It's SePTemBeR

This Christmas Bauble is by fig 'n' berry creations... 

& made using felt.
It was a FuN little project to make too...

Thanks Narelle... xox

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August Mini Christmas make

 I have not made as many of the great Love and Hugs for Christmas blocks as I'd hoped.  This is one of my favourites though.

I have been distracted by making more Lucy Boston Blocks, here are a few more.

The liberty fabrics are lovely to sew with. I'm already cutting out more blocks for the next month.

My allotment is either baked hard or sodden.  We are definitely heading into autumn. 

Stay safe and happy sewing to all.

August Block Finish

 Another block wrapped up and 1 left to go for my Merry Christmas Garden....It's the heart block with candy canes.

I can now see me having a finished quilt top for THIS Christmas and another quilt to add to "Awaiting Quilting" stash.

AuGuST ITeM

It's that time of the month once again...
I made a 12inch MiNi as a Xmas gift this month...
The little bear has such a CuTe face...

Thanks Narelle... 

another month... another gift...

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Winter/Christmas Crazy Quilt Progress July 2020

Hi all! My goal in January was to finish quilting the borders of my Winter/Christmas Crazy Quilt with snowflakes.

As much as I love the way the snowflakes look, stitching them became a chore.  So, I have been procrastinating.

The photo above shows how it looked on January 1st.

The blocks were embellished in a crazy quilting round robin that began in 2013 and ended in 2014. It is definitely time to finish this project up!

In February, I added a couple of small snowflakes. This month, I finished embroidering about half of the strip in the center (with the waste canvas) and center strip on the far right. 

I still need to add beads to most of these snowflakes.

There are several small Christmas projects I am itching to work on, but I am determined to finish this project first. I hope to have far more progress to share in August!

Happy crafting everyone!

Winners and Wrapping Up June

Wow!  This year is really flying by.  I do hope that in these uncertain times that you, your nearest and dearest are staying safe and well.  As I have mentioned, DD, SIL and grandsons P and F are staying with us which has been wonderful having them around and also crazy busy times.

WINNERS  I had planned a lucky draw each quarter and have been slack in my follow through so tonight was a double draw.  I wrote names on tickets for each month you posted a make and placed them in a container. Tben asked my daughter to draw a name for the Jan Feb Mar quarter and repeated for the Apr May June quarter.

1st quarter lucky draw goes to:    Cheryll

2nd quarter lucky draw goes to:    Alcea Rosea - Josie 

Congratulations, I will be in touch to send a little something your way.

Ooops!  Scrolling down and I noticed I never got around to posting my finished block 4 for June.

Squeezing in a little sewing and preping time here and there, I am slowly working on block 5 ... determined to have the quilt top together be this Christmas.

How is your progress going in our Christmas workshop?  There's no time like the present to create those handmade gifts and decorations.

Merry Christmas 2020

July project.

I've not been able to find suitable fabric to finish the snow men.
I found the Hugs and Kisses Christmas ornament sew along and I think these will be my next to work on.
Here is the first one.

It is in subtle shades of greeny/blue.
My other non Christmas sewing has been EPP patchwork of the crosses.

I have nearly finished the next set of blocks but I need to do some machine sewing so will put it on the back burner.
Happy sewing.

FoR JuLY

I'm early this month BuT as I'm going away I wanted to make sure I added my item.
It's a simple sewing pouch...

Thanks again Narelle...

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30th June Last snowmen

Tuesday morning in England, weather grey and coolish for summer. I've just noticed whilst taking these photos that I have missed eyes and a nose from these last two. I'm still unsure how to finish the project. I have the beads and things for the individual blocks but not sure of the sashing.
A new sew along starts today, wool Christmas ornaments, which I hope to start if I have the right colours.
First snowman who looks bare without his nose and stars.

Second snowman minus his eyes.

I hope everyone is staying safe and well, I have spent a lot of time in the garden and at my allotment. 

Josie

Child's Chef's Hat

It's been pretty busy around here with the garden,

19 new chicks and lots of quilting so I kinda skipped

last month...and maybe the month before?

For today, I wanted to share a chef's hat that I made

up very quickly for my grandson.  Turns out everyone

is out of interfacing (for masks I guess??) so I had to

substitute with some funky stiff stuff.  That and the

fact that I was trying to hurry means it's not my best

sewing.  But now I have it all figured out again

 (I made one years ago) and would love to make more...

if I just had some interfacing!!

SO, my point is that I may just give him this now

and then perhaps make another hat along with an

apron for Christmas--and in more fun fabric.

Like dinosaurs.  If I could find dinosaurs cooking

or eating (pref not eating other dinosaurs! Ha!),

that would be really cute.  Once I figured out how

to make it, it went together very quickly so I wanted

share the idea because they would be cute gifts for

kids who love to cook with mom and dad.

Or maybe even a teen who's aspiring to be a chef?

Hubs and I are big foodies so we raised a whole family

that cooks so I may even make everyone a hat for fun.

Once upon a time, I would make a fun gift for everyone

to open on Christmas Eve (on top of all the other gifts!) 

but it got to be too much and I ran out of ideas so

I stopped a few years ago but this has me thinking.

(And yes, one year I made aprons.)

By the way, the hat I made years ago?  I made it for my

Goddaughter, along with a matching apron with her name

on it and I packaged it all up in a big bowl with wooden

spoons.  It was a super-huge hit and I still have a pic.

Somewhere.  (I'm horrible about pictures!)

I also wanted to share one of the things that has been

keeping me so busy because it might be a gift:

I have someone interested in buying a queen-sized

version of a previous quilt so I have been working to make

this option for her.   I do not do special orders so I'm just

making another version my way and if she likes it, super.

If not, it will be a Christmas gift instead.  I've been mulling

over border options for two days--I have to add another 25

inches to get it up to size.

I hate that I've missed a couple months but gosh, we're

nearing that half-year mark so I know I've got to pick up

this Christmas gift thing!  Other than quilts, chef hats

and aprons, I'm not sure what else to make?

How's everyone else doing?

A Berry Merry June

Greetings on this very chilly evening. I've been managing a little stitching in the evenings and have just put the last stitch into the centre piece of block 4 - A Merry Christmas Garden.

Hopefully over the weekend I can sew all the sections together and share a pic of a completed block 4 before the end of June.

I will also have more about a lucky draw or 2 for those lovely elves who have been keeping busy in the workshop. We're halfway there ... how is your Christmas stash looking?

I KnoW its EarLY

but I finished another mug & rug carry bag... & the way these months are flying by... I thought I better post about it now...

That's my story & I'm sticking to it...

Thanks Narelle... for hosting this monthly group... xox

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May 31st Just in time.

Finished these two a week ago but very slow at getting them photographed. I need to finish them all before adding embellishments. I have found some pretty star buttons, now to find suitable buttons for the snowman's coal buttons.
I have spent most of the month of May at my allotment, digging, sewing and weeding, it is beginning to pay off but the weather is so dry in my part of England that I've nearly used up my limited water. There is none on site, only what I can save from the shed roof when it rains.

I've already started on the last two snowmen.
I haven't been able to find suitable sashing yet, I won't be dashing off to the shops, even when we're allowed.

May I Please

May I please ... find a moment to catch my breath. With a full house and crazy at work, I'm exhausted by evening and achieve very little. Just a bit more prep on block 4 this month.

Guess what I'll be working on for June? 😜

May finish

Finally managed some time at my machine & made this little stocking up today.

Happy Stitching,