Saturday, December 10, 2011

Last night's effort ...

We ended up going out for dinner last night ... which meant I got started on my sewing later than I would have liked to for my 



 ... but I did get started which is great ... 

I made 3 placemats ... not a huge lot accomplished .. but better than nothing ... 
I am still to finish them with the binding ... I also managed to cut all the backings and wadding for the other 20 ... so really I am off to a good start ... 

these are the first 3 ... 


I think I know who these are going to .. 
but that is subject to change at any time ... 

Friday, December 9, 2011

FNSI

Well it is about time I got myself organised ... haha .. I reckon I say that at least once a day ... but ... tonight I am gluing myself in front of the machine and I am not leaving until I have something sewn for my grandchildren for Christmas ... Because ..... tonight is ....

Friday Night Sew In at my place ...

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Pin Tangle TAST 2012

This is what i am committing myself to next year ... it sounds like fun and I know I need that extra push at times to stay focused ... Pin Tangle TAST 2012

I do think I will really enjoy this challenge ...

It arrived ....

I went out on Tuesday and purchased a table tennis table .. with the idea it would be perfect for pinning my quilts layers together ... perfect for single size quilt tops ... which is what I am making for the grandchildren ...

The table arrived yesterday afternoon .. in a box ... and it took us both ages to put it together .. and when I say both of us I really mean my darling husband Marcos ... He worked on it for around 3 hours and finally it was done ... in all its magical glory there it stood .. and where was my man ... out side stretching ... he had hurt himself climbing under it to do nuts and bolts up ... opps .. sorry hun ...

I do love this man ... after 3 hours of fitting this wonderful table together for me .. I wheeled it up the passage way to my sewing room to put it away ... tra-la-la ... lala-la-la-laaaaa ........

oh my ... oooohhhh my ..... oh noooo .....  it won't fit through the door ... it goes up the passage way not problem at all ... and goes through the doorway .... about 2 feet ... but ... can't turn far enough in the passage way space to actually go all the way into the room .... ohhhhhhh mmmyyyy .... there is 4 foot of this thing that just don't fit .... no matter how much we giggled and pushed ... and wiggled and rocked .... and nugded and coerced  ..... and threatened and yelled .... and ....

well ... after a wee bit of a dummy spit from this here dummy .. and a couple of major tanties ... (again from me ) ... my darling man suggest we do a little rearranging ... the table would just go straight through the doorway into our bedroom because our room was at the end of the passage way .... so why not ... move the sewing room to the bedroom and the bedroom to the sewing room .... I will lose a bit of space because the bedroom is a smaller room but it has better light from more windows .. and he wins too because the sewing room new bedroom is darker and this means .. longer sleep ins ... not that he really needs much help in that department ... yesterday ... he didn't rise until 10:30 and this morning it was a little after 10 ...

My dear friend Fiona told me this morning that I will laugh about this soon .. and I am off to a good start .... because I am already laughing ... at myself ...

oh well ... I am going to sign off now ... and get back into making this quilt for the lad ... the top is all but finished ... and I now have a wonderful big table surface on which to pin it ...

have a lovely day out there ... be safe and stay warm ...

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

ahhhh Christmas ...

it is almost that time of year again ... and as usual I am no where near ready .... I would like to make all the grandies something this year rather than buy them something or ....  just give them money which honestly is my first choice .... because then they can get something they really want rather than just something Nan got them that will sit in the bottom drawer and never get used ...

but this year I think I am going to make them something ... small ... and easy ... cos there are 23 of them and I have less than 3 weeks of time left and that time is also shared with another project that i still have not finished ... but it is coming along really nicely ... i have all the blocks put together ... now to just sew them all in rows and then put those rows together ... no borders ... just quilt and bind ... not too much more to do at all ....

i will be back with photos soon ....

and I think I shall make the children ... placemats ... all different of course ....

Monday, December 5, 2011

Back again ...

I have to be quick with this entry cos I am busy busy ... I have made a start on the quilt for my grandson Brad's 18th birthday ... which is on the 21st of this month ... hench the need to do a hasty post and get back to it ...

but I just wanted to update on a couple of things that I have done ... like the tube quilts progress ... not finished but still on the design board ... if I pack it away who knows when it will ever get done .. so it can stay there until after Brads quilt is done ...

here is a quick pic of the progress ... the top row is stitched together ... 
the other 4 are not ... 


I think it is coming along nicely ... 

Now an update on my block swaps for this month ... I had 2 with 


Here is the one I made for Beatrice .... who lives in France ... 



and this one I made for Jen D ... 
who lives in Allentown, PA 
some beautiful batiks ..... 
(sorry the pic is a bit blurry)

And this is a pic of a lovely parcel I received the other day ... 




I will be back a little later with photos of Brad's quilt .. 

but here are a couple of the what I have done so far .....



these are 6 ½ inch blocks .....

looks interesting no????? .... NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... haha ...