Espritpatch

Yes I did finish one more block this month, the last of the Get Your Hexie On block which was made of "big" (1.5') hexie all in low volume. I used an assortment from my stash to make Shirley's block This bee is over now, this was our second round (year-long), let's see if we will do a round 3. This block takes my March blocks total to 27. And I am still playing with English Paper Piecing today, trying to finish my hexie flowers for March, but at the moment, this is still a WIP. Miracle, after month in its bag, I found an hour to work on my Once Upon a Time sampler, little progress of course, but at least it is some progress! This one is a very very long term WIP Linking to WIP Wednesday . Celine

In between rushing to finish my swaps on time, I have also tried to catch up with blocks and most particularly bee blocks after being so slack last month. And I had quite some time for hand-sewing as I did spend quite a lot of time watching TV too (catching up with some shows or the Great British Sewing Bee!) First there were 2 #flowersforeleni, my modest contribution to this love quilt for Eleni's family This month I was on time for the Bee Hive block for Britta who had picked the Wanta Fanta block - when you put plenty of those together it looks like an orange peel quilt, very effective Another advantage (or not) of organising my stash is that I have been forced to realise that I have a LOT of fabric so I should really not hesitate to CUT into it, rather than save it all for THAT perfect project which will probably never happen. So I made a bonus block for Britta, a trip around the world block in green that she is currently collecting Next on the list, and again in a...

I sent my last swap for this month, which was the It's so Kawaii swap. For once, this wasn't a secret swap and Mara asked me to make items for her 4-year old daughter. I like the Open Wide Pouch I made for the Sweet and Salty Easter swap so I decided to make one with some mini charm Kawaii squares that I had in my stash and I paired with a lovely emerald happy bee fabric that I bought years ago because it was happy and fun :-) One good thing about re-organising my sewing room and my ever-growing stash (an on-going project since January) is that I rediscover fabrics that I had completely forgotten about. Some are nice surprises, some not so nice ;-) Next I made a little hand-bag from a pattern by Rachel called the friendship bag with again some Kawaii fabric pieces I had in my stash and some yummy strawberries Nice, fun and easy mini handbag perfect for a little girl, which made me think that I really ought to make one for my mini girl too... maybe one day! And fi...

This week has been good to finish some WIP. The deadline for the Sweet and Salty Easter Swap was approaching fast so I concentrated on my Open Wide Pouch by Noodlehead , a very good pattern that I will for sure use again. I also made my favorite sewing kit with a cute little sheep fabric that I have had in my stash forever! And I collected a few goodies for my partner too! I received my pouch from Sue, it's lovely and bright. And she had filled it with so many gorgeous goodies, my youngest already had her eye on the chocolate rabbit! While I was making a sewing kit, I thought I could make another one for my 2015 IG Secret Pal partner. I had this cute babuchka fabric in my stash that I paired with a lovely turquoise. I also finished a pillow case for Big Boy. It was supposed to be for his birthday and I tried to finish it for his birthday, but I get doing it wrong... so I unpicked a few times and finally finished it this week. And earlier in the month I h...

So this month, I am trying to make a new quilt, which is also my goal for the Lazy Bums. It is a new quilt but from an old UFO. I have these 25 blocks that I collected over a few bees over 2013. The blocks were all stashed away to be made into a quilt for my son but I never started it so this month I finally got the pile of blocks out. I will frame my blocks with the blue and then use probably the printed as sashing between all the blocks. That's the plan anyway. Let see how long it will take to finish this quilt. Linking to WIP Wednesday . Celine

I was very behind with my Bee blocks in February so I thought I would start this month trying to finally catch up. And I have made some progress and sent a few blocks to their new owners. There was more hand sewing with these hexagons for Cathy for February and this Lucy Bee block for Uschy for Feburary I also finished my arrow blocks for Rosanne for Little Blog Bee for January And then I made a block for Siobhan for Bee Hive but I didn't follow the instructions correctly so I made another with the right size triangles And I also made an improv block for Colette for Bee Europa  And finally a paper pieced book for Tracy for #thebookbee A total of 9 blocks taking my total this month to 12 so far for the 350-blocks challenge. Linking to Building Blocks Tuesday , Design Wall Monday Celine

I didn't managed to get to my sewing machine this week-end but I did take some time out of the sorting, shopping, cleaning, planning etc for a little hand sewing. And that was a good start for the month as I finished my late flowers for January for Simone and also my hexie block for January for Susan with some gorgeous Liberty 3 blocks for this month 350-blocks project, that's a good start but I doubt I will be keeping up the pace! Linking to Design Wall Monday as these blocks have finally come down to be sent off. Celine

Another month has whizzed by and also it was a short month, it has been a very very busy month, what with all the birthday celebrations for the children and my attempt at dressmaking in between all the baking. I don't feel I have done much sewing (I think there was simply not time) and I am behind on lots of my bee blocks so March will be about catching up with those. I suppose the swap addiction has kept me busy as well as there were a few due this month. Let's have a look at what I can cross of my list. Hoping for Finishes! 1. Mr Snowmen cushion - all the blocks are pieced - no progress 2.  Star Plus  -  no progress 3. Downton Swap - started - this was be my choice for  A lovely Year of Finishes   -  finished and sent 4.  Skirt Sew Along    -  no progress 5. Frozen dresses - both finished on time for the birthdays 6. IG Secret Pal swap - finished and sent Bee Blocks  1.  Lit...