the remaining Australian animals blocks and made a quilt top for Finn, I need to get something soft for the backing.

Next week I am going on retreat to Gisborne, so I have sandwiched the quilt below I was given to finish off for Oncology

the quilt below I made

and another I was given to finish off.

I also got out the knitted blocks Jenny had started to sew together when she was here and got the blanket all sewn together, now I need to crochet a border around the edge and it will be ready for KOGO, they are in need of blankets this time of the year, so I need to get the other two bags of squares I have here sewn together too.

I bought some fabric when I was away

I couldn't leave these panels in the shop, Raewyn and I stopped at the Crafters Cottage in Coonabarabran on out way to Baradine. These panels were too nice to leave behind!

Driving through Corowa Raewyn spotted a quilt shop, so we parked and went to have a look

I had to take this and the panel below home, they are perfect for Aussie Hero quilts

and this panel will make a wonderful advent calendar for Finn

and this fabric is for a project I have in the back of my mind 😉

and I found this lovely key ring in with my bag of goodies. There was so much to look at in this shop, it made a wonderful break from driving.

I received this great bag of strips from Marina, so soon they will be stamped and cut up for the cropped diamonds quilt top

I have this pile to cut waiting attention, so I had better be off and get them done.

Happy stitching.