Espritpatch

It's been a great month for blocks, I am almost caught up with all the bees and I have progressed some UFOs too! Let''s have a look at the (insane) list! Hoping for finish 1. Summer Solstice Quilt Along -  need quilting and finishing - t his will be my choice in October  for the One Monthly Goal with  Heidi  - finished 2. Book bee blocks to make into a wall-hanging -   no progress but I'll keep this one for next year to make more blocks with friends. Bee Blocks  1.  Flower hexies for the Inchy Hexie Swap (October ) - done 2.  Bee Hive ( September,  October) -   done 3. Bubble Bee ( September, October ) - done 4.  I love Lucy International (August, September,  October) - August and September done 5. Scandi Bee ( September, October) - done 6. Fat Stash Bee (July) - done 7. Block lotto - no block this month WIP 1. Wanta Fanta - need 8...

And a few more blocks before the month comes to an end. This week has been mainly about hand sewing, because my machine is away from me. I squeezed one more Wanta Fanta block before the week-end, so I now need 5 more to finish my quilt top. I also made my October hexie flowers for Carrie. I think it's the first time I am making batik flowers in 5 years + of swapping. And one Lucy Boston block, I have a few more to make to catch up now... My total block for October is now 38! Linking to    Building Blocks Tuesday . Celine

After months lurking in the corner of my sewing room and the medaillon staring accusingly at me from my design wall, I have finally picked this up again. Oh yes, I am months and probably over 100 blocks behind but never mind, eventually I will get there (she says... ever so hopeful!) I assembled the medaillon and the first border before the summer and haven't touched it much since. I have the next borders ready but for the 4 corner blocks that were realised in.... April (oops!) I read so many comments about how difficult these were that maybe that put me off! Anyway, I decided to finally give them a try one by one and I must say they weren't as bad as I feared! Back to fiddly blocks (6') with lots of tiny pieces and even some Y-seams (ooooh). All ready to finish the second border and grow the medaillon a little. And here is the center piece! The next border is made of 2 rows of 3' blocks and I believe (hope) that I have all of those sewn ...

Finally, an old UFO has come out of the box and I have made some blocks. I am so grateful for the Lazy Bums group to push me (for the second month...) to pick it up again. I made the 2 first elephants when the quilt-along started in February 2015. They've been waiting for some company ever since! The blocks come together rather quickly once the pieces are all cut... Not sure why I sat on this project for so long but I have been having fun with these little elephants after all. I made all the Mummy and Daddy elephants and also all the babies. It feels good to have finally made great progress on this UFO/WIP after so many months and to finish all the elephants at once, I didn't think I'll go that far! These additional 13 blocks make a total of 23 blocks for the 350-blocks challenge. And then, I wasn't sure whether to only keep elephants in the quilt or do keep to the original pattern. So I decided to ask the recipient and she opted for the original patt...

Along with the elephants, I also continued to catch up with my bee blocks in the last week or so. And I am so pleased that all the machine sewn ones are now finished, whoop whoop! I made 2 wonky star for Jackie for Scandi Bee as well as a bubble for Tori for Bubble Bee 2 I also made 2 Wanta Fanta blocks towards my quilt - 6 more to go! and also one more Barn Door Block from last month Block Lotto (this will be a bonus block for the winner) 6 more blocks this week, taking my total for the month to 29! Linking to   Building Blocks Tuesday . Celine

This week-end, I finally finished the Summer Solstice QAL by making a lovely summery/fall-inspired cushion. And what can I saY? Well I love this fluffy new cushion and the lovely warm colors it had to the room. The single block for the quilt-along finished at 24' with the sashing so perfect for a massive cussion/fllor cushion. I finished the piecing last month just in time for the quilt-along parade on Melissa's blog  And I was happy to find time earlier in the month to quilt it (without a frame). It made me realised how much harder it is to quilt without a frame! using different quilting patterns for each of the sections of the block I have been wanting to try to add pipping to my cushion for a long time so I thought I would take the plonge with the lovely dotty fabric I had for the back. It's not perfect but it turned out OK! and I inserted a (wonky) zip at the back of the cushion. 2 techniques that I have planned to use for a while but ...

WIth the summer and being away for holidays and then work, I have fallen behind with my bee blocks in the last few months. So I am steadily working through my list trying to catch up! I finished a bubble for Michaela and a star block for Britta a Tic Tac Toe for Francis 2 sea waves blocks for Anna and finally a long belated feather for Svea, which was the last block for Fat Stash Bee And I am now up to date with all the "machine sewn" bee blocks, which feels good. And I also managed to make 3 Mummy Elephants and 1 Baby Elephants for my Elephant Parade UFO! -  all from my stash A good start for the month with 10 blocks for the 350-blocks project so far. Linkung to  Linking to    Building Blocks Tuesday ,  Sew Cute Tuesday ,   Let's Bee Social  and    Needle and Thread Thursday . Ce;line