Slow stitching Sunday and a win!

Hi everyone,

I hope your December is going well.

I have been working a bit on my Leo’s Mane quilt.

I’m a bit behind. But that’s okay. I’m going to keep working on it.

I have also been very fortunate to win a new sewing machine at my local quilt guilds Christmas dinner.

This sewing machine was donated to our guild by a local sewing machine shop, 

V. B. Simkins Sewing Machine Centre

I am so thankful. This machine is a Janome M100 QDC, Special Canada 150 edition. 

I had purchased a few tickets for this draw, and was so excited that I won. 

I love it!! Thank you so much to Eric Simkins for this wonderful machine. 

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Hand stitching kites

Hi everyone,

It's been another busy week for me. 

I haven't had time to do much sewing, but I continue to work on stuff a little bit at a time.

I'm almost done all the blocks for my Idaho square dance quilt. I will try to get a picture of the progress soon. 

I've also prepped some blue spool blocks for sewing as part of my July Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

I have continued to work on my scrappy star blocks made from the kite shape. This is going to be a table runner for my formal dining table. I wanted something that reflected my scrappy style. I'm hand piecing these blocks. I'm not using papers or anything like that. I'm using a template that I trace around to cut all the pieces with scissors. Then I eyeball a 1/4 inch seam allowance as I hand stitch them together. It's very soothing to sew this way, and it's portable too. I just carry a ziplock bag with my supplies wherever I go. 

This is what I have sewn together so far. 

It has not been ironed yet, so it looks lumpy. But it's going to be gorgeous when it's all done. I haven't decided how long I'm going to make it yet. It will have at least 4 full stars, but I might make it five long. I'm not sure yet. 

I hope you like my scrappy start of my table runner. 

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Oh Scrap!

A Blackbird Gathering, a finished quilt

I finally finished this quilt. 

I free motion quilted it with my Janome 1600p-db. It worked like a charm. I also made a matching mini table topper quilt with the leftover strips. It's super cute. 

Here they are together!

I'm glad to have this off my list of UFO's.

Again, this was all made from cotton and wool from my stash. Yeah!!!

 I hope you like it!!

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Finish it up Friday!

Slow Stitching Sunday

I will be working on my Millefiori Rosette #1 this evening. I have prepped many of the remaining blocks. This is where I finished off last week. 

This rosette is all made with older fabric from Art Gallery Fabrics. I've had the fat quarters in my stash a while. I thought these were great for fussy cutting. I love how they look together. 

I hope you like it. 

 

Slow stitching Sunday

Hi everyone, 

Today, I sewed on the binding to my En Provence quilt and started hand stitching it to the back. 

This pic gives you a peak at some of the backing fabric. I hope to have the binding done in the next few days. 

 

Making progress on one UFO

I have done some hand stitching on my Millefiori quilt. 

I'm still working on Rosette #1. 

But progress is progress! 

I'm happy with how this rosette is coming along. 

I'm using all Art Gallery Fabrics. These have been in my stash for a while. 

I hope you like it so far.

I finished a bit of hand stitching

Hi everyone, 

I finished hand stitching the last two blocks for A Blackbird Gathering by Cheri Payne. 

Here's block 4

And here's block 5

Now I just need to wait for the finishing details to be released by Cheri.